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Obama appeals to Iranian people in Internet video (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.

Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - British Airways is scrambling to deal with the start of a three-day strike by its cabin crew on Saturday that has thrown the plans of thousands of travelers into chaos.

End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama's way (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's direction.

Bloated lake haunts North Dakota town again (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - The tiny North Dakota town of Kathryn could face another flood evacuation nearly a year after worried authorities went door to door warning residents to flee as water carved through a nearby dam.

Police: Arrest in NJ Walmart racial comment case (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - Police say they have made an arrest in the case of a racial comment being made over the public-address system at a Walmart store in southern New Jersey.

Thai protesters begin weekend march around capital (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - Protesters riding thousands of motorcycles and crammed into trucks and cars set off Saturday for a daylong caravan through the streets of the Thai capital, hoping to enlist residents in their "class war" against the government.

Year's biggest sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's airport and prompting a dust warning for Seoul.

New threat rankles Hemet, Calif., police (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - A Southern California police department plagued by booby trap attacks against its officers went on heightened alert Friday following yet another threat.

Judge orders renegotiation of 9/11 settlement (AP)

March 20, 2010

AP - A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement that would have given at least $575 million to people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal shortchanged 10,000 ground zero workers whom he called heroes.