Japan fights to avert nuclear meltdown after quake (Reuters)

Japan fights to avert nuclear meltdown after quake (Reuters)
Gadhafi forces drive rebels from key oil town (AP)
The Quad: Live Updates From Selection Sunday
One dies in light aircraft crash
Milestone Referendum in Egypt Just Days Away
U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces New Uncertainty
OSU, KU, Pitt and Duke get top seeds for tourney (AP)
Antigovernment Protesters Seal Off Bahrain’s Financial Center
5 Years Later, Jack Dorsey Tweets About Twitter’s Beginning
Damilola killer returned to jail

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Japan battled on Monday to prevent a nuclear catastrophe and to care for millions of people without power or water in its worst crisis since World War Two, after a massive earthquake and tsunami that are feared to have killed more than 10,000 people.

Gadhafi forces drive rebels from key oil town (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PDT

AP - Moammar Gadhafi's forces swept rebels from a key oil town Sunday with waves of strikes from warships, tanks and warplanes, closing on the opposition-held eastern half of Libya as insurgents pleaded for a U.N.-imposed no-fly zone.

The Quad: Live Updates From Selection Sunday

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Ohio State, Kansas, Pittsburgh and Duke were selected as the top seeds in the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament.

One dies in light aircraft crash

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PDT

One man dies and a second is taken to hospital as a light aircraft crash lands in a field near Swansea.

Milestone Referendum in Egypt Just Days Away

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:55 PM PDT

With a referendum approaching over constitutional amendments, nascent political forces are squaring off.

U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces New Uncertainty

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:55 PM PDT

A fragile bipartisan consensus on nuclear power's promise for the United States may have dissolved.

OSU, KU, Pitt and Duke get top seeds for tourney (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:51 PM PDT

AP - Ohio State, Kansas, Pittsburgh and defending champion Duke have been awarded the top seeds in this year's NCAA tournament, an expanded version of March Madness that will include 68 teams.

Antigovernment Protesters Seal Off Bahrain’s Financial Center

Posted: 13 Mar 2011 03:50 PM PDT

In the most serious challenge to the royal family since protests began, demonstrators blocked workers and pushed back the police who tried to disperse them.