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Today's Top Stories: Obama takes care in sizing up 'tea party' movement Suicide blasts in southern Russia kill 9 Obama, Sarkozy push for UN sanctions on Iran DC officials: 9 shot, 3 dead; arrests, no motive Atom smasher will help reveal 'the beginning' Clinton to co-chair Haiti rebuilding authority Vatican offers 3 reasons it's not liable for abuse A battered Rhode Island watches as the water rises Garcia, Dewyze win back 'American Idol' judges Nash helps Suns clinch playoff spot Obama wants U.N. sanctions on Iran in weeks U.S. rebound on good footing: Fed's Fisher Putin orders Moscow bombers "scraped from sewers" Some Yahoo email accounts hacked in China, Taiwan Iranian nuclear scientist defects to U.S.: report Final suspect in raid on U.S. militia group arraigned Obama signs final healthcare changes, defends law AIG lawsuit alleging missed "red flags" dismissed Nine dead in blasts in Russia's Dagestan: police Obama wants Iran sanctions within 'weeks' Obama takes care in sizing up 'tea party' movement Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:13 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama stepped carefully when talking for the first time about the conservative tea party movement, acknowledging it has legitimate concerns about federal reach and spending, but he contended the core of the loose anti-government network is "on the fringe." Full Story Top Suicide blasts in southern Russia kill 9 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:51 pm PDT AP - Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed at least nine people and injured 18 others in the southern Russian province of Dagestan on Wednesday, officials said. Full Story Top Obama, Sarkozy push for UN sanctions on Iran Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:48 pm PDT AP - With the president of France at his side, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday he hopes to have international sanctions against Iran in place "within weeks," not months, because of its continuing nuclear program. But he acknowledged he still lacks full support at the United Nations. Full Story Top DC officials: 9 shot, 3 dead; arrests, no motive Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:53 pm PDT AP - A drive-by shooting killed three people and wounded six others in the nation's capital Tuesday night, and three people were in custody, officials said. Full Story Top Atom smasher will help reveal 'the beginning' Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:13 pm PDT AP - The world's largest atom smasher threw together minuscule particles racing at unheard of speeds in conditions simulating those just after the Big Bang — a success that kick-started a megabillion-dollar experiment that could one day explain how the universe began. Full Story Top Clinton to co-chair Haiti rebuilding authority Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:34 pm PDT AP - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will co-chair a committee overseeing at least $3.8 billion in post-quake aid to Haiti, the ravaged country's prime minister said. Full Story Top Vatican offers 3 reasons it's not liable for abuse Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:03 pm PDT AP - Dragged deeper than ever into the clerical sex abuse scandal, the Vatican is launching a legal defense that it hopes will shield the pope from a lawsuit in Kentucky seeking to have him answer attorneys' questions under oath. Full Story Top A battered Rhode Island watches as the water rises Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:05 pm PDT AP - A record-shattering rainstorm hammered the Northeast on Tuesday, delivering widespread flooding for the second time this month and unleashing particular havoc in Rhode Island, a tiny coastal state already beleaguered by a sagging economy and backbreaking unemployment rate. Full Story Top Garcia, Dewyze win back 'American Idol' judges Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:22 pm PDT AP - Andrew Garcia and Lee Dewyze are back in the "American Idol" judges' good graces. Full Story Top Nash helps Suns clinch playoff spot Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:04 pm PDT AP - Jason Richardson scored 27 points and Channing Frye hit a clutch 3-pointer with 41.6 seconds to go Tuesday night and the Phoenix Suns clinched a playoff berth by beating the Chicago Bulls 111-105 for their eighth straight win. Full Story Top Obama wants U.N. sanctions on Iran in weeks Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:40 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he wanted tougher U.N. sanctions in weeks against Iran over its nuclear program, and the world's leading industrial nations expressed optimism that China will agree on possible next steps. Full Story Top U.S. rebound on good footing: Fed's Fisher Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:22 pm PDT Reuters - The U.S. economic recovery is gathering speed as business activity picks up pace, despite lingering weakness in employment, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Putin orders Moscow bombers "scraped from sewers" Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:09 am PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday said the culprits behind twin suicide bombings that killed 39 people in Moscow's metro must be scraped "from the bottom of the sewers" and exposed. Full Story Top Some Yahoo email accounts hacked in China, Taiwan Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:31 pm PDT Reuters - Yahoo email accounts of some journalists and other users whose work relates to China were compromised in an attack discovered this week, days after Google announced it would move its Chinese-language search services out of China due to censorship concerns. Full Story Top Iranian nuclear scientist defects to U.S.: report Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:03 pm PDT Reuters - An Iranian nuclear scientist who has been missing since June has defected to the United States and is helping the CIA, ABC news reported on Tuesday. Full Story Top Final suspect in raid on U.S. militia group arraigned Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:54 am PDT Reuters - A ninth member of a Christian militia group accused of conspiring to kill law enforcement officers to trigger a wider war against the U.S. government appeared before a federal judge on Tuesday. Full Story Top Obama signs final healthcare changes, defends law Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:57 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama made another push to sell his healthcare overhaul to a skeptical public on Tuesday, calling it a victory over special interests that will help the middle-class and defending the "courage" of legislators who backed it. Full Story Top AIG lawsuit alleging missed "red flags" dismissed Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:16 pm PDT Reuters - A Manhattan federal judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing current and former American International Group Inc executives and directors of ignoring "red flags," leading to the insurer's near collapse and about $180 billion of federal bailouts. Full Story Top Nine dead in blasts in Russia's Dagestan: police Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:29 pm PDT AFP - A suicide bomber detonated one of two blasts which killed nine people Wednesday in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, the Interfax agency and police said. Full Story Top Obama wants Iran sanctions within 'weeks' Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:05 pm PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama said he wanted tough new UN sanctions imposed on Iran within "weeks" as visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy blasted Tehran's "mad" nuclear race. Full Story Top

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