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Biden sees "moment of opportunity" in Mideast (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden says there is a "moment of opportunity" for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Cyprus police confirm body is ex-leader's corpse (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - A body discovered in a Nicosia cemetery is the stolen corpse of Cyprus' ex-president Tassos Papadopoulos, police said Tuesday.

Gates praises troops in southern Afghanistan (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.

Brown team takes campaign template on the road (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - The political team that helped Scott Brown stage his improbable victory in the Massachusetts Senate race wants to apply its winning strategy elsewhere this election year. First stop: Rhode Island.

Parents of dead SoCal teen urge new predator laws (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - The father of a 14-year-old girl whose bones were found more than a year after she vanished walking to school urged supporters to behave like his late daughter's favorite animal, the wolf, to hunt down child predators.

Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term in NYC gun case (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

Mavericks top Timberwolves for 12th straight win (AP)

March 9, 2010

AP - Shawn Marion had a season-high 29 points and 14 rebounds and the Dallas Mavericks stretched the league's longest active winning streak to 12 straight games with a 125-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.

Obama targets insurers, sells reform plan (Reuters)

March 9, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama launched a sharp attack on health insurers on Monday and called on his fellow Democrats to rise above politics and pass a healthcare overhaul in the next few weeks.

Turnout for Iraq election solid at 62 percent (Reuters)

March 9, 2010

Reuters - Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election was 62 percent, higher than in last year's provincial ballot, despite attempts by Sunni Islamist insurgents to disrupt the vote with attacks that killed 39, officials said on Monday.

Toyota finds no flaw with safety electronics (Reuters)

March 9, 2010

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said it had found no flaw with its throttle controls as it seeks to dismiss an external study critical of its electronic safety systems.