1. Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in (AFP)

AFP - Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rattled nerves in Chile, as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of the quake-hit nation.

2. The nation's weather (AP)

AP - Wet weather was forecast to persist in the Eastern half of the nation Friday as a large low pressure system hovered over the region.

3. Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers (AP)

AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China's frigid northeast, state media said Friday.

4. Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating (AP)

AP - Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.

5. Life-Enabling Molecules Spotted in Orion Nebula (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - The chemical fingerprints of potentially life-building molecules have been detected in the Orion nebula by Europe's Herschel Space Observatory.

6. Yemen seizes Arab satellite TV gear over southern unrest (AFP)

AFP - Yemeni authorities have seized the transmission gear of Arab satellite news channels over their coverage of deadly unrest in the south of the country.

7. Breakups Cloud Sense of Self, Study Finds (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A breakup can turn your world upside down, making it feel like you don't know who you are anymore. And you might not, according to a new study.

8. Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts (Reuters)

Reuters - A 16th century dog, the only known female to have served aboard King Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship the Mary Rose, has stolen the show at Britain's Crufts dog show this year.

9. New Suborbital Spaceships Spark Scientific Frenzy (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Anticipation is on the rise for a new crop of commercial suborbital spaceships that can serve the scientific and educational market. These reusable rocket-propelled vessels are expected to offer quick, routine and affordable access to the

10. Toyota engineer to assist probe of NY Prius crash (AP)

AP - Police say Toyota is sending an engineer to help investigate a suburban New York accident in which the driver said her Prius accelerated on its own and slammed into a stone wall.

11. Oil Production to Peak in 2014, Scientists Predict (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Predicting the end of oil has proven tricky and often controversial, but Kuwaiti scientists now say that global oil production will peak in 2014.

12. BP to pay 7 bln dlrs for Devon Energy assets (AFP)

AFP - British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy 7.0 billion dollars (5.1 billion euros) for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.

13. New Chile president takes on rebuilding challenge (AFP)

AFP - Tycoon Sebastian Pinera takes over the presidency of Chile on Thursday faced with the challenge of rebuilding a nation devastated by one of strongest ever recorded earthquakes and a tsunami.

14. The nation's weather (AP)

AP - Unsettling weather activity was forecast to continue to develop throughout the Mid- and Eastern U.S. on Thursday.

15. BP wins foothold in Brazil with £4.7 bln deal (AFP)

AFP - Oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy $7 billion (£4.7 billion) for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.

16. Sarkozy calls for UN reform, blasts Copenhagen summit (AFP)

AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday demanded reforms of the United Nations and urged negotiations under a small group of countries to accelerate efforts to fight climate change.

17. Dutch capital to be put on trial over ICoast waste dump (AFP)

AFP - The city of Amsterdam is to be prosecuted over the dumping of toxic waste by a ship in Ivory Coast in 2006, the Supreme Court has ruled in a decision made available Wednesday.

18. Russia may invite ONGC to energy projects - govt (Reuters)

Reuters - Russia is considering inviting India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp to develop oil and gas fields in Russia, the government said on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to India.

19. BP to pay Devon $7 billion for oil fields (Reuters)

Reuters - London-based oil major BP has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets from Devon Energy for $7 billion, as the U.S. producer refocuses on onshore U.S. fields.

20. Musk Ox Decline Is Not Our Fault (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Humans have played a role in the extinction of many animals over the years, but when it comes to the musk ox - an Arctic mammal that started to decline around 12,000 years ago - we might be off the hook, at least for the downturns t

21. 1 killed, many homes damaged in Arkansas tornadoes (AP)

AP - Authorities say one person was killed in the tornadoes that struck parts of Arkansas.

22. Sun's Nemesis Pelted Earth with Comets, Study Suggests (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A dark object may be lurking near our solar system, occasionally kicking comets in our direction. 

23. PETA offers anti-meat trash cans for Colo. parks (AP)

AP - The animal rights group PETA is offering to help the cash-strapped city of Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks — on one condition. The cans have to carry an anti-meat slogan and a picture of a woman in a lettuce biki

24. Cop: Driver in NY Prius crash was headed to dealer (AP)

AP - Police say a New York woman who claimed her Toyota Prius accelerated on its own was on her way to have its gas pedal checked at the time of the accident.

25. U.S. judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador case (Reuters)

Reuters - Chevron Corp may pursue an international arbitration claim over environmental pollution allegations in Ecuador that could expose the second-largest U.S. oil company to $27 billion in liability, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.

26. Why the Chile Earthquake Aftershock Was So Big (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The whopping 7.2-magnitude aftershock that rattled Chile again today is nothing unusual following such a large original earthquake, scientists say.

27. Kenya thanks Japan prince for climate support (AFP)

AFP - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki thanked Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito Thursday for his country's support in programmes to combat climate change, the government said.

28. Sequencing of patients' genomes offers new hope: studies (AFP)

AFP - US researchers have decoded the entire genome of patients to identify the root cause of their diseases paving the way towards individual genomic treatments, according to newly published studies.

29. Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts (Reuters)

Reuters - A 16th century dog, the only known female to have served aboard King Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship the Mary Rose, has stolen the show at Britain's Crufts dog show this year.

30. Calming Ragged Nerves from Inside the Tsunami Warning Center (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Gerard Fryer got paged about 20 times early Thursday morning Hawaii time, signaling a large earthquake had occurred in Chile and there was a potential for a tsunami.

31. Chile lifts tsunami alert on coast after tremors (Reuters)

Reuters - Chile's navy lifted a tsunami warning for the country's coast after strong aftershocks shook the capital Santiago on Thursday, following the swearing in ceremony for new President Sebastian Pinera.

32. Scientists Find Stem Cells in Hair That Can Become Skin (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found a type of stem cell tucked away in hair follicles that is capable of morphing into all three types of skin cells.

33. Italy to host Europe's biggest solar plant: company (AFP)

AFP - Europe's most powerful solar power plant is set to start operations in Italy later this year, the US company building the installation on an area as large as 120 football pitches said on Thursday.

34. Water Discovered in Apollo Moon Rocks Likely Came from Comets (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - Genuine moon water has been found for the first time in rocks that were brought back to Earth during NASA's historic Apollo missions 40 years ago. The water is similar to that detected in comets, suggesting that the moon's scarce supply g

35. Space station could operate until 2028, says consortium (AFP)

AFP - The consortium of agencies building the International Space Station (ISS) wants to see if the orbital outpost can operate until 2028, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday.

36. Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes rattle Chile (Reuters)

Reuters - The ground shook and buildings swayed as billionaire Sebastian Pinera took over as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds just 12 days ago.

37. Ex-New Orleans officer pleads in shooting cover-up (AP)

AP - A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to covering up the deadly shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a "despicable" scheme that immeasurably compounded the storm's dama

38. International Space Station Could Fly Through 2028, NASA Partners Say (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - MUNICH, Germany - The International Space Station (ISS) partners have begun reviewing their on-board hardware with the goal of certifying it for use until 2028 even as they seek ways to reduce the annual operating costs of the orbital com

39. Anti-whaling activist faces arrest on arrival in Japan (AFP)

AFP - A New Zealand anti-whaling activist held on a Japanese harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month was expected to arrive in Tokyo harbour on Friday and likely face arrest.

40. US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program (AFP)

AFP - A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel.

41. Medicine's Future Could Lie in Each Patient's Genome (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Two separate scientific teams announced this week that they had successfully sequenced individual genomes to pinpoint precise genetic causes of illness -- breakthroughs that open the door to a fut

42. Scientists Find Stem Cells in Hair That Can Become Skin (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found a type of stem cell tucked away in hair follicles that is capable of morphing into all three types of skin cells.

43. Climate change pushing bird species 'towards extinction:' US (AFP)

AFP - Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released.

44. Central American shrimp, lobster fast disappearing (AFP)

AFP - Illegal fishing and climate change are decimating shrimp and lobster populations in Central America, threatening a two-billion-dollar industry and 136,000 jobs, regional experts said Thursday.

45. Toyota 'mystified' by runaway Prius case in Calif. (AP)

AP - A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.

46. Japan whaling ship with NZ activist aboard arrives in Tokyo (AFP)

AFP - A Japanese whaling ship with a New Zealand anti-whaling activist aboard on Friday sailed into Tokyo port where he was expected to face arrest for trespassing on the vessel, an AFP reporter saw.

47. A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - Just a few months into 2010, and Mother Nature has delivered a slew of costly and deadly natural disasters. From the catastrophic Haiti and Chilean earthquakes to the U.S. blizzard that descended on Washington, D.C., last month, whi

48. Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout (AP)

AP - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is a former nuclear plant worker under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and

49. Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in (AP)

AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him.

50. Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship (AP)

AP - Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for boarding a whaling ship without permission last month, in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.