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A-Rod: Lawyers are setting up interview with feds (AP)

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez slaps a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Maholm up the middle, driving in two runs during a spring training baseball game in Bradenton, Fla., Monday, March 8, 2010.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP – Alex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training.

Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees (AP)

In this image made on Wednesday, March 10, 2010,  three freed Afghan detainees from Loghar province listen during a prisoner release ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Four prisoners were released from a U.S.-run military prison on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP – The Pashtun tribal leaders picked at the chocolate cake and fruit laid out for them at the conference table. Politely, they listened to speeches touting a new program to release detainees from Afghanistan’s largest U.S.-run military prison if community leaders vouch for them.

Safety agency under spotlight in House hearing (AP)

A panel of experts answer questions during a live webcast  Monday, March 8, 2010, at Toyota Headquarters in Torrance, Calif. Toyota, dogged by millions of recalls and claims that it still has not fixed its safety problems, assembled a group of experts who said studies by an Illinois professor who revved Toyota engines simply by short-circuiting the wiring were flawed because they created conditions that would never happen on the road. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)AP – Toyota’s massive recalls are bringing new scrutiny to the government’s auto safety agency, prompting Congress to look at how federal safety officials have lived up to their mission of protecting motorists.

Yanukovych party forms new Ukraine coalition (AFP)

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich inspects an honor guard on a trip to Moscow last week. Yanukovych's party has formed a majority coalition in parliament which will now appoint a government, the speaker announced Thursday.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP – The party of Ukraine’s new President Viktor Yanukovych has formed a majority coalition in parliament which will now appoint a government, the speaker announced Thursday.

Israel PM reprimands minister over settlement flap (AP)

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talk before a dinner at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)AP – Israel’s prime minister has reprimanded a top official over the announcement of new settlement construction during a high-profile visit by Vice President Joe Biden.

Mideast talks hopes in tatters (AFP)

US Vice President Joe Biden and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas read a statement to the press following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Prospects for indirect peace talks lay in tatters on Thursday after the Palestinians said they would not negotiate with Israel unless it reversed plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem.(AFP/David Furst)AFP – Prospects for indirect peace talks lay in tatters on Thursday after the Palestinians said they would not negotiate with Israel unless it reversed plans to build 1,600 settler homes in east Jerusalem.

Mexico’s Slim becomes ‘world’s richest’ person (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2008 file photo, Mexican businessman Carlos Slim visits the Museo Alameda where some of his personal art collection is on display in San Antonio. On March 10, 2010, Forbes announced that Slim claims the title of world's richest person with a net worth of $53.5 billion.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)AP – The naming of Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim as the world’s richest person — the first from a developing nation — underlines the loosening of America and Europe’s stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires’ club.

NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters (AP)

AP – A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators.

Ga.’s system to defend the poor still reeling (AP)

FILE - In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, Brian Nichols  sits with members of his defense team as the sentencing phase of his trial continues at the Atlanta Municipal Court Building in downtown Atlanta. Brian Nichols was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to life in prison for the killings of a judge, court reporter, deputy and federal agent during the March 2005 rampage. But Georgia's legal system is dealing with the aftermath of his taxpayer-funded defense. .(AP Photo/Kimberly Smith, Pool, File)AP – Georgia’s public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on the way to his conviction.

Democrats, White House close in on health bill (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP – A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president’s signature health care overhaul.

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