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	BBC News \| News Front Page \| UK Edition
	last updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:57:09 GMT

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:27:33 GMT Brown set to deliver 11th Budget

Gordon Brown prepares to deliver his 11th Budget - expected to be his last as chancellor.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:03:54 GMT 'Phase out' national school tests

National tests at the ages of seven, 11 and 14 could be ended, England's school exams watchdog suggests.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:12:51 GMT Woolmer's death 'is suspicious'

Jamaican police say they are treating the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer as suspicious.

	Christian Science Monitor \| Top Stories
	last updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:57:09 GMT

E-mail trail shows power struggle behind US attorneys' firings

Newly released documents show the White House sought the upper hand over US prosecutors and Congress.

'No Child Left Behind' losing steam

GOP lawmakers are among the biggest critics of Bush's school reform program.

IRS steps up efforts to close 'tax gap'

Underpayment due to cheating or confusion is causing audits to rise, and new rules could be on the way.

	NYT > Home Page
	last updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:14:57 GMT

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:54:51 EDT Bush Clashes With Congress on Prosecutors

The president and Congress appeared headed toward a constitutional showdown over demands for more information about internal White House deliberations.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:19:38 EDT Doctors? Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View

Minnesota records provide a window on the financial ties between drug companies and the doctors who prescribe their products.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:19:38 EDT Aid to Palestinians Rose in ?06 Despite an Embargo

The U.S. and the European Union have led a boycott of the Palestinian Authority, but they provided more aid in 2006 than 2005.

	U.S. News & World Report
	last updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:03:57 GMT

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST Racing Video Games May Make for Faster Drivers

Parents trying to teach their kids to be cautious drivers may want to think twice about letting them whiz around in virtual race cars. According to new research published this week in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, the more frequently people play video racing games, the more likely they are to be aggressive drivers who take risks and get into accidents. The games make it seem acceptable to drive at high speeds, and this changes driving behavior, says study coauthor Jorg Kubitzki, a traffic psychologist at the Allianz Center for Technology in Munich, Germany, via E-mail.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST New Alzheimer's Numbers Show the Toll Is Climbing

Just over 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a 10 percent increase over the last estimate from five years ago, according to new figures released by the Alzheimer's Association today. The new estimate supports a forecast that experts have been making: that as the population ages, the number of Alzheimer's patients is going to skyrocket. Some other striking figures:

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST Special Report: U.S. Attorneys Investigation

Documents Reveal Personal Side of Showdown With U.S. Attorneys Exclusive: E-mail Shows Internal Rift At Justice Over Firings Paralysis Sets In as DOJ Faces Crisis Note to Gonzales on CIA Prosecution Preceded Firing of U.S. Attorney It's Make-or-Break Time for Gonzales GOP in Sync on Budget and Gonzales Gonzales: The Texan Who Can't Shoot Straight Ashcroft Aide Sought to ID Weak U.S. Attorneys Erbe: Gonzales, the Walking Cadaver Capitol Hill Turns Up Heat on Gonzales Behind the Scenes of the U.S. Attorney Firings Furor Over Firings Rages Despite Gonzales Admitting Mistakes Video: Special Report Behind the Scenes of the U.S. Attorney Firings GOP Senators Not Rushing to Back Gonzales Congress Probes Dismissals of U.S. Attorneys News Desk Blog: U.S. Attorney Hubbub May Have '08 Implications

	Yahoo! News: Top Stories
	last updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:01:23 GMT

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:39:50 GMT Bush warns Dems to take offer in firings (AP)

AP - A defiant President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to have top aides speak about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath, or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:40:30 GMT Lawmakers warn FBI over spy power abuse (AP)

AP - Republicans and Democrats alike sternly warned the FBI on Tuesday that it risks losing its broad power to collect telephone, e-mail and financial records to hunt terrorists because of rampant abuses of the authority.

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:41:03 GMT First visitors step onto canyon skywalk (AP)

AP - Indian leaders and former astronauts stepped gingerly beyond the Grand Canyon's rim Tuesday, staring through the glass floor and into the 4,000-foot chasm below during the opening ceremony for a new observation deck.

	ABC News: International
	last updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:57:09 GMT

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:26:47 -0400 Luxury Cars, Quiet Streets and Safety -- in Iraq?

Away From Baghdad, ABC News Finds Some Iraqis Enjoy a Calmer Lifestyle

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:13:44 -0400 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Now ... Judas!

Perjurer and Priest Unite to Write a New Gospel According to Judas

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:17:11 -0400 McDonald's Has a Beef With the OED

Company Wants Oxford Dictionary to Revamp Derogatory Definition of 'McJob'

	Guardian Unlimited
	last updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:01:24 GMT

2007-03-21T00:00+00:00 Budget: £1bn for child poverty

Gordon Brown to announce £1bn to lift 200,000 children out of poverty.

2007-03-21T00:00+00:00 'Robbers use guns. He used lies'

Opening of Black trial hears claims of greed, lust for power and $60m theft.

2007-03-21T00:00+00:00 New passport applicants must go for interviews

Information to be checked against personal dossier.

	CNN.com
	last updated: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:34:17 GMT

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:45:13 EDT Bush, Senate clash on firings

The White House and Senate are flexing their muscles over who should answer questions and how in hearings probing the firings of U.S. attorneys. President Bush says key staff, including adviser Karl Rove, can answer questions but not under oath. Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy wants Rove and others under oath and on the record.

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:46:48 EDT Homesick Scout wanted to hitch home

A 12-year-old Boy Scout missing in the North Carolina mountains was found today by a search dog, the dog's handler told reporters. Michael Auberry's dad said: "[His mother] and I started to think about who to thank, and we realized the list would be maybe even in the thousands."

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:10:32 EDT General: Kids used as cover, then killed

Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged at dawn today, according to a source close to Iraq's High Tribunal. Ramadan was Saddam Hussein's vice president when the regime was ousted in 2003. The court sentenced Ramadan to death by hanging for his role in the killing of 148 men and boys in Dujail, Iraq, after a failed assassination attempt on Hussein.

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