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Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud (AP) 3/9/2010 10:14 PM

US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.


Car detectives crowd around Monday's runaway Prius (AP) 3/10/2010 12:07 AM

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid.


Biden's West Bank tour clouded by settlement plans (AP) 3/10/2010 12:15 AM

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and his wife Jill, second from left, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara, second from right, pose for photographers ahead of their joint dinner the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in east Jerusalem is overshadowing Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank.


Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base (AP) 3/10/2010 12:15 AM

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, second left, tours through the town of Now Zad, Afghanistan, on Tuesday March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim WATSON, Pool)AP - The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a NATO-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two international service members.


Aid group attacked in northwest Pakistan; 5 dead (AP) 3/10/2010 12:29 AM

Pakistani troops patrol through Hayatabad near the Khyber tribal agency. Militants stormed a building used by a US-based charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, sparking heavy clashes with police and killing at least five people, police and an aid worker said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AP - Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people working for the organization, police said.



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