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| Pope To Visit Holy Land In May
March 8, 2009 at 9:17 am
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| | Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday he would visit the Holy Land from May 8-15 in the first papal trip to the area since 2000. The visit would be the second official trip by a pope to Israel. Announcing the dates of the long-planned pilgrimage, the pope said he would go to sites Jesus visited and would pray for "the precious gift of unity and peace for the Middle East and all of humanity." |
| US Announces 12,000 US Troops To Leave Iraq
March 8, 2009 at 9:12 am
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| | The U.S. military has announced that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September. Maj. Gen. David Perkins says that will reduce U.S. combat power from 14 brigades to 12 brigades. He also said Sunday that the U.S. is turning over more facilities to the Iraqi military as part of the drawdown. |
| Obama Seeks New Taliban Strategy
March 8, 2009 at 12:06 am
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| | President Barack Obama says he hopes U.S. troops can identify moderate elements of the Taliban and move them toward reconciliation. Asked in an interview with The New York Times if the United States is winning in Afghanistan, Obama said "no," while adding "our troops are doing an extraordinary job in a very difficult situation." |
| Obama: Time Of Crisis Can Be 'Great Opportunity'
March 7, 2009 at 11:59 pm
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| | Trying to buck up a dispirited nation, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised that prosperous days will return and cast these bleak times as nothing less than a "great opportunity." Packing some heft with his hope, he defended his fast-moving and expensive agenda. |
| Former USF Football Player Lost At Sea Is Mourned
March 7, 2009 at 10:51 pm
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| A week after two NFL players and two of their friends sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip that turned disastrous, family, friends and the lone survivor paid tribute to one of the missing men.
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| FBI Raid Swarms Bay Area, More than 30 Arrested
March 7, 2009 at 10:07 pm
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| Police and FBI agents say they have raided 30 homes in a gang bust meant to break up a violent group who call themselves the Taliban gang. Officials say federal agents and local police arrested 30 gang members on Saturday morning in raids throughout the Bay Area. The raids were the result of an 18-month investigation by the FBI, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park police.
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| Nation Bids Farewell To Radio Pioneer Paul Harvey
March 7, 2009 at 9:38 pm
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| | It was a sad day in radio history Saturday as legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey was laid to rest. On Saturday, those who knew him all to well and others who only knew his voice gathered for Harvey's funeral, as CBS station WBBM-TV in Chicago's Mike Puccinelli reports. |
| Job Seekers Increasingly Desperate
March 7, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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| | For many of the recently unemployed, the opportunities seem very limited these days, and the fear is growing that their former jobs are gone for good. All that means that any job opening - however unlikely - is drawing a crowd, reports CBS News correspondent Priya David. |
| Source: Mullen Offers Mexico Update To Obama
March 7, 2009 at 9:09 pm
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| | President Barack Obama was briefed Saturday by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen about the drug wars in Mexico and wanted to know how the United States can help. |
| Be Ready: Daylight Saving Cuts Into Your Zzz's
March 7, 2009 at 5:52 pm
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| | Californians will move their clocks forward one hour Saturday night, as most of the nation moves into daylight saving time. |
| Barbara Bush Out Of ICU After Heart Surgery
March 7, 2009 at 5:51 pm
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| | Former first lady Barbara Bush has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room at the Texas hospital where she underwent heart surgery. The 83-year-old wife of former President George H.W. Bush had surgery Thursday to replace her aortic valve at Methodist Hospital in Houston. |
| Search Suspended For Missing SoCal Pilot
March 7, 2009 at 5:51 pm
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| | The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Saturday for a 71-year-old pilot whose small rented plane crashed off the San Diego County coast. The single-engine Cessna 172 was being flown by Stone Froberg, of San Diego, who was believed to be the only occupant of the plane. |
| Madoff May Face Investors At Plea Hearing
March 7, 2009 at 2:17 pm
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| | Bernard Madoff could soon find himself in a courtroom with some of the same devastated investors whom he is accused of ripping off in one of the biggest financial frauds in history. |
| Russia Offers Hope For Global Disarmament Talks
March 7, 2009 at 2:14 pm
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| | Russia's foreign minister called Saturday for an end to a decade of failure in global disarmament talks, seeking to build on an upbeat meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
| Experts See No Clear End To Current Recession
March 7, 2009 at 1:57 pm
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| | When will this wretched economy bottom out? The recession is already in its 15th month, making it longer than all but two downturns since World War II. For now, everything seems to be getting worse: The Dow is in free fall, jobs are vanishing every day, and one in eight American homeowners is in foreclosure or behind on payments. |
| Bombs Kill 15 In Pakistan Amid Increasing Turmoil
March 7, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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| | A bomb-laden car exploded Saturday in northwest Pakistan as police tried to pull a body from it, authorities said, killing eight people amid growing international concern over the nuclear-armed country's stability. Two other bombings killed seven people elsewhere in the northwest. |
| Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai Leaves Hospital After Crash
March 7, 2009 at 11:08 am
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| | Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has left the hospital where he was treated after a car crash that killed his wife. |
| Palestinian PM Fayyad Submits Resignation
March 7, 2009 at 9:39 am
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| | The Palestinian prime minister submitted his resignation Saturday, a move that could help pave the way for an elusive power-sharing deal between Palestinian moderates and militants. |
| Clinton: Obama Set To Visit Turkey Soon
March 7, 2009 at 9:35 am
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| | President Barack Obama will visit Turkey soon, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday in an indication that the country bridging East and West could be the site of the president's first speech from a Muslim capital. | | | 
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