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3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city (AP)

Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010. A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office. (AP Photo)

AP - Gunmen killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in this violent border city with their baby in the back seat, minutes after the husband of another consular employee was shot to death and his two children wounded, officials said Sunday. Security forces suspected a drug gang hit, but offered no motive.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:45:56 GMT

Reports: US wants Israel to cancel building plan (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem Sunday, March 14, 2010. Netanyahu is urging calm following another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 apartments in contested east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)

AP - Israeli media reported Monday that the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with Washington in years.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:49:24 GMT

Deadline for Thai Parliament dissolution passes (AP)

Anti-goverment protestors shout slogans as they march to the main gates of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters Monday, March 15, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. The 'Red Shirts' are asking for the dissolution of Parliament before noon in exchange for a halt to demonstrations. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the key target of the massive demonstration, said he could not give in to the protesters' ultimatum but left room for compromise. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

AP - Thailand's prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to continue their push to oust the government.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:40:03 GMT

Blackout leaves millions of Chileans in darkness (AP)

Car drive along a dark street during a blackout in Santiago, Sunday, March 14, 2010. More than half of the country was affected by the blackout. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)

AP - A power failure plunged nearly the entire Chilean population into darkness Sunday night, rattling a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:45:35 GMT

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Kansas, Kentucky, Orange, Duke top seeds (AP)
An injury hurts as much as a loss in the days before the brackets are drawn up for March Madness. Syracuse endured both and will have to rack up some major airplane time to make a run to the Final Four. Kansas, Kentucky and Duke won their conference tournaments and the top seeding that went with them when the selection committee rolled out its 65-team NCAA tournament bracket Sunday.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:49:31 PDT

Tomlinson signs 2-year deal with Jets (AP)
LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple. Tomlinson's agent, Tom Condon, said Sunday that the New York Jets signed the former Chargers running back to a two-year contract. The Jets confirmed that they have agreed to a deal, adding the aging star to the NFL's top-ranked rushing offense last season.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:40:27 PDT

Browns trade QB Quinn to Broncos (AP)
Brady Quinn will get a chance to start over in Denver. Whether he'll get to start is up in the air. The Broncos acquired the former first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Browns for fullback Peyton Hillis, a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2012. The teams announced the trade Sunday and said the deal is pending physicals.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:40:16 PDT

Kentucky ties it at buzzer, wins in OT (AP)
John Calipari only had questions once he and his Kentucky Wildcats finished celebrating their Southeastern Conference tournament championship. "How did we win this game? How did we go to overtime? I don't know," Calipari said. Credit his fantastic freshmen who scored to get them to overtime and then won the game, even if they celebrated a little prematurely.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:26 PDT

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Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:33:22 GMT

Asian stocks fall after mixed US economic reports (AP)

An information board posts the latest prices and graphs above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month. Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a preliminary study by North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center said Saturday.(AFP/Stan Honda)

AP - Asian stock markets sank Monday after mixed economic reports about the U.S. economy inspired caution among investors.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:12:20 GMT

Oil falls below $81 amid weak US crude demand (AP)

A security officer looks through his binoculars from a rooftop of the OPEC headquarters in Vienna. OPEC is widely expected to maintain its official oil production quota when it meets this week, with the cartel satisfied with the current level of crude prices, analysts said.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)

AP - Oil prices fell below $81 a barrel Monday in Asia amid investor concerns flagging U.S. crude demand doesn't justify the recent rally.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:59:34 GMT

Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online (AP)
AP - Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:10:29 GMT

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'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)

FILE - In this May 22, 1996 file photo, actor Peter Graves says he wasn't asked to portray his signature role in the film remake of ``Mission Impossible,'' the big-budget movie starring Tom Cruise. Graves said in the New York Daily News, Sunday, May 26, 1996, he wouldn't like to play Phelps as the bad guy. Graves' publicist, Sandy Brokaw, says the actor died Sunday shortly after returning to his Los Angeles home from brunch with his family. He was 83. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file )

AP - Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:49:43 GMT

Israeli settlement action 'an insult': Obama aide (AFP)

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a sign carrying the image of the east Jerusalem settlement of Ramat Shlomo on March 11. Israel's announcement of plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem was not only an

AFP - Israel's announcement of plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem was not only an "insult" to the United States but "destructive" of the Middle East peace process, a top White House official said Sunday.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:07:05 GMT

Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2005 file photo, Susan Chapman, director of the Division of Federal Investments, sorts through paper securities pulled from a safe at the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt offices in Parkersburg, W.Va. The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. It's time to start cashing them in. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, FILE)

AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:43 GMT

3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city (AP)