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Car detectives crowd around Monday's runaway Prius (AP)

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame.


Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006 file picture Pope Benedict XVI, right, walks with his brother priest Georg Ratzinger in Regensburg, southern Germany. The pope's brother says in a newspaper interview that he slapped pupils across the face after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also says he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir, but did nothing about it.  In an interview with the Passauer Neue Presse published Tuesday March 9, 2010 , he said 'repeatedly administered a slap in the face' to pupils at the Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir. He says it was common then and he stopped after Germany banned corporal punishment in 1980. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher,File)AP - The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it.


Ohio State janitor's gunfire kills co-worker, self (AP)

In this ID photo released by Ohio State University, is shown Nathaniel Brown. Brown, a university custodial employee, reportedly shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio, according to officials. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Ohio State University) NO SALESAP - An Ohio State University janitor who received a bad job evaluation shot two supervisors in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday.


Moderate Dem says opposes fast-track health bill (AP)

Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, before attending the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A moderate Democrat insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see what was in the legislation.


Pa. woman charged with recruiting jihadists online (AP)

AP - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas.

'I do' in DC: Same-sex couples wed in Washington (AP)

Cuc Vu (L) shows her ring after she and her partner Gwen Migita (R) applied for their marriage license at the DC Superior Court in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court refused March 2 to block a law allowing same-sex marriages in Washington DC, clearing the way for the legislation to go into effect Wednesday.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AP - One bride wore a black suit, the other had on a white one with rhinestones. They walked down the aisle to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" and kissed after the pastor pronounced them "legally married."


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