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  • DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
    This video graphic explains when to set clocks forward for the start of Daylight Saving Time and gives some history on the practice.
     
  • OBAMA AND CONGRESS POLL
    Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll found that fewer people approve of Congress than at any point in Obama's presidency.
    Support has dropped significantly since January to a dismal 22 percent as the health care debate has roiled Capitol Hill. Neither Republicans nor Democrats are safe; half of all people say they want to fire their congressman.
     
  • TOYOTA TIMELINE
    A look at key developments since March 2007.
     
  • FIRST TIME GARDEN
    Find a place where you can relax, enjoy some sun, and get a little exercise and gourmet food: It's a home vegetable garden, and don't be intimidated if you've never planted one before. Vegetables are easy to grow, especially if you follow a 10-step plan for first-timers.
     
  • OSCARS RED CARPET
    Celebrities arrive on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony at Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., March 7, 2010.
     
  • INDONESIA HOBBIT
    On the remote Indonesian island of Flores, an international team is trying to shed light on the fossilized 18,000-year-old skeleton of a dwarf cavewoman whose discovery in 2003 was an international sensation. Her scientific name is Homo floresiensis, but her nickname is "the hobbit." The hunt is on to prove that she and the dozen other hobbits since discovered are not a quirk of nature but members of a distinct hominid species.
     
  • GOVERNMENT ATTACKS
    An interactive timeline that examines homegrown extremist attacks on U.S. government officials and buildings the last 15 years can be viewed below.
     
  • UNEMPLOYMENT
    The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed 36,000 jobs, fewer than expected. The figures suggested the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur.
     
  • CHINESE DRYWALL
    U.S. Sen. David Vitter is asking the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to investigate deaths possibly linked to Chinese-made drywall along the Gulf Coast.
     
  • 82ND ACADEMY AWARD BEST PICTURE NOMINEES
    Video graphic showing 82nd Academy Award best picture nominees
     
  • PATERSON TIMELINE
    New York Gov. David Paterson, trying to hold onto office in the face of one scandal, was accused Wednesday of violating state ethics laws when he sought and obtained free Yankees tickets for the 2009 World Series and then may have lied about his intention to pay for them, according to a state report.
     
  • DEPLETED URANIUM REPORT
    A report commissioned by an environmental group says several thousand tons of depleted uranium from a former nuclear weapons complex in South Carolina is likely unfit for disposal.
     
  • CHILE EARTHQUAKE
    A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, killing at least 64 people, collapsing buildings and setting off a tsunami.
   

   

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