 Telegraph.co.uk | Technology's Richest Billionaires Forbes Bill Gates loses top spot, but stock surge lifts fortunes of youngest and once-young technology moguls. Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man. Though the software visionary's net worth rose $13 billion to a whopping $53 billion in the last ... Mexico's Carlos Slim overtakes Gates in world rich list Slim Overtakes Gates, Buffett to Become Forbes Richest Person Telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim Helu is world's richest man |
 Reuters | White House continues to slam insurers CNN St. Charles, Missouri (CNN) -- President Obama took his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch to the political battleground state of Missouri Wednesday, turning up the heat on private health insurers in a speech. "What we're proposing is a ... Obama decries waste, fraud in gov't health system Obama: Nothing needs reform more than health care Sebelius Cautions Health Insurers About Premium Increases |
Senate Democrats Seek to Abolish Filibusters FOXNews Looking to challenge a time-honored privilege widely used by both parties when they are in the minority, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday vowed to remove the filibuster as a weapon to kill legislation by debating it to ... Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks Senate passes $149 bln for jobless aid, tax breaks Senate passes jobs measure with some GOP support |
 Seattle Post Intelligencer | House rejects pullout from Afghanistan Reuters Two helicopters escorting US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates take off after a visit to Camp Black Horse where the Afghan National Army (ANA) receive training in Kabul March 10, 2010. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday ... House Rejects Bid to End Afghan War House rejects bid to pull troops from Afghanistan Patrick Kennedy rips media coverage |
 Times Online | A Terror Suspect Who Fits No Profile CBS News This image provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Colleen LaRose, an American woman from Pennsylvania indicted Tuesday March 9, 2010 and accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas. ... On the trail of 'JihadJane' Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online 'Jihad Jane': How does Al Qaeda recruit US-born women? |
 ABC News | Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'political pep rally' CNN Remarks by Chief Justice John Roberts and President Obama, shown here in 2009, have exposed political tensions. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Simmering tension between the White House and US Supreme Court spilled into ... Chief Justice Roberts 'Troubled' by Scene at the State of the Union Address 2 Republican Senators Call on Obama to Stop 'Attacks' on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling' |
 Richmond Times Dispatch | Va. gov McDonnell signs offshore energy bills The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law Wednesday offshore drilling legislation intended to realize his goal of making Virginia the East Coast's energy superpower. The bills supporting offshore oil and gas exploration and directing royalties ... From McDonnell, A Turn On Sexual Orientation Northern Virginia jurisdictions win homeland security funds Virginia Bans Mandatory Health Insurance |
 The Hindu | Netanyahu regrets 'timing' of E. J'lem housing announcement Ha'aretz Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told cabinet ministers yesterday that the timing of the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee's announcement of a plan to build 1600 new housing units in East Jerusalem - which was issued on ... Arab League chief: Palestinians pull of talks Joe Biden and Obama 'humiliated' by Israel? Well, not exactly. US-Israel row highlights quandary over settlements |
 France24 | US budget deficit hits record $221bn BBC News The US government recorded a budget deficit of $221bn (£147.6bn) in February - the largest monthly deficit in its history. the total deficit since the beginning of the fiscal year in October now stands at $651.6bn, the figures from the US treasury show ... US Monthly Budget Deficit Balloons Budget deficit sets record in February US Posts Record $220.9 Billion Budget Gap in Feb |
 Kansas City Star | Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal The Associated Press 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. ... At Capitol ceremony, female aviators of WWII honored Congress honors WASP WWII pilots Mich. women WWII pilots receive Congressional Gold Medal |
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