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Today's Top Stories: S. Korea resumes searching for 46 missing navy crew Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP Palin to tea party rally: Don't sit down, shut up In quick reversal, Thai PM to talk with protesters Spokeswoman: Barbara Bush hospitalized in Texas Family rejoices at release of contractor in Iraq Crane strikes 25-story NYC building; no injuries Ky. Mennonites labor through grief to bury family Moth forces wine country's secret into the open NCAA: Half of Final Four is set; who's next? Iraq's Allawi says open to all in coalition talks Tuvalu to Times Square; landmarks off for Earth Hour South Korea rules out navy ship sunk by North Korea U.S. missile strike kills four in Pakistan Thai PM agrees to meet protest leaders Israelis quit Gaza after worst clash in over a year Libya and EU patch up Schengen visa dispute Vatican say abuse response crucial for credibility Thai government, protesters edge towards talks Two more nuclear sites suspected in Iran: report S. Korea resumes searching for 46 missing navy crew Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:29 pm PDT AP - Weeping, angry relatives of 46 crew members missing after a mysterious explosion sank a South Korean navy ship sailed around the site Sunday as rescue teams took to the air and sea still hoping to find survivors. Full Story Top Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:29 pm PDT AP - Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment. Full Story Top Palin to tea party rally: Don't sit down, shut up Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:30 pm PDT AP - Sarah Palin told thousands of tea party activists assembled in the dusty Nevada desert Saturday that Sen. Harry Reid will have to explain his votes when he comes back to his hometown to campaign. Full Story Top In quick reversal, Thai PM to talk with protesters Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:28 pm PDT AP - In an abrupt reversal that played out on national television, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agreed Sunday to talk face-to-face with protesters growing increasingly confrontational in their demands for new elections. Full Story Top Spokeswoman: Barbara Bush hospitalized in Texas Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:24 pm PDT AP - Former first lady Barbara Bush was hospitalized Saturday in Houston to undergo routine tests but doctors don't suspect anything serious, a family spokeswoman said. Full Story Top Family rejoices at release of contractor in Iraq Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:22 pm PDT AP - The family of an Iraqi-American contractor said to have been kidnapped in Baghdad in January rejoiced Saturday over his release, saying they did not believe they would see him alive again. Full Story Top Crane strikes 25-story NYC building; no injuries Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:52 pm PDT AP - A listing crane struck the side of a 25-story building near Wall Street on Saturday, sending debris cascading to the ground, disrupting traffic and leading to evacuations at five buildings. Full Story Top Ky. Mennonites labor through grief to bury family Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:33 pm PDT AP - As members of a close-knit Mennonite community prepared to bury their own, they sliced through wooden planks with electric saws Saturday and wrestled with the loss of a family of nine killed in a central Kentucky crash. Full Story Top Moth forces wine country's secret into the open Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:21 pm PDT AP - One of the dirty secrets of California's wine country is now on everyone's lips. Somehow a voracious grape-eating moth has found its way nonstop from Europe to the heart of the Napa Valley, the land of three-figure cabernet. With valuable fruit at risk, the region's fast and loose play with federal agriculture quarantine laws is getting new scrutiny from investigators and researchers. Full Story Top NCAA: Half of Final Four is set; who's next? Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:46 pm PDT AP - Half of the Final Four is set, and anybody who predicted it could be making a fortune. Full Story Top Iraq's Allawi says open to all in coalition talks Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:00 am PDT Reuters - Iraq election winner Iyad Allawi said on Saturday he was open to alliances with any faction and wanted quickly to form a government that would build strong relationships with its regional neighbors. Full Story Top Tuvalu to Times Square; landmarks off for Earth Hour Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:22 pm PDT Reuters - Landmarks such as Sydney's Opera House, Beijing's Forbidden City and Taiwan's Taipei 101 office tower temporarily went dark on Saturday as nations dimmed the lights for Earth Hour 2010 to call for action on climate change. Full Story Top South Korea rules out navy ship sunk by North Korea Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:32 am PDT Reuters - South Korea on Saturday all but ruled out the chance that North Korea was involved in the sinking of one of its navy vessels near their disputed border. Full Story Top U.S. missile strike kills four in Pakistan Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:13 pm PDT Reuters - A U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border killed four people in a suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban hideout on Saturday, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Full Story Top Thai PM agrees to meet protest leaders Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:55 pm PDT Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva agreed on Sunday to meet leaders of an anti-government protest movement in a move to defuse growing tensions and avert possible confrontation. Full Story Top Israelis quit Gaza after worst clash in over a year Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:35 am PDT Reuters - Israeli troops and tanks left the Gaza Strip on Saturday, witnesses said, after the bloodiest clash in the Hamas-ruled enclave in 14 months killed two soldiers and a Palestinian. Full Story Top Libya and EU patch up Schengen visa dispute Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:36 pm PDT Reuters - Libya lifted a visa ban on citizens of 25 European countries on Saturday after EU president Spain said a Swiss-instigated visa blacklist against 188 Libyans in those countries had been scrapped. Full Story Top Vatican say abuse response crucial for credibility Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:54 am PDT Reuters - The Catholic Church's response to cases of sexual abuse by priests is crucial to its credibility and it must "acknowledge and make amends for" even decades-old cases, a Vatican spokesman said on Saturday. Full Story Top Thai government, protesters edge towards talks Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:57 pm PDT AFP - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and anti-government protesters on Sunday edged closer to landmark talks aimed at ending two weeks of mass rallies. Full Story Top Two more nuclear sites suspected in Iran: report Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:41 pm PDT AFP - UN inspectors and intelligence specialists in western countries believe Iran may be preparing to build at least two additional secret nuclear sites despite demands that it open up its nuclear program, The New York Times reported. Full Story Top

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