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Nurses' union: Care does not include sex (Reuters)

A nurse speaks with an unidentified patient in the hospital in a file photo. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.


Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)

Bishop John Wester, from Salt Lake City, talks to the media outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010, following after a meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.


Toyota 'mystified' by runaway Prius case in Calif. (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.


Football Hall of Famer, TV star Olsen dies at 69 (AP)

FILE - This 1964 handout provided by NFL photos,  shows the Los Angeles Rams defensive front four, known as the 'Fearsome Foursome.' from left to right are Lamar Lundy (85), Merlin Olsen (74), Rosey Grier (76), and Deacon Jones (75).  Olsen, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor,  died early Thursday, March 11, 2010, at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 69.(AP Photo/NFL Photos) ** NO SALES **AP - Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL's greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69.


Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come (Reuters)

Workers carry boxes of parliamentary election ballots at a tally centre in Baghdad March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.


Apple begins taking iPad orders in US (AFP)

A worker holds the new Apple iPad during an Apple Special Event on January 2010 in San Francisco, California. Apple fans flocked online Friday to be among the first to order iPad tablet computers slated to begin shipping in the United States on April 3.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Apple fans flocked online Friday to be among the first to order iPad tablet computers slated to begin shipping in the United States on April 3.


Dems seek agreement, quick vote on health care (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. leaves after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.


Without Anti-gay Hysteria, Massa's a Dud for the GOP (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- There was an intense, conspiratorial, crazily sincere man on Glenn Beck's show Tuesday, and it wasn't Glenn Beck.

Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom (AP)

Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old senior at Itawamba County Agricultural High School, is photographed Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Fulton, Miss., a day after the high school announced they wouldn't hold the senior prom April 2. McMillen wanted to bring a same-sex date and wear a tuxedo. (AP Photo/Matthew Sharpe)AP - A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled.


Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live' (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2009 file photo, actress Betty White poses for a portrait in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host "Saturday Night Live."


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