AP 2010-03-14

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1. President Barack Obama is making a new pitch for revised health care reform. He traveled to Philadelphia today to drum up support for the plan. There Obama accused insurance companies of placing profits over people.

2. A father and son were wounded after a gunman walked into a Dallas financial office and opened fire. The gunman later got into a shootout with police before shooting himself. He is in critical condition.

3. Police hope to interview Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the next several days about a sexual assault allegation against him. Milledgeville, Georgia police are investigating a 20-year-old college student's claim that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her early Friday. He has not been charged.

4. Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties predict a coalition¹ led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will take the lead in the parliamentary race. Iraq’s election commission said it will be days before official results are released, probably on Thursday.