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Obama says historic health plan will pass 20 Mar 10, 21:36 ET AFP - US President Barack Obama led Democrats in a triumphant, fist-pumping rally Saturday and confidently predicted Congress would rise to a century-old challenge and pass his health care overhaul. more Fargo calm, confident as Red River completes rise 20 Mar 10, 21:10 ET AP - They passed out cigars in Fargo on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city that's spent the last week getting ready to hold back the Red River cautiously prepared to celebrate what appeared to be a successful defense against the swollen waterway. more Thousands rally to pull troops from 2 war zones 20 Mar 10, 21:10 ET AP - Thousands of protesters — many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama — marched through the nation's capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. more 3 deaths reported as snow storm strikes Plains 20 Mar 10, 20:02 ET AP - A powerful storm began blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first day of spring Saturday, bringing heavy snow and strong winds a day after temperatures reached into the 70s. more 3 killed after small planes collide over Fla. 20 Mar 10, 18:25 ET AP - A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collided in clear, sunny skies Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, authorities said. more Black support high for Obama's race-neutral stance 20 Mar 10, 17:46 ET AP - In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama's insistence that a rising economic tide for all will lift African-American boats. more Thousands rally on anniversary of invasion of Iraq 20 Mar 10, 15:11 ET AP - Thousands of protesters carried signs reading "Indict Bush Now" and flag-draped cardboard coffins on Saturday — the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq — urging the immediate withdrawal of all troops sent into combat overseas. more Tight for cash, governments raise traffic fees 20 Mar 10, 15:00 ET AP - Shomari Jennings was willing to pay the $70 ticket he received for driving without a seatbelt, but not the slew of tacked-on fees and penalties that ballooned the cost more than tenfold. more Former Interior Secretary Udall dies at age 90 20 Mar 10, 14:51 ET AP - Stewart Udall, who sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary of the interior during the 1960s and later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the government's Cold War nuclear programs, died Saturday. He was 90. more Man wanted for Detroit slayings nabbed near LA 20 Mar 10, 14:08 ET AP - U.S. Marshals using information from Detroit police have arrested in California a man wanted in a double slaying reported by the 8-year-old daughter of one of the victims. more Obama makes final pitch on eve of historic vote 20 Mar 10, 14:02 ET AFP - President Barack Obama looked to energize his Democratic allies Saturday with an in-person appeal for his historic health care overhaul on the eve of a cliffhanger vote on the sweeping legislation. more L.A. eatery charged with serving whale meat closes 20 Mar 10, 14:00 ET Reuters - A Los Angeles-area sushi restaurant that made international headlines after it was charged with serving endangered whale meat will close forever as a "self-imposed punishment," according to a statement on its website. more Bloated lake haunts North Dakota town again 20 Mar 10, 10:20 ET AP - Almost a year after worried authorities went door to door warning residents to flee as water carved through a nearby dam, this tiny North Dakota town is facing the possibility of having to evacuate again because of flooding. more Obama to drum up support for health care votes 20 Mar 10, 08:07 ET AFP - US President Barack Obama was to meet key Democratic lawmakers Saturday to drum up support for his sweeping health care reform plan ahead of a decisive vote on it in the House of Representatives. more New threat rankles Hemet, Calif., police 20 Mar 10, 03:40 ET AP - A Southern California police department plagued by booby trap attacks against its officers went on heightened alert Friday following yet another threat. more NYC cops sorry for pounding couple's door 50 times 20 Mar 10, 02:41 ET 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. more Ore. lawsuit claims Boy Scouts sex abuse coverup 20 Mar 10, 00:16 ET AP - The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years. more

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