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  • Tiger Woods may return to golf in April

    March 11, 2010

     DORAL, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press.       Woods has been practicing at Isleworth near his Orlando home the last two weeks, and swing coach Hank Haney flew... more »

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  • "Under God" ruled constitutional

    March 11, 2010

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected arguments by Sacramento atheist Michael Newdow that the phrase violates the... more »
  • WWII vintage plane crashes in Phoenix

    March 11, 2010

    Authorities say a World War II-era plane has crashed at a small airport in suburban Phoenix, prompting an evacuation of parts of the airport. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the single-engine P-51D Mustang crashed into a hangar at Stellar Airpark in Chandler at about 1:20 p.m. Thursday.... more »
  • U.S. citizen arrested on terrorist charges in Yemen

    March 11, 2010

    An official in Yemen is confirming that counterterrorism authorities have captured a U.S. citizen who is accused of being a terrorist. A spokesman for Yemen's embassy in Washington says 26-year-old Sharif Mobley was arrested after he shot his way out of a hospital, where he was being held after... more »
  • New study supports moderate weight gain

    March 11, 2010

    Kathi Jackson of Palo Alto is about to become a mom of twin boys. And as she reflects on her first trimester, new research shows she made some smart choices. "I believe I gained 12 pounds in the first trimester," Jackson said. In a new Kaiser study researchers... more »
  • DoD to resume education grants to military spouses

    March 11, 2010

    The Defense Department says it will partially resume a grant program that pays for college classes and career training for military spouses, who were outraged when the program was abruptly halted last month. Tommy T. Thomas, the Defense Department official who oversees the grants, said Thursday payments will resume... more »
  • Exxon plans to spend more, despite lower oil demand

    March 11, 2010

    Exxon says it will boost spending this year on new and existing projects even though demand for energy is still restrained in many parts of the globe. The world's largest publicly traded oil company intends to boost capital spending by 3 percent to about $28 billion. Spending should range... more »
  • Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69

    March 11, 2010

    Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69. Utah State University assistant athletic media relations director Zach Fisher says Olsen died Wednesday night. Olsen was an All-American at Utah State and a first-round draft pick of the Los Angles Rams in... more »
  • Soldiers memorialized at Ft. Carson

    March 11, 2010

    A memorial service for five Fort Carson soldiers, who were killed during service in Afghanistan, is scheduled for Thursday, 11 a.m., at Fort Carson's Soldiers' Memorial Chapel. The soldiers memorialized in Thursday's service were part of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division The soldiers being memorialized... more »
  • Climate panel faces major review

    March 11, 2010

    The world's biggest scientific guns are being called in to mop up after unsettling errors in the reports written by the U.N. climate panel. The United Nations and the beleaguered Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Wednesday that a Netherlands-based group of 15 national academies of science will study... more »
  • Tornadoes, baseball-sized hail slam southeast

    March 11, 2010

    Twisters struck parts of Arkansas Wednesday night, injuring four people and destroying a handful of homes, as a line of storms marched east. After a daylong watch for possible tornadoes in the region, Emergency Management spokeswoman Renee Preslar said three people suffered major injuries in a tornado that destroyed... more »

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