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Thai PM rejects protesters' call for new elections (AP)

Anti-goverment protestors shout slogans as they ride motorcycles to the main gates of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters Monday, March 15, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. The 'Red Shirts' are asking for the dissolution of Parliament before noon in exchange for a halt to demonstrations. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the key target of the massive demonstration, said he could not give in to the protesters' ultimatum but left room for compromise. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

AP - Thailand's prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to splatter the seat of government with their own blood if their demands weren't met.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:20:23 GMT

Narcos blamed for killings of 3 with US consul tie (AP)

Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010. A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office. (AP Photo)

AP - Suspected drug gang hit men separately ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate in this violent border city, killing an American couple and a Mexican man. Three young children survived, although two suffered wounds.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:41:11 GMT

Suicide car bomber kills 4 in western Iraq (AP)

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Fallujah, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 15, 2010. A suicide car bomber killed four people and wounded 29 when his vehicle exploded in a busy street during the morning rush hour in western Iraq. (AP Photo/Bilal Fawzi)

AP - A suicide car bomber killed four people and wounded 29 others when his vehicle exploded in a busy street Monday during the morning rush hour in western Iraq.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:40:21 GMT

Officials: US wants Israel to cancel building plan (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem Sunday, March 14, 2010. Netanyahu is urging calm following another stern rebuke from Washington over plans to build 1,600 apartments in contested east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)

AP - The U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose approval has touched off the most serious diplomatic feud with Washington in years, said Israeli officials Monday.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:55:55 GMT

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Kansas, Kentucky, Orange, Duke top seeds (AP)
The selection committee made its choices. Now, it's America's turn. The country's biggest office pool, otherwise known as March Madness, serves up the usual smorgasbord of choices, starting with Kansas, the overall top seed in the 65-team NCAA tournament bracket released Sunday. "It's a blessing, it's a burden," Kansas coach Bill Self said of being No.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:55:27 PDT

Tomlinson signs 2-year deal with Jets (AP)
LaDainian Tomlinson is bolting for the Big Apple. Tomlinson's agent, Tom Condon, said Sunday that the New York Jets signed the former Chargers running back to a two-year contract. The Jets confirmed that they have agreed to a deal, adding the aging star to the NFL's top-ranked rushing offense last season.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:40:27 PDT

Browns trade QB Quinn to Broncos (AP)
Brady Quinn will get a chance to start over in Denver. Whether he'll get to start is up in the air. The Broncos acquired the former first-round draft pick from the Cleveland Browns for fullback Peyton Hillis, a 2011 sixth-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2012. The teams announced the trade Sunday and said the deal is pending physicals.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:40:16 PDT

Kentucky ties it at buzzer, wins in OT (AP)
John Calipari only had questions once he and his Kentucky Wildcats finished celebrating their Southeastern Conference tournament championship. "How did we win this game? How did we go to overtime? I don't know," Calipari said. Credit his fantastic freshmen who scored to get them to overtime and then won the game, even if they celebrated a little prematurely.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:13:26 PDT

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Stocks fall slightly in early trading (AP)

An information board posts the latest prices and graphs above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month. Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a preliminary study by North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center said Saturday.(AFP/Stan Honda)

AP - Investors are entering the new trading week tentatively after Moody's Investors Service said the U.S. could eventually lose its top-notch credit rating. Stocks fell slightly in early trading Monday.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:41:50 GMT

Industrial production rises 0.1 percent in Feb (AP)
AP - Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in February, beating expectations and marking the eighth straight monthly increase. But the key manufacturing sector produced less, showing that economic recovery is still a ways off.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:21:47 GMT

China trims holdings of Treasury securities (AP)
AP - China retained its spot as the biggest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury debt in January although it trimmed its holdings for a third straight month. The string of declines are likely to underscore worries that the U.S. government could face much higher interest rates to finance soaring budget deficits.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:38:46 GMT

Gov't says it cannot explain runaway Toyota (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

AP - The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway last week and acknowledged it may not be able to solve the mystery of what happened to the hybrid.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:31:20 GMT

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Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2005 file photo, Susan Chapman, director of the Division of Federal Investments, sorts through paper securities pulled from a safe at the Treasury Department's Bureau of Public Debt offices in Parkersburg, W.Va. The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. It's time to start cashing them in. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, FILE)

AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:57:39 GMT

'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)

FILE - In this May 22, 1996 file photo, actor Peter Graves says he wasn't asked to portray his signature role in the film remake of ``Mission Impossible,'' the big-budget movie starring Tom Cruise. Graves said in the New York Daily News, Sunday, May 26, 1996, he wouldn't like to play Phelps as the bad guy. Graves' publicist, Sandy Brokaw, says the actor died Sunday shortly after returning to his Los Angeles home from brunch with his family. He was 83. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file )

AP - Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanor was a good fit to the intrigue of "Mission Impossible" as well as the satire of the "Airplane" films, has died.

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:40:38 GMT

No Child Left Behind overhaul: five key things that would change (The Christian Science Monitor)

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the Export-Import Bank's Annual Conference in Washington March 11, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young/Files

The Christian Science Monitor - On Saturday, the Obama administration released its blueprint for overhauling the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. US lawmakers are to consider the blueprint – and make their own revisions – as part of a reauthorization process for the education law.

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:02:00 GMT

Gov't says it cannot explain runaway Toyota (AP)