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Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal

AP - Wed Mar 10, 9:25 PM ET

WASHINGTON - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.

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  1. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou walks away after talking to the media in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, following a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's AP - Wed Mar 10, 1:46 PM ETSent 538 times

    WASHINGTON - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?

  2. Minority births on track to outnumber white births AP - Wed Mar 10, 12:16 PM ETSent 305 times

    WASHINGTON - Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.

  3. Graphic shows how a cardiac angiogram is administered
    Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given AP - Wed Mar 10, 7:03 PM ETSent 280 times

    NEW YORK - A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.

  4. Wearing her WASP uniform from World War II, Eleanor Brown of Victoria, Texas, attends a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal AP - Wed Mar 10, 9:25 PM ETSent 215 times

    WASHINGTON - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.

  5. US Representative Eric Massa, pictured in 2009, resigned suddenly this week facing harassment allegations from a former male staffer. In his most colorful parting shot, on a radio show on Sunday, he accused the White House chief of staff of cornering him at the locker room of the House of Representatives gym and hammering him for failing to back Obama's budget.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)
    Eric Massa on Glenn Beck: Battle on Fox Over Controversy Time.com - Wed Mar 10, 3:35 PM ETSent 187 times

    Many conservatives had warned Fox News superstar Glenn Beck to steer clear of aggrieved Democratic Congressman Eric Massa, but he just couldn't resist

  6. Supreme Court chief fights back after criticism from Obama The Newsroom - Wed Mar 10, 6:36 PM ETSent 181 times

    It's no secret that many think the fierce mood of partisanship is routinely crippling Washington. While most of the fur flies between the major parties in Congress — with the president weighing in occasionally to keep his party leaders on message — this week has seen an outbreak of hostilities in a less traditional venue: between the Supreme Court and the president.

  7. A 2005 Toyota Prius, which was in an accident, is seen at a police station in Harrison, New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The driver of the Toyota Prius told police that the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems AP - Wed Mar 10, 9:25 PM ETSent 147 times

    NEW YORK - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.

  8. In this photo taken March 9, 2010, Raymond Cirimele, 55, displays his Costco membership card outside his home in Chicago. Cirimele is one of at least 245 people in 44 states who have been sickened by a recent salmonella outbreak. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries and followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat. He said no one asked for his shopper card data, but he would have provided it if someone had. 'I don't have any secrets, so I'm not worried about it,' he said. 'It's kind of like the whole airport security and all that. I'd rather fly on a safe plane.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
    CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella AP - Wed Mar 10, 10:03 PM ETSent 143 times

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.

  9. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, listens as Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, to discuss the Democrats jobs agenda. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
    Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks AP - Wed Mar 10, 7:03 PM ETSent 135 times

    WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend key pieces of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.

  10. FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim visits the Museo Alameda where some of his personal art collection is on display in San Antonio. On March 10, 2010, Forbes announced that Slim claims the title of world's richest person with a net worth of $53.5 billion. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
    Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person AP - Wed Mar 10, 9:40 PM ETSent 111 times

    MEXICO CITY - Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.

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  1. CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella AP - Wed Mar 10, 10:03 PM ET

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.

  2. Eric Massa on Glenn Beck: Battle on Fox Over Controversy Time.com - Wed Mar 10, 3:35 PM ET

    Many conservatives had warned Fox News superstar Glenn Beck to steer clear of aggrieved Democratic Congressman Eric Massa, but he just couldn't resist

  3. Supreme Court chief fights back after criticism from Obama The Newsroom - Wed Mar 10, 6:36 PM ET

    It's no secret that many think the fierce mood of partisanship is routinely crippling Washington. While most of the fur flies between the major parties in Congress — with the president weighing in occasionally to keep his party leaders on message — this week has seen an outbreak of hostilities in a less traditional venue: between the Supreme Court and the president.

  4. Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's AP - Wed Mar 10, 1:46 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?

  5. Minority births on track to outnumber white births AP - Wed Mar 10, 12:16 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.

  6. A large hole is seen in a stone wall in Purchase, New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The driver of a 2005 Toyota Prius told police in suburban New York that the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into the stone wall.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems AP - Wed Mar 10, 9:25 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.

  7. President Barack Obama greets spectators Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after arriving in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
    Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement AP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

    ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.

  8. This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, left, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman, right. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDIT
    Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition AP - Wed Mar 10, 8:56 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.

  9. President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, right, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., walks back to the White House, from the Blair House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, after meeting all day with Republican and Democrat lawmakers to renew his struggle to reform health care. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Obama presses Reid to cut special deals from health bill Politico - Wed Mar 10, 8:11 PM ET

    President Barack Obama is pushing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to go further than Obama has previously disclosed to strip the final health care reform bill of the narrow deals aimed at appeasing specific senators.

  10. FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2010 photo, a 2010 Toyota Corolla is shown at Toyota dealership in San Francisco. For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
    2-second video causes headache for ABC News AP - 58 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles.

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  1. Taronga Zoo veterinarians give treatment to a newborn elephant calf as its mother Porntip (R) stands next to it in Sydney March 10, 2010. An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb. REUTERS/Taronga Zoo/Bobby-Jo Vial/Handout
    "Dead" baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zoo Reuters - Wed Mar 10, 2:34 PM ET

    SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wednesday, surprising vets and keepers who two days earlier declared the baby had died in the womb.

  2. President Barack Obama speaks with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou during a ceremony honoring Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
    AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress AP - Wed Mar 10, 1:44 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.

  3. Another runaway Toyota Prius reported Reuters - Wed Mar 10, 2:46 PM ET

    DETROIT (Reuters) - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.

  4. Former sprinter Marion Jones , center, smiles while flanked by Tulsa Shock president Steve Swetoha, , left, and coach Nolan Richardson during a news conference announcing her signing with WNBA basketball Tulsa Shock on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, in Tulsa, Okla. Jones was a star at the 2000 Sydney Olympics but admitted two years ago that she had taken the 'clear.' She was stripped of her medals, including three golds. (AP Photo/Shane Bevel)
    Marion Jones signs with WNBA's Tulsa Shock AP - 44 minutes ago

    TULSA, Okla. - Marion Jones hasn't lost much of her swagger.

  5. Pelosi faces biggest test on healthcare vote Reuters - Wed Mar 10, 12:13 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.

  6. Google chief sees outcome "soon" in China row Reuters - Wed Mar 10, 4:53 PM ET

    ABU DHABI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.

  7. People looking for jobs meet professionals from more than 30 employers at the UJA-Federation of New York's Connect to Care job fair in New York, in this file image from March 2, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files
    Unemployment rises in 30 states in January AP - Wed Mar 10, 12:54 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.

  8. Heidi Montag: Consumer Advocate The Nation - Wed Mar 10, 11:45 AM ET

    The Nation -- First, the former Saturday Night Live presidents threw their support behind financial regulation. Now an even more unlikely reformer, reality TV star Heidi Montag, is teaming up with director Ron Howard and Americans for Financial Reform in an amusing new video pressing for the creation of a new agency to protect consumers. After all, "a consumer agency will stop the banks and credit card companies from being such sleazy jerks."

  9. Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's dispatch center, Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Norwalk, Calif. At a news conference Wednesday, the boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters he remained calm during the ordeal because his mother used to make him practice dialing 911 in case of emergencies. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher AP - Wed Mar 10, 9:43 PM ET

    NORWALK, Calif. - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call.

  10. In this Jan. 22, 2010 photo, actors Corey Haim, left, and Angela Cullins pose on the red carpet for the premier of 'Reach For Me' in Las Vegas, Nev. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Brian Jones)
    Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition AP - Wed Mar 10, 8:56 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.

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