Clinton: US wants biting sanctions on Iran (AP) 33 minutes ago

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is vowing that the Obama administration will not accept a nuclear armed Iran and is working on sanctions "that will bite" to press it to come clean about its suspect atomic program. (read more...)

UN rejects Tanzania request for one-off ivory sale (AP) 33 minutes ago

AP - A proposal by Tanzania to weaken the 21-year ban on ivory sales was rejected by a U.N. conservation meeting over fears the African country has been failing to crack down on rising incidents of poaching. (read more...)

House sends health care overhaul bill to Obama (AP) 34 minutes ago

AP - A transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats' improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage. (read more...)

Two Rio Tinto staff to plead guilty at China trial (AFP) 41 minutes ago

AFP - Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu and a Chinese fellow employee will plead guilty to bribe-taking at politically charged trial which opened Monday, a defence lawyer was quoted as saying. (read more...)

Clinton says Israel faces choices on path to peace (Reuters) 45 minutes ago

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday that Israel faces "difficult but necessary choices" on the road to Mideast peace because the status quo with the Palestinians is unsustainable. (read more...)

Historic US health overhaul a triumph for Obama (AFP) 46 minutes ago

AFP - The US Congress narrowly passed an historic health overhaul, taking the United States closer to universal medical care and handing Barack Obama the biggest triumph of his presidency. (read more...)

Chinese shrug shoulders at possible Google pull-out (Reuters) 1 hour ago

Reuters - With speculation swirling that Google Inc will soon announce the closure of its China-based Internet portal, the reaction from some Chinese has been hurry up and leave, or simply: so what? (read more...)

Last Haditha defendant seeks to dismiss charges (AP) 1 hour ago

AP - Eight Marines were charged in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war. Six have had charges dismissed, and one was acquitted. (read more...)

`Alice' still reigns at box office with $34.5M (AP) 2 hours ago

AP - Alice remains the queen of the box office. (read more...)

NCAA: Finally, a break from the madness (AP) 2 hours ago

AP - The NCAA tournament's regional semifinals are set after a thrilling and exhausting first two rounds, which filled wastepaper baskets with battered brackets and left coaches on their knees in agony and throwing their arms to the heavens in joy. (read more...)