A group that monitors Internet crime says complaints jumped 33 percent in 2008.
Source:Reports of Net crime jump 33 percent
Citing insufficient evidence and hearsay, the Israeli military on Monday closed an investigation into two cases of alleged killings of Gaza civilians that had caused an uproar around the world.
Source:Israel ends probe into Gaza deaths
Opinion: There was a time when college basketball was gloriously unpredictable. It’s just hard to remember when that was.
Source:Opinion: UConn, UNC on collision course for title
An influential government-appointed medical panel wants doctors to routinely screen all U.S. teens for depression, a bold step that acknowledges that 2 million teens are affected.
Source:Panel: Test all teens for depression
John Calipari and the University of Kentucky are close to an agreement that would make him the highest-paid coach in college basketball, FoxSports.com reported Monday, citing unnamed sources close to the coach.
Source:Kentucky, Calipari reportedly close to huge deal
AP - Japanese, South Korean and U.S. missile-destroying ships set sail to monitor North Korea’s imminent rocket launch, as Pyongyang stoked tensions Monday by detaining a South Korean worker for allegedly denouncing the North’s political system. North Korea says it will send a communications satellite into orbit between April 4 and 8.
Source:Warships set sail ahead [...]
Reuters - A group of African-American lawmakers summoned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to Capitol Hill on Monday for a closed-door meeting aimed at making sure minorities and women get their share of the billions of dollars in federal bailout funds.
Source:U.S. lawmakers press Fed for minority access to bailout
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AP - It’s been a dream for a decade: a single daily pill combining aspirin, cholesterol medicine and blood pressure drugs everything people need to prevent heart attacks and strokes in a cheap, generic form.
Source:Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study
(AP)
AFP - US President Barack Obama hardened his position Monday on further aid for ailing Detroit automakers, giving General Motors and Chrysler new deadlines to come up with better viability plans.
Source:US toughens conditions for GM, Chrysler aid
(AFP)
Reuters - The United States deployed two missile-interceptor ships from South Korea on Monday, a military spokesman said, days ahead of a North Korean rocket launch widely seen as a long-range missile test that violates U.N. sanctions.
Source:U.S. deploys anti-missile ships before N.Korea launch
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