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• Vet who saved many in Iraq couldn't escape own demons
• Colleges say federal cuts could cause brain drain
• High-ranking Syrian general defects from army
• Pa. college lacrosse team's bus crashes, killing 2
• Sarah Palin urges GOP to broaden message
• Swiss tourist gang-raped in central India
• Francis turns on charm in first meeting with press
• Other people who had contact sought in deadly rabies case
• Portman fallout: How far is GOP from embracing gay rights?
• Partisan split marks high court gay marriage cases
• Obama focuses on energy spending while GOP eyes budget
• 3 astronauts return to Earth from space station
• Pope Francis to visit Benedict next Saturday
• Antarctica concerns grow as tourism numbers rise
• Obama's charm offensive produces no breakthroughs
• Revelers await St. Patrick's Day from NY to Dublin
• Early wildfire chars up to 1,000 acres in N Colo.
• N. Dakota has funds to fight over abortion as it moves toward tough restrictions
• Cops: NY man cut ankle bracelet before carjacking
• U.N. adopts plan to combat violence against women
• 24 soldiers killed in road accident in Pakistan
• Soyuz space capsule lands safely in Kazakhstan
• Cyprus secures bailout from eurozone, IMF
• Colo. fire burns in erratic winds, threatens homes
• Colo. lawmakers approve universal gun purchase background checks

Vet who saved many in Iraq couldn't escape own demons Posted: 16 Mar 2013 12:33 PM PDT He had a knack for soothing soldiers who'd just seen their buddies killed by bombs. He knew how to comfort medics sickened by the smell of blood and troops haunted by the screams of horribly burned Iraqi children.

Colleges say federal cuts could cause brain drain Posted: 16 Mar 2013 12:02 PM PDT At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, faculty fret about the future of the school's Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

High-ranking Syrian general defects from army Posted: 16 Mar 2013 11:47 AM PDT The general defected on Saturday with the help of rebels and said morale is low among those still fighting for President Bashar Assad as the civil war enters its third year.

Pa. college lacrosse team's bus crashes, killing 2 Posted: 16 Mar 2013 11:32 AM PDT A tour bus carrying a college's women's lacrosse team to a game went off the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Saturday and crashed into a tree, killing the driver and one passenger and sending others to hospitals, authorities said.

Sarah Palin urges GOP to broaden message Posted: 16 Mar 2013 10:45 AM PDT Returning to the national stage, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says the Republican Party must broaden its message in order to grow.

Swiss tourist gang-raped in central India Posted: 16 Mar 2013 08:56 AM PDT A woman on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been attacked by eight men, police said Saturday, three months after the fatal gang-rape of a woman aboard a bus outraged Indians.

Francis turns on charm in first meeting with press Posted: 16 Mar 2013 07:54 AM PDT Pope Francis offered intimate insights into the moments after his election, and that he would like to see "a poor church and a church for the poor."

Other people who had contact sought in deadly rabies case Posted: 16 Mar 2013 06:52 AM PDT Public and military health officials say they're trying to identify people in at least five states who had close contact with an organ donor who died of rabies or with the organ recipients because they might require treatment.

Portman fallout: How far is GOP from embracing gay rights? Posted: 16 Mar 2013 06:06 AM PDT As the Republican Party looks in the mirror in the wake of losing the presidential election last year, its assessment includes what to do about gay marriage, an issue the party has traditionally been against.

Partisan split marks high court gay marriage cases Posted: 16 Mar 2013 05:50 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — No Democratic attorney general in a state that prohibits same-sex couples from marrying has signed onto a legal filing asking the Supreme Court to uphold California's constitutional ban on gay marriage.

Obama focuses on energy spending while GOP eyes budget Posted: 16 Mar 2013 04:34 AM PDT Following the first energy speech of his second term, President Obama promoted new energy spending in his weekly address Saturday while Republicans looked to the budget in an address delivered by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. The president noted the increase in gas prices in recent...

3 astronauts return to Earth from space station Posted: 16 Mar 2013 03:48 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed Saturday morning on the foggy steppes of Kazakhstan, safely returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station.

Pope Francis to visit Benedict next Saturday Posted: 16 Mar 2013 03:33 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will visit his predecessor at the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo next Saturday in a historic encounter that brings together the new pope and the first pope to resign in six centuries, the Vatican said in an announcement that outlines the church rites and political meetings for the first days of the papacy.

Antarctica concerns grow as tourism numbers rise Posted: 16 Mar 2013 02:47 AM PDT ROSS ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — Across most of Earth, a tourist attraction that sees 35,000 visitors a year can safely be labeled sleepy. But when it's Antarctica, every footstep matters.

Obama's charm offensive produces no breakthroughs Posted: 16 Mar 2013 02:17 AM PDT Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare

Revelers await St. Patrick's Day from NY to Dublin Posted: 16 Mar 2013 01:46 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Irish, their descendants and the Irish for the day prepared to don green and pay tribute to Hibernian heritage as a weekend of St. Patrick's Day celebrations was set from New York's Fifth Avenue to the Louisiana bayou to Dublin's Parnell Square.

Early wildfire chars up to 1,000 acres in N Colo. Posted: 16 Mar 2013 01:01 AM PDT FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The wildfire season that Coloradans have been nervously awaiting arrived in a wind-whipped frenzy in the foothills near Fort Collins.

N. Dakota has funds to fight over abortion as it moves toward tough restrictions Posted: 16 Mar 2013 12:31 AM PDT BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — As oil-rich North Dakota moves toward outlawing most abortions, it's in a better position than most states for what could be a long and costly court battle over its restrictions.

Cops: NY man cut ankle bracelet before carjacking Posted: 16 Mar 2013 12:15 AM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Probation officials are investigating how a man charged with possessing child pornography managed to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet before carjacking a woman at a mall, fatally stabbing her and raping her 10-year-old-daughter, authorities said.

U.N. adopts plan to combat violence against women Posted: 15 Mar 2013 11:45 PM PDT Conservative Muslim and Roman Catholic countries and liberal Western nations approved a U.N. blueprint to combat violence against women and girls.

24 soldiers killed in road accident in Pakistan Posted: 15 Mar 2013 11:29 PM PDT ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A bus carrying Pakistani soldiers slid off a mountainous road and fell into a deep ravine in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing 24 and injuring five others, officials said.

Soyuz space capsule lands safely in Kazakhstan Posted: 15 Mar 2013 11:14 PM PDT A Soyuz spacecraft has safely landed on the frigid steppes of Kazakhstan, returning an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonaut to Earth after a nearly five-month mission to the International Space Station.

Cyprus secures bailout from eurozone, IMF Posted: 15 Mar 2013 08:57 PM PDT Cash-strapped Cyprus secured a €10 billion ($13 billion) bailout package from its European partners and the International Monetary Fund in a bid to keep the island nation from a bankruptcy that could rekindle the region's debt crisis, officials said early Saturday.

Colo. fire burns in erratic winds, threatens homes Posted: 15 Mar 2013 07:56 PM PDT An 800-acre wildfire driven by erratic winds was threatening more than 50 homes in northern Colorado on Friday and had prompted hundreds of evacuation orders.

Colo. lawmakers approve universal gun purchase background checks Posted: 15 Mar 2013 07:26 PM PDT If passed it will mandate universal background checks for all gun buyers in a state that has experienced two of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.

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