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Thousands rally against Putin across Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians rallied against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's government on Saturday in a string of protests fueled by sharp falls in living standards since the economic crisis hit.

Obama to Iran: U.S. offer of dialogue still stands

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama renewed his administration's offer of dialogue and diplomacy with Tehran on Saturday, a year after his offer of a new beginning with Iran failed to achieve concrete results.

Pope apologizes to Irish sex abuse victims

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday apologized to victims of child sexual abuse by clergy in Ireland and announced a formal Vatican investigation of Irish Roman Catholic dioceses and seminaries hit by the abuse scandal.

Obama urges senators to support financial reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Saturday to resist pressure to weaken a financial reform bill and called again for an independent consumer watchdog to help prevent future financial crises.

Opposition “red shirts” try to win over Thai capital

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of opposition activists paraded through Thailand's sprawling capital on Saturday in a bid to win over of Bangkok's middle classes to their anti-government campaign.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Cast Revealed! (E! Online)

E! Online:
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Cast Revealed!  —  Courtesy of Todd Williamson/Getty Images; Jason Kempin/Getty Images; Michael Kovac/Getty Images  —  The Real Housewives franchise just got a fabulous face-lift—in Beverly Hills!—and E! News has learned the identities of the new crop of camera-friendly ladies who lunch.


Guests for the Sunday TV news shows (AP)

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio,  speaks during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 19, 2010.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:



India to get access to U.S. man on Mumbai attack: U.S.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian investigators will be given access to the Chicago man who pleaded guilty to helping plan the Mumbai attacks, but he won't be extradited to India on current charges, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

NYC cops sorry for pounding couple’s door 50 times (AP)

The house where Rose and Walter Martins live in the Brooklyn borough of New York is photographed, Friday, March 19, 2010. A senior New York City police official apologized Friday for the 50 or so door-pounding visits police made to the home of a bewildered elderly couple. It seems a glitch in computer records had led them over and over to Walter and Rose Martin's modest home in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Cheesecake in hand, the police commissioner personally apologized Friday for the 50 or so mistaken, door-pounding visits that police have made to the home of a bewildered elderly Brooklyn couple in the past eight years.



Court: Anna Nicole Smith gets none of oil fortune (AP)

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by temple Webber Photography, millionare J. Howard Marshall II is shown. A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest stop in the 15-year legal battle over the $1.6 billion estate that J. Howard Marshall left after his 1995 death at age 90. (AP Photo/Courtesy Temple Webber Photography, from 'Done in Oil,' Texas A&M Press, file)AP - The elderly Texas billionaire who married Anna Nicole Smith in the last year of his life never intended to leave the former stripper any portion of his vast fortune, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.



In Bid to Sway Sales, Cameras Track Shoppers

Retailers say they are using video cameras to watch customers as a way to make shopping in stores more enjoyable, but privacy advocates are skeptical.


Democrats Woo Abortion Foes in Push for Health Bill

House Democratic leaders were exploring a deal that would clinch the votes to pass the legislation, but they faced stiff resistance from lawmakers who support abortion rights.


White House Memo: For Obama, Health Care Pushes Other Issues to the Margins

For several weeks the issue of health care has overshadowed every other issue, foreign and domestic, faced by President Obama.


National Briefing | West: California: Estate of Anna Nicole Smith Loses a Round in Fight Over Millions

A federal appeals court ruled that the estate of Anna Nicole Smith should get none of the more than $300 million she claimed that her ex-husband meant to leave her on his death.


National Briefing | West: Nevada: Kidnapping Suspect Is Cleared in Murder Cases

The man charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard in Northern California has been ruled out as a suspect in two murder cases involving children in Reno.


National Briefing | Midwest: Minnesota: $5 Million Settlement in Suit Over Bridge Collapse

The URS Corporation and the State of Minnesota have settled a lawsuit over the 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in downtown Minneapolis.


National Briefing | West: California: Review Backs Water Limits

The National Academy of Sciences said that the rationale behind a decision to protect the endangered smelt, a tiny fish, was sound.


On Religion: Giving Up, but Also Taking On, for Lent

Mixing traditional Lenten practices with modern idealism, volunteerism is stressed, with the goal of having American Catholics work toward social justice.


Threat of Red River Flooding Subsides at Fargo

After packing more than a million sandbags and building miles of temporary dikes to hold back the surging Red River, Fargo, N.D., got lucky on Friday with a sudden drop in temperature.


Rep. Meeks Cries Poor, but He Lives the Good Life

The spending habits of Representative Gregory W. Meeks have drawn the scrutiny of ethics watchdogs and regulators, who question his use of campaign money.