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AP - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago

INDIANAPOLIS - Arleen East started the year in a rut — overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.

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  1. A coal strip mining site in Eastern Kentucky. Coal, the dominant fuel for electric power in the US, China and elsewhere, faces an uncertain future amid growing concerns about global warming and a race for new ways to curb emissions.     Some experts say coal can still play an important role with new technology being developed to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions underground.(AFP/File/Jeff Haynes)
    Coal's future clouded by global warming debate AFP - Sat Mar 17, 11:36 PM ET Sent 77 times

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Coal, the dominant fuel for electric power in the US, China and elsewhere, faces an uncertain future amid growing concerns about global warming and a race for new ways to curb emissions.

  2. U.S. security guards stand guard near the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday March 19, 2007. A car bomb exploded next to a U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, pushing an embassy SUV across the road and setting it on fire, officials said.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
    Bomb hits U.S. Embassy convoy in Kabul AP - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago Sent 75 times

    KABUL, Afghanistan - A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, wounding several people, one seriously, officials said.

  3. Furious Indian cricket fans stormed the home of national wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to protest a five-wicket rout by Bangladesh in their opening World Cup match, police said.(AFP)
    Wicketkeeper Dhoni's home attacked after Indian loss AFP - Sun Mar 18, 8:20 AM ET Sent 67 times

    RANCHI, India (AFP) - Furious Indian cricket fans stormed the home of national wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to protest a five-wicket rout by Bangladesh in their opening World Cup match, police said.

  4. Arleen East goes for a walk on her lunch hour in Indianapolis, Tuesday, March 13,  2007. East started the year  overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. The 47-year-old  has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. East credits her turnaround not just to sheer will, but to help from Indiana's '10 in 10 Challenge,' an online program that commits participants to lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks and prods them with weekly e-mails filled with exercise and diet tips.  (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
    States push online fitness programs AP - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago Sent 63 times

    INDIANAPOLIS - Arleen East started the year in a rut — overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.

  5. US Airways patrons talk as they stand in line at the ticket counter at Greater Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa. on, Sunday, March 18, 2007. The long lines at these US Airways ticket counters early Sunday were due to cancellations and delays at other airports over the weekend as the airline was still trying to find seats Sunday for 100,000 stranded passengers system wide, spokesman Andrew Christie said. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
    US Airways whittles away at backlog AP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago Sent 54 times

    PHILADELPHIA - With the skies and runways clear, US Airways struggled to accommodate a backlog of weary travelers stranded at Philadelphia International Airport days after a paralyzing ice storm struck the Northeast.

  6. Curious visitors of a visitor's terrace have a look at an Airbus A380 at the international airport in Frankfurt, central Germany, Sunday, March 18, 2007. On Monday the A380 will take off to New York as a Lufthansa test flight with some 500 passengers and crew on board. Long distance flights in the next days are aimed at testing the superjumbo's air condition system, the cabin light system and entertainment electronics. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
    Airbus A380 makes 1st flight to America AP - Mon Mar 19, 4:45 AM ET Sent 45 times

    FRANKFURT, Germany - It may trail the historic impact of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, but the Spirit of St. Louis did not have a wingspan wider than a football field or space for more than 500 passengers.

  7. Tens of thousands of Australians thronged the Sydney Harbour Bridge to mark the 75th birthday of the iconic landmark which has come to represent the city to millions around the world.(AFP/Anoek De Groot)
    Celebrations as Sydney Harbour Bridge turns 75 AFP - Sun Mar 18, 12:48 PM ET Sent 43 times

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Australians thronged the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday, to mark the 75th birthday of the iconic landmark which has come to represent the city to millions around the world.

  8. Nintendo Wii Outsells Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 NewsFactor - Fri Mar 16, 12:03 PM ET Sent 42 times

    A research firm has reported that Nintendo sold as many Wii game consoles in February as both of its rivals put together. The NPD Group's latest report found that Nintendo sold 355,000 units during the month, with Microsoft selling 228,000 of its Xbox 360 units, and Sony coming in third place with just 127,000 of its PlayStation 3 consoles.

  9. A train passes over a bridge over the Whangaehu River at the scene of the historic Tangiwai Rail disaster after a mud flow from the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu, in the central North Island, New Zealand, Sunday, March 18, 2007. A potentially lethal mix of mud, acidic water and rocks tore down the slope of New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu on Sunday, emergency officials said, but there was no immediate threat to life. (AP Photo/NZPA, Stephen Barker)
    Mud, rocks rush from New Zealand volcano AP - 44 minutes ago Sent 42 times

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A mix of mud, acidic water and rocks tore down the slope of a volcano in New Zealand on Sunday, bursting through a 23-foot wall of volcanic ash and sand built up in an eruption 12 years ago.

  10. A man walks past an advertisement for a climate change exhibition outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels March 14, 2007.    REUTERS/Francois Lenoir   (BELGIUM)
    Some scientists eye odd climate fixes AP - Sun Mar 18, 8:00 PM ET Sent 39 times

    WASHINGTON - When climate scientist Andrew Weaver considers the idea of tinkering with Earth's air, water or sunlight to fight global warming, he remembers the lessons of a favorite children's book.

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  1. States push online fitness programs AP - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago

    INDIANAPOLIS - Arleen East started the year in a rut — overweight, sedentary and plagued by bouts of depression only deepened by her unflattering extra bulk. Since those dark days of winter, the 47-year-old single mother has dropped 16 pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame. She's down to 192 and is pressing ahead with her goal to slim down to 145.

  2. Steven Avery, right, looks around a courtroom in the Calumet County Courthouse Sunday, March 18, 2007, in Chilton, Wis. Avery was found guilty Sunday of first-degree intentional homicide in the murder of photographer Teresa Halbach, 25, on Oct. 31, 2005 near the family's auto salvage lot in rural Manitowoc County. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, Pool)
    Man freed by DNA found guilty in slaying AP - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

    CHILTON, Wis. - Lawyers for a man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit say he has been wrongly convicted for a second time, this time in the murder of a photographer whose charred bones were found in a burn pit outside his home.

  3. The new Airbus A 380 super jumbo jet airplane takes off for its first passenger flight from Frankfurt airport, March 19, 2007. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY)
    Airbus A380 makes 1st flight to America AP - Mon Mar 19, 4:45 AM ET

    FRANKFURT, Germany - It may trail the historic impact of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, but the Spirit of St. Louis did not have a wingspan wider than a football field or space for more than 500 passengers.

  4. A foreign military personnel (2nd L) reacts after a suicide blast in Kabul March 19, 2007. A suicide bomber attacked Western troops in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Monday, killing some people but no details were available, police said. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
    Bomb hits U.S. Embassy convoy in Kabul AP - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

    KABUL, Afghanistan - A car bomb exploded near a three-vehicle U.S. Embassy convoy on a busy road in Kabul on Monday, wounding several people, one seriously, officials said.

  5. Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visit a Kuwaiti cultural centre in February 2007. The royal couple are to become grandparents after the Duchess of Cornwall's son and his wife are expecting a baby.(AFP/Pool/File/Stephanie McGehee)
    Prince Charles, Camilla to become grandparents AFP - Sun Mar 18, 1:10 PM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are to become grandparents as the Duchess of Cornwall's son and his wife are expecting a baby, according to the Mail on Sunday.

  6. Iraqi National Police recruits practice their search techniques at the Joint Security Station in the Hurriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 14, 2007. US military commanders in Iraq plan for American and Iraqi units to inhabit outposts across the city in the hopes that increased contact with ordinary Iraqis will pay off with sharper tips on militant activity and increased goodwill toward U.S. forces.  (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
    Poll: Few Iraqis trust U.S.-led troops AP - 55 minutes ago

    LONDON - Fewer than one in five Iraqis has confidence in U.S.-led coalition troops and they are evenly split on whether they have confidence in Iraq's government, according to a poll published Monday.

  7. Then-United States Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales, center and White House senior adviser Karl Rove, left, as they attend the swearing-in ceremony for the Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings at the U.S. Dept. of Education, in this Jan. 31, 2005 file photo in Washington. The White House is being pulled further into the intensifying probe over federal prosecutor firings amid new questions about top political adviser Karl Rove's role and as Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales erodes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
    GOP wants answers on prosecutor firings AP - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee say the Bush administration needs to be more straightforward about the White House's role in the dismissals of eight federal prosecutors.

  8. TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED VIAJANDO A DEDO.- Two young boys run trying to board an old public bus known as 'camello' at a bus stop in front of the National Capitol in Havana,Thursday,Feb. 23, 2007. Last year, the government announced the purchase of 7,000 buses from China to phase out camellos. Hundreds more buses are said to be on the way since Raul Castro took power from the ailing Cuba's President Fidel Castro in July.(AP Photo/ Javier Galeano)
    Commuting in Cuba means hitching a ride AP - Sun Mar 18, 4:52 PM ET

    HAVANA - Laura Garcia doesn't have a car, and the change in her pocket won't cover the 15-cent bus fare. But standing by a crumbling overpass, sweating in her shorts, sunglasses and skimpy top, the 18-year-old says a free ride is only an outstretched thumb away.

  9. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives at the White House in Washington, Friday, March 16, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Rice acknowledges Iraq troop errors AP - 1 minute ago

    WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday staunchly defended going to war in Iraq, but acknowledged the Bush administration likely erred by failing initially to send enough troops to quell the civil strife that followed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

  10. Dilip Kotecha holds a cup of Yokit, a instant yogurt cup with a 12 month shelf life at the Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation which he uses as a part time office when not working out of his home, Friday, Feb. 16, 2007 in Racine Wis. Kotecha a retired food manufacturing employee got the idea from a patent donated by SC Johnson and Sons who no longer needed the idea.  (AP Photo/Darren Hauck)
    Idle patents attract entrepreneurs AP - Sun Mar 18, 6:12 PM ET

    MILWAUKEE - Dilip Kotecha figured his working days were over when he retired from the food-manufacturing industry. But after an unused patent for instant yogurt landed in his lap, he couldn't resist turning the dormant technology into a business.

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    RALEIGH, N.C. - Davidson College announced Monday it will do away with loans when awarding need-based financial aid, a move school officials said would allow students to graduate debt-free.

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  3. Armed Thai border police officers and soldiers guard at a checkpoint as Thai-Muslim villagers make their way past on pickup trucks in Songkhla province, southern Thailand Sunday, March 18, 2007. Attackers hurled explosives and opened fire on an Islamic school in southern Thailand, killing three students and wounded seven others, the incident sparks a riot by angry Muslim villagers. (AP Photo/Sumeth Parnpetch)
    3 Buddhist women slain in Thailand AP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.5

    SABAYOI, Thailand - Suspected Muslim separatists shot and killed three Buddhist women involved with a project for victims of Thailand's insurgency Monday, just two days after three Muslim children were killed in an attack on a boarding school.

  4. A section of wallpaper that was pulled back to reveal mold is seen as Army Master Sgt. Gary Rhett, right, building manager, looks on in room 416 of Building 18 of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which was used to house recovering wounded soldiers, in Washington,Thursday, March 15, 2007. An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    Walter Reed deal hindered by disputes AP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.4

    WASHINGTON - An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.

  5. A U.S. armoured vehicle secures the site during a medical mission conducted by the U.S. military in Baghdad's Sadr City, March 17, 2007. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)
    Bodies of policemen found in al Qaeda stronghold Reuters - Mon Mar 19, 12:47 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Police found the decapitated and bound bodies of nine policemen in an al Qaeda stronghold in Iraq on Sunday, as U.S. commanders blamed the militant group for chlorine gas bombs that poisoned hundreds in the same province.

  6. Mannequins are seen in Hanoi, March 7, 2007. An assistant professor of surgery has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas -- genitalia, breasts and rectums. (Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters)
    Training the doctor to do sensitive exams Reuters - Sun Mar 18, 7:19 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dr. Carla Pugh seems an unlikely patron of porn shops.

  7. A man walks past at the main entrance of the 500-year-old Lahore Fort in Lahore in this file photo taken March 10, 2007. Many Pakistani archaeological sites from its thousands of years of rich history are crumbling away as officials tussle over who should look after them. (Mohsin Raza/Reuters)
    Pakistan's ancient ruins fast disappearing Reuters - Sun Mar 18, 10:33 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Many Pakistani archaeological sites from its thousands of years of rich history are crumbling away as officials tussle over who should look after them.

  8. Visitors check out the Microsoft stand at the CeBIT fair in Hanover. Executives at the world's biggest high-tech fair have said that while they are not yet leaders in the fight against global warming, they hope that more efficient products will appeal to cost- and environment-conscious consumers.(AFP/DDP/Nigel Treblin)
    Consumer electronics firms seek edge by going green AFP - Sun Mar 18, 4:58 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    HANOVER, Germany (AFP) - As television sets grow to mammoth proportions and computers gobble energy at work and at home, the consumer electronics industry is slowly coming around to the idea of ecology to stay competitive.

  9. Tourists take photos of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in this February 21, 2006 file photo. The Supreme Court considers on Monday its first major dispute on student free-speech rights in nearly 20 years, a case about the power of school authorities to censor what they viewed as a pro-drug message at a school-sponsored event. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court considers on Monday its first major dispute on student free-speech rights in nearly 20 years, a case about the power of school authorities to censor what they viewed as a pro-drug message at a school-sponsored event.

  10. UNLV's Kevin Kruger is congratulated by his teammate Joel Anthony, left and their equipment manager Rocky Rutledge after their 74-68 victory over Wisconsin in their Midwest Regional NCAA second round basketball game in Chicago, Sunday, March 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
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    CHICAGO - Lon Kruger was beaming. Happy as a coach, proud as a dad. Thanks to a shooting surge by his son Kevin, the UNLV Runnin' Rebels rallied for the school's biggest win since the 1991 team made the Final Four.