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Today's Top Stories: 3 Dutch marines held in Libya after failed rescue GOP wins first budget skirmish, bigger fight looms Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed AP: Gingrich to start testing presidential bid Union bill whizzing through Ohio Legislature Official: No chance of more NZ quake survivors 2 US airmen killed in Frankfurt airport shooting Army charges WikiLeaks suspect with 'aiding enemy' Depp on Jolie: She's a 'shockingly great mother' NFL, union head to CBA deadline day Thursday Treasury expects $6.3 billion from AIG's MetLife sale Gaddafi rebels look to Tripoli, peace plan mooted Gunman kills two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport Ohio advances union restrictions as dispute spreads Apple's Jobs puts on lively iPad 2 show Special Report: Wall Street wannabe points to China's growth Trial for accused CIA shooter resumes in Pakistan Congress averts shutdown, sends stopgap to Obama Car bomb kills six, injures 30 in Pakistan: police Kadhafi warns of bloodbath if West intervenes 3 Dutch marines held in Libya after failed rescue Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:23 pm PST AP - A Defense Ministry spokesman says three Dutch marines are being held by authorities in Libya after they were captured by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi while trying to rescue Dutch workers. Full Story Top GOP wins first budget skirmish, bigger fight looms Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:54 pm PST AP - Republicans won an early round Wednesday in their fight to shrink the government, pushing $4 billion in spending cuts through Congress in a bill that puts off the possibility of a government shutdown for two weeks. Full Story Top Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:08 pm PST AP - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father's pain over mocking protests at his Marine son's funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outrage with raucous demonstrations contending God is punishing the military for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. Full Story Top AP: Gingrich to start testing presidential bid Wed, 2 Mar 2011 07:38 pm PST AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will begin raising money to test whether a bid for the GOP presidential nomination is feasible, his spokesman told The Associated Press Wednesday night. Full Story Top Union bill whizzing through Ohio Legislature Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:28 pm PST AP - While much of the nation's attention remains focused on a stalled proposal in Wisconsin to restrict collective bargaining rights for public workers, an Ohio measure that in some ways is tougher and broader is speeding toward reality. Full Story Top Official: No chance of more NZ quake survivors Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:25 pm PST AP - New Zealand declared the effort to find anyone else alive in the rubble of last week's massive earthquake to be over Thursday, saying no one who was trapped could have survived this long. Full Story Top 2 US airmen killed in Frankfurt airport shooting Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:52 pm PST AP - Two U.S. airmen were killed and two others were wounded at Frankfurt airport when a man opened fire on them at close range with a handgun, the first such attack on American forces in Germany in a quarter century. Full Story Top Army charges WikiLeaks suspect with 'aiding enemy' Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:15 pm PST AP - An Army private suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive and classified documents to the WikiLeaks anti-secrecy group was charged Wednesday with aiding the enemy, a crime that can bring the death penalty or life in prison. Full Story Top Depp on Jolie: She's a 'shockingly great mother' Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:10 pm PST AP - Johnny Depp says working with Angelina Jolie on his latest film taught him to think of her in a different way — as a great mother. Full Story Top NFL, union head to CBA deadline day Thursday Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:16 pm PST AP - Locked in a multibillion-dollar staredown, the NFL and the players' union headed toward the final day of their expiring collective bargaining agreement with no word of significant progress and the increasing likelihood of moves that eventually could threaten the 2011 season. Full Story Top Treasury expects $6.3 billion from AIG's MetLife sale Wed, 2 Mar 2011 06:52 pm PST Reuters - American International Group Inc sold $9.6 billion worth of MetLife Inc shares on Wednesday, producing gross proceeds of about $6.3 billion to accelerate its payback of U.S. Treasury bailout funds. Full Story Top Gaddafi rebels look to Tripoli, peace plan mooted Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:21 pm PST Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan army faced an increasingly organized and confident rebel force on Thursday which is appealing for international support and looking to take its military successes west toward Tripoli. Full Story Top Gunman kills two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:06 pm PST Reuters - German police arrested a man on Wednesday after two U.S. airmen were shot dead and two wounded in an incident on a U.S. Army bus at Frankfurt airport, authorities said. Full Story Top Ohio advances union restrictions as dispute spreads Wed, 2 Mar 2011 05:38 pm PST Reuters - Ohio joined Wisconsin on Wednesday in advancing a plan to restrict public sector unions, posing a new threat to labor union power in one of the most politically and economically important states. Full Story Top Apple's Jobs puts on lively iPad 2 show Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:35 pm PST Reuters - A thin but energetic Steve Jobs made a surprise return to the spotlight on Wednesday, taking the stage to unveil Apple Inc's new iPad and drawing a standing ovation. Full Story Top Special Report: Wall Street wannabe points to China's growth Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:29 pm PST Reuters - Yujiapu does not roll off the tongue like Wall Street, but planners in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin hope it soon will. Full Story Top Trial for accused CIA shooter resumes in Pakistan Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:40 pm PST Reuters - A Pakistani court resumed on Thursday the trial of CIA contractor accused of killing two Pakistanis in a case that has strained relations between the United States and its important Asian ally. Full Story Top Congress averts shutdown, sends stopgap to Obama Wed, 2 Mar 2011 03:26 pm PST Reuters - A partisan divide over the budget hardened on Wednesday even as Congress sent President Barack Obama a stopgap spending bill that averts an imminent government shutdown. Full Story Top Car bomb kills six, injures 30 in Pakistan: police Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:17 pm PST AFP - A suicide car bomb killed at least six people and wounded 30 others in a troubled northwestern Pakistani town on Thursday, police said. Full Story Top Kadhafi warns of bloodbath if West intervenes Wed, 2 Mar 2011 08:08 pm PST AFP - Moamer Kadhafi warned "thousands" would die if the West launched a military intervention in Libya as rebels repulsed a fierce onslaught by his forces around a key eastern oil town. Full Story Top

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