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• Senate proposes plan to reduce confirmation votes
• NY prosecutors: Insider trading tip cited on tape
• Barbour all shook up with gaudy Elvis sunglasses
• Philly archdiocese puts 2 retired priests on leave
• Baltic Sea letter in a bottle found 24 years later
• Ex-LA gang leader gets 8 life sentences in murders
• House Republicans seek IRS probe of AARP
• How the poll was conducted
• Google adds button to endorse search results, ads
• AP-GfK Poll: Americans souring more on economy
• AD:
• Possible tornado hits Miss., 40-plus homes damaged
• Court: Can generic drug maker be sued over labels?
• FDA examines link between food dyes, hyperactivity
• 5 arrested teens locked in NJ police van overnight
• Defector testifies anew in ex-agent's perjury case
• Group reports finding shipwreck in Lake Michigan
• DC flight diverted over security arrives in Oregon
• NYC considering table service in Times Square
• Calif. co. wants hold on Diablo nuke plant renewal

Senate proposes plan to reduce confirmation votes Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:01 PM PDT A bipartisan group of senators has come up with a plan to reduce by one-third the number of executive nominations that require Senate confirmation.

NY prosecutors: Insider trading tip cited on tape Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:41 PM PDT A Wall Street hedge fund manager accused in the biggest insider trading case in history bragged on a 2008 conference call about making a massive illegal trade only moments before the market closed, according to prosecutors who played a tape of the call Wednesday at his trial.

Barbour all shook up with gaudy Elvis sunglasses Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:41 PM PDT Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour briefly channeled his inner Elvis after a Democratic lawmaker trotted after him and popped a pair of gold-rimmed Elvis Presley sunglasses onto the Republican's face.

Philly archdiocese puts 2 retired priests on leave Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:22 PM PDT The Archdiocese of Philadelphia placed two retired priests on administrative leave Wednesday, bringing to 23 the number of priests suspended following a scathing grand jury report on allegations of child sex abuse.

Baltic Sea letter in a bottle found 24 years later Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:11 PM PDT Nearly a quarter-century after a German boy tossed a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he's received an answer.

Ex-LA gang leader gets 8 life sentences in murders Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:21 AM PDT A Los Angeles judge has sentenced the former leader of the Asian Boyz street gang to eight consecutive life sentences in prison for eight murders and 10 attempted murders committed in a mid-1990s crime spree.

House Republicans seek IRS probe of AARP Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PDT AARP lobbied for the new health care law and now it stands to profit, Republican lawmakers charged Wednesday as they called for the IRS to investigate whether the powerful interest group deserves to keep its federal tax exemption.

How the poll was conducted Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PDT The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Barack Obama and the economy was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from March 24-28. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,001 adults. Interviews were conducted with 701 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular phones.

Google adds button to endorse search results, ads Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:11 AM PDT Google is giving people the option of recommending Internet search results and online ads. The "+1" button rolls out Wednesday. It represents Google Inc.'s latest imitation of Facebook in an attempt to make it easier for its users to share their insights with their online contacts.

AP-GfK Poll: Americans souring more on economy Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:01 AM PDT For all the talk of recovery, Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the economy as soaring gas costs strain already-tight budgets. So far, people aren't taking it out on President Barack Obama, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.

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Possible tornado hits Miss., 40-plus homes damaged Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PDT Officials are saying wind and heavy rain has damaged more than 40 homes in central Mississippi and some roads are flooding.

Court: Can generic drug maker be sued over labels? Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PDT The Supreme Court will decide this summer whether to allow generic drug makers to be sued for not trying to get federal regulators to add warnings about potentially dangerous side effects to their drug labels.

FDA examines link between food dyes, hyperactivity Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PDT The FDA is examining the link between dyes found in everyday foods and hyperactivity in children.

5 arrested teens locked in NJ police van overnight Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PDT Three New Jersey police officers have been suspended after five arrested teenagers spent the night locked up in a police van.

Defector testifies anew in ex-agent's perjury case Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT A former Cuban intelligence officer is set to face cross-examination after telling a Texas jury he was tortured in 2005 by a key prosecution witness in the perjury trial of an ex-CIA agent.

Group reports finding shipwreck in Lake Michigan Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:32 AM PDT An organization that documents shipwrecks said it has found the wreck of a 60-foot, single-masted sloop in Lake Michigan that may date back to the 1830s while looking for remnants of a plane that crashed into the lake more than 60 years ago.

DC flight diverted over security arrives in Oregon Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:21 AM PDT An Oregon-bound United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., that was diverted to Chicago for security concerns landed early Wednesday morning in Portland.

NYC considering table service in Times Square Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:01 AM PDT Food and drink table service may be coming to the pedestrian plazas in New York City's Times Square this summer.

Calif. co. wants hold on Diablo nuke plant renewal Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:52 AM PDT County supervisors on California's central coast want operators of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to suspend license renewal efforts until more earthquake safety studies are completed.

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