• L.A. band tries to cash in with free monthly album 3/22/2010, 4:00 a.m. EDT
(AP) — LOS ANGELES - In an instrument-filled garage almost every day for the past year, musician John Wood has tried to find a new way to make a living.

• AP Top Connecticut Headlines At 6:40 a.m. EDT 3/21/2010, 6:39 a.m. EDT
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• Obama close to health law success that eluded past 3/21/2010, 4:00 a.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near.

• Obama close to health law success that eluded past 3/21/2010, 4:00 a.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near.

• Today in History 3/21/2010, 12:00 a.m. EDT
(AP) — Today is Sunday, March 21, the 80th day of 2010. There are 285 days left in the year.

• Today in History 3/21/2010, 12:00 a.m. EDT
(AP) — Today is Sunday, March 21, the 80th day of 2010. There are 285 days left in the year.

• Colorado skunk's head freed from peanut butter jar 3/20/2010, 6:52 p.m. EDT
(AP) — GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - It was a sticky-and potentially stinky-rescue for a Colorado wildlife officer who pried a peanut butter jar off a skunk's head Saturday in Grand Junction.

• AP Top Florida Headlines At 6:20 p.m. EDT 3/20/2010, 6:20 p.m. EDT
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• Raucous, ugly buildup to House health care vote 3/20/2010, 6:12 p.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - House Democrats heard it all Saturday-words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.

• AP Top General News At 7:19 p.m. EDT 3/20/2010, 5:56 p.m. EDT
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• AP Top News At 7:19 p.m. EDT 3/20/2010, 5:35 p.m. EDT
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• REP. PETER J. VISCLOSKY HOLDS A HEARING ON THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT SCIENCE BUDGET - Part 4 3/20/2010, 5:20 p.m. EDT
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• Top Senate Dem says he has votes for health bill 3/20/2010, 3:59 p.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he has enough votes to push changes in the health care overhaul bill through the Senate.

• Obama encourages House Dems on health care bill 3/20/2010, 3:51 p.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is encouraging House Democrats to finish work on his health care overhaul bill and has told them, "We're going to get this done."

• Lawmakers wnt to limit txt msgs and e-mails 3/20/2010, 3:46 p.m. EDT
(AP) — SAN FRANCISCO - Open government in the heart of Silicon Valley is starting to mean turn off, tune out, power down.

• Democrat says Medicare dispute resolved 3/20/2010, 3:39 p.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - A group of lawmakers had threatened to oppose President Barack Obama's health overhaul bill because of a dispute over Medicare payments to some doctors and hospitals.

• Democrat says Medicare dispute resolved 3/20/2010, 3:39 p.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - A group of lawmakers had threatened to oppose President Barack Obama's health overhaul bill because of a dispute over Medicare payments to some doctors and hospitals.

• 3 killed after small planes collide over Fla. 3/20/2010, 3:28 p.m. EDT
(AP) — WILLISTON, Fla. - Officials are now saying three people have been killed after two small planes collided over central Florida.

• Tight for cash, governments raise traffic fees 3/20/2010, 3:00 p.m. EDT
(AP) — LOS ANGELES - Shomari Jennings was willing to pay the $70 ticket he received for driving without a seatbelt, but not the slew of tacked-on fees and penalties that ballooned the cost more than tenfold.

• Tight for cash, governments raise traffic fees 3/20/2010, 2:59 p.m. EDT
(AP) — LOS ANGELES - Shomari Jennings was willing to pay the $70 ticket he received for driving without a seatbelt, but not the slew of tacked-on fees and penalties that ballooned the cost more than tenfold.

• Tight for cash, governments raise traffic fees 3/20/2010, 2:59 p.m. EDT
(AP) — LOS ANGELES - Shomari Jennings was willing to pay the $70 ticket he received for driving without a seatbelt, but not the slew of tacked-on fees and penalties that ballooned the cost more than tenfold.

• REP. JOSE E. SERRANO HOLDS A HEARING ON THE JUDICIARY BUDGET - Part 4 3/20/2010, 2:59 p.m. EDT
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• Former Interior Secretary Udall dies at age 90 3/20/2010, 2:01 p.m. EDT
(AP) — SANTA FE, N.M. - Stewart Udall, an elder in a famed political family who led the Interior Department as it promoted an expansion of public lands and helped win passage of major environmental laws, has died at the age of 90.

• Democrats working on executive order on abortion 3/20/2010, 1:42 p.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers say party leaders are considering winning crucial support from abortion foes for health care overhaul legislation with an executive order by President Barack Obama.

• Obama order: Bring advance teams home from Asia 3/20/2010, 1:27 p.m. EDT
(AP) — WASHINGTON - Rooms were booked, limousines waiting, snipers staking out positions. Then President Barack Obama ditched plans to visit Guam, Indonesia and Australia-health care trumping Asia, an expected House vote Sunday grounding Air Force One's planned departure that day.