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Today's Front Page News: Job creation expected in March as recovery builds Official says new checks set for travelers to US Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American Obama urges patience as health care law kicks in Abortion doctor's killer gets forum, life sentence Medical waste shipments turn up heads, torsos New mileage rules: Pay more for cars, less at pump Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal Source: Sheen wants to bow out of sitcom Dayton wins NIT, beats North Carolina 79-68 Obama urges China's Hu to get behind Iran push U.S. Census hiring to lift March payrolls Obama previews rhetoric for mid-term elections U.S. to impose new airline security measures Israeli planes and helicopters mount Gaza attacks Obama touts healthcare reform benefit to business Cheap and deadly, homemade bombs plague Afghan roads Arizona murder prompts calls to tighten security Obama calls on Hu to support action on Iran Karzai slammed after attack on 'foreigners' Job creation expected in March as recovery builds Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:43 pm PDT AP - The economy is likely to have added jobs last month for only the second time since the recession began 27 months ago. Full Story Top Official says new checks set for travelers to US Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:50 pm PDT AP - Travelers from 14 countries that have been home to terrorists will no longer automatically face extra screening before they fly to the U.S. Full Story Top Rocket blasts off with 2 Russians, 1 American Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:07 pm PDT AP - A Russian rocket blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan into brilliant blue skies Friday, transporting a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Full Story Top Obama urges patience as health care law kicks in Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:59 pm PDT AP - Facing a public still wary of his massive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Americans not to judge the nearly $1 trillion legislation he signed into law last week until the reforms take hold. Full Story Top Abortion doctor's killer gets forum, life sentence Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:59 pm PDT AP - Defiant in court, a man who murdered one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late-term abortions used his sentencing hearing to do what the judge wouldn't let him do during his trial — justify his crime by describing abortion in gritty detail. Full Story Top Medical waste shipments turn up heads, torsos Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:15 pm PDT AP - The first discovery was gruesome enough: a head and torso tucked inside a red biohazard tub that arrived at a Kansas company. Then it got worse. Full Story Top New mileage rules: Pay more for cars, less at pump Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:00 pm PDT AP - Drivers will have to pay more for cars and trucks, but they'll save at the pump under tough new federal rules aimed at boosting mileage, cutting emissions and hastening the next generation of fuel-stingy hybrids and electric cars. Full Story Top Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:00 pm PDT AP - Cardinals across Europe used their Holy Thursday sermons to defend Pope Benedict XVI from accusations he played a role in covering up sex abuse scandals, and an increasingly angry Vatican sought to deflect any criticism in the Western media. Full Story Top Source: Sheen wants to bow out of sitcom Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:58 pm PDT AP - Charlie Sheen is looking at a future without "Two and a Half Men." Full Story Top Dayton wins NIT, beats North Carolina 79-68 Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:08 pm PDT AP - Dayton players danced at midcourt and then lingered on ladders as they cut down the nets at Madison Square Garden. Full Story Top Obama urges China's Hu to get behind Iran push Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:23 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama urged his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to work together on pressing Iran over its nuclear activities, but Hu did not openly commit to new sanctions on Tehran, according to official reports on Friday. Full Story Top U.S. Census hiring to lift March payrolls Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:42 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. non-farm payrolls, a key measure of the economy's health, probably rose in March for only the second time since recession struck in late 2007 as hiring for the 2010 U.S. Census added jobs. Full Story Top Obama previews rhetoric for mid-term elections Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:18 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama, in a preview of the election campaign Democrats will roll out later this year, recalled on Thursday the economic mess he inherited from the Republicans while saying the change he had promised upon winning the White House is being delivered. Full Story Top U.S. to impose new airline security measures Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:36 pm PDT Reuters - The United States will implement new airline security measures this month to replace mandatory screening of air travelers from 14 countries, a step that had angered some allies when it was imposed after a failed bombing on Christmas Day. Full Story Top Israeli planes and helicopters mount Gaza attacks Thu, 1 Apr 2010 04:34 pm PDT Reuters - Israeli planes and helicopters mounted at least seven missile attacks on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday, destroying what a military spokesman described as Palestinian munitions sites. Full Story Top Obama touts healthcare reform benefit to business Thu, 1 Apr 2010 02:56 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday touted the immediate benefits small businesses will receive from his healthcare reforms, in his second speech this week promoting the sweeping plan to a skeptical public. Full Story Top Cheap and deadly, homemade bombs plague Afghan roads Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:13 pm PDT Reuters - The signature weapon of the Iraq war has established itself as the Taliban's weapon of choice in Afghanistan as well, where roadside bombs have proven to be rudimentary and cheap -- but deadly as ever. Full Story Top Arizona murder prompts calls to tighten security Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:58 pm PDT Reuters - The murder of a prominent Arizona rancher near the Mexican border is spurring charges that Washington is doing too little to stop Mexico's raging drug war from spilling over into the United States. Full Story Top Obama calls on Hu to support action on Iran Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:27 pm PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama urged Chinese President Hu Jintao for cooperation on the Iranian nuclear standoff, the White House said, as Hu appealed for "healthy and stable" relations between the two nations. Full Story Top Karzai slammed after attack on 'foreigners' Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:01 pm PDT AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai came in for stinging criticism after accusing foreign powers of orchestrating enormous fraud in elections that returned him to power last year. Full Story Top

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