today's top news stories

top news

• AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress  (0)
• Obama pushing on health care end game  (0)
• Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden  (0)
• Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were 'almost burned'  (2)
• Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base  (0)

entertainment headlines

• Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son  (1)
• Letterman: Case against producer handled properly  (1)
• On `Idol,' Bowersox shines, 3 sink in judges' eyes  (0)
• DMX back in jail for alleged probation violation  (0)
• Jennifer Hudson to perform 'One Shining Moment'  (0)

sports headlines

• Alex Rodriguez 'at ease' with Canadian doctor  (0)
• NASCAR puts Carl Edwards on probation for 3 races  (2)
• No. 12 Butler routs Wright St. 70-45  (0)
• Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers sever ties  (0)
• Strasburg makes long-awaited spring debut for Nats  (0)

national headlines

• Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were 'almost burned'  (2)
• Calif. jury recommends death for serial killer  (0)
• In rare case, Pa. woman accused of aiding terror  (0)
• Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling'  (0)
• Ohio State shooter complained bosses were unfair  (0)

world headlines

• Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early  (0)
• Iran leader: US playing `game' in Afghanistan  (0)
• Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden  (0)
• Dalai Lama: China aims to annihilate Buddhism  (0)
• Oligarch wins suit against Russian broadcaster  (0)

business headlines

• World stocks flat but pound takes another hit  (0)
• Bank of America ends overdraft fees on debit cards  (0)
• China February exports jump 45.7 percent  (0)
• Curbing derivatives might hurt, not help, Greece  (0)
• Stock futures narrowly mixed ahead of opening  (0)

technology headlines

• Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week  (1)
• Google opens Web store for business applications  (0)
• MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up  (0)
• Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature  (0)
• On latest guitar game, players strum real strings  (0)

political headlines

• Obama pushing on health care end game  (0)
• Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit  (0)
• Hoyer says some trying to politicize Massa case  (0)
• Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early  (0)
• Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list  (0)

science headlines

• Outside science academies to review warming panel  (0)
• NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights  (0)
• Pioneering Mass. robot lost at sea off Chile coast  (0)
• As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit  (0)
• GE: Limit PCB contamination during Hudson dredging  (0)

health headlines

• Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening  (0)
• Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow  (0)
• Brazil's Silva quits smoking after 50 years  (0)
• WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination  (2)
• Gene test claims to show what diet works best  (1)