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Scott Brown's changing tune on health care reform

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Scott Brown is lashing out over health care reform. AP reports: Newly arrived Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts accused President Barack Obama and Democrats on Saturday of a “bitter, destructive and endless” drive to pass health overhaul legislation that Brown warned would be disastrous. Brown, as a state senator in Massachusetts, voted in favor of the universal-coverage law in that state. The bill he supported in Massachusetts has a number of features in common with the Democrats’ legislation, including a mandate for nearly everyone

Why Does Glenn Beck Hate Jesus?

When Glenn Beck told listeners of his radio show on March 2 that they should "run as fast as you can" from any church that preached "social or economic justice" because those were code words for Communism and Nazism, he probably thought he was tweaking a few crunchy religious liberals who didn't listen to the [...]

Obama Proposes Sweeping Education Reforms, New Federal Commitment To Kids

ATLANTA — President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground lost against youngsters in other countries. A plan to overhaul the 2002 education law championed by President George W. Bush was unveiled by the Obama administration Saturday in hopes of replacing a system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.

Cynthia Nixon receives award from gay organization

Reuters - Gay media group GLAAD honored the TV series "Brothers & Sisters" and singled-out actress Cynthia Nixon for her work at a Saturday night gala highlighting gay marriage rights.

March Madness Bracket 2010: DOWNLOAD HERE

The 2010 March Madness bracket has been released. Click HERE to download the bracket (PDF file). The 1-seeds are Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse. Kansas is the overall #1 seed. The opening round game is on Tuesday, March 16. Round one kicks off on Thursday and runs from March 18-19. The second round takes place on March 20 and 21. The Sweet 16 round starts on March 25 and concludes on the 26th. The Elite Eight round occurs on March 27 and 28. On April 3, the Final Four is narrowed to just two teams, and the NCAA champions will be crowned on April 5 in Indianapolis. Scroll down to see ho

More than 50,000 fans in Cowboys Stadium for fight

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—After weeks of debate, April Entona finally decided to join her sister and brother-in-law to watch fellow Filipino Manny Pacquaio fight in Cowboys Stadium. So the day before the bout, she told her bosses someone would have to cover her nursing shift—in Chicago.

China promises steps to boost imports (AP)

China's premier promised Sunday to increase imports to promote trade and appealed to other nations to oppose what he said was rising global protectionism.

Aaron Greenspan: Customer Disservice Spotlight On: Toyota

I own a Toyota Corolla. It's a car that gets me from point A to point B, where those points usually refer to my house and my office. Occasionally, I drive the car to more exotic places (the grocery store and the gas station), but in all, I don't drive a whole lot. It took me a year and a half to get to 5,000 miles. It took Toyota nearly that long or longer, depending on when you think Toyota engineers actually knew about the problem, to notify me that my car was being recalled for the infamous sticky accelerator pedal. (The dealership did send me a dubious Russian-spam style e-mail in blue ty

Leading men fall short at box office

Matt Damon and Robert Pattinson both failed to top the weekend box office with their new films.

Vatican: 'No link' between celibacy requirement, sex abuse

The Vatican has strongly denied that its celibacy requirement is the root of the sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and has again defended Pope Benedict XVI's handling of the crisis.

Canada News

Bourgonje wins Canada's first medal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cross-country skier Colette Bourgonje on Sunday won Canada's first medal of the 2010 Winter Paralympics when she finished second in the 10km (sitting) event.

Avalanche in Canada kills 2, injures 30 (CNN)
Two people were killed and 30 injured when an avalanche struck a snowmobile competition in western Canada, authorities said Sunday.

Two dead, dozens missing in Canada after massive avalanche (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two people died and dozens were missing Sunday, after a massive weekend avalanche in Western Canada hit a crowd of 200 snowmobilers in the mountainous backcountry.

Vale Says It Will Hire Some Contract Workers at Canada Mines (Bloomberg)
March 14 (Bloomberg) -- Vale SA will hire some contract workers to fill positions at its striking mines in Canada, Vale spokesman Cory McPhee said.

Deadly avalanche in Canada (The New Zealand Herald)
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada - An avalanche that killed at least two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow...

Deadly avalanche in Canada (The New Zealand Herald)
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada - An avalanche that killed at least two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below, witnesses said today.

Canada's Colette Bourgonje, Vivian Forest, Josh Dueck win medals at Paralympics (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
WHISTLER, B.C. - Make it three medals for Canada at the Paralympic Games.

Canada snowmobile accident kills three (BigPond News)
At least three snowmobilers have been killed by an avalanche in Canada's Rocky Mountains.

Deadly avalanche hits Canada snowmobile mountain rally (BBC News)
An avalanche has struck a snowmobile gathering in Canada's Rocky Mountains, killing at least three people.

Bourgonje wins Canada's first Paralympic medal (CTV Winnipeg)
Canadian Colette Bourgonje won the silver medal in today's women's sitting 10km cross country ski race, the first medal for Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Games, in a time of 31 minutes, 49.8 seconds.