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Rescuers find signs of life in toppled building CONCEPCION, Chile (AP) — Rescuers found signs of life in the wreckage of a 15-story building Mon- day as the world offered aid to victims of an earthquake that killed more than 700 people. Troops and police arrested dozens of people for violating a curfew designed to prevent looting. The toll of dead rose to 723, with 19 others missing, the National Emergency Office announced, in a magnitude-8.8 quake that President Michelle Bachelet called ''an emergency with- out parallel in Chile's histo- ry.'' Some coastal towns were almost obliterated — first shaken by the quake, then slammed by a tsunami that carried whole houses inland and crushed others into piles of sticks. Shocked survivors were left without power, water or food. In Concepcion, the biggest city near the epicen- ter, rescuers heard the knock of trapped victims inside a toppled 70-unit apartment building and began to drill through thick walls to reach them, said fire department Comman- der Juan Carlos Suber- caseux. House Dems might switch to 'yes' on health bill WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten House Democrats indicated in an Associated Press survey Monday they have not ruled out switching their ''no'' votes to ''yes'' on President Barack Obama's health care over- haul, brightening the party's hopes in the face of unyield- ing Republican opposition. The White House tried to smooth the way for them, showing its own openness to changes in the landmark legislation and making a point of saying the adminis- tration is not using parlia- mentary tricks or loopholes to find the needed support. Democratic leaders have strongly signaled they will use a process known as ''budget reconciliation'' to try to push part of the pack- age through the Senate without allowing Republi- cans to talk it to death with filibusters. The road could be even more difficult in the House, where Speaker Nancy Pelosi is struggling to secure enough Democra- tic votes for approval, thus the effort to attract former foes. The White House said Obama will outline his final ''way forward'' in a Wash- ington speech Wednesday, and he is expected to embrace a handful of Republican ideas for mak- ing health care more effi- cient. Few in Washington think those gestures will be enough to persuade a single House or Senate Republi- can to embrace the legisla- tion. But they could give wavering Democrats politi- cal cover by showing the party has been willing to compromise, ammunition against campaign accusa- tions this fall that they rammed the bill through Congress with no regard for other views. Russia considers Iran sanctions VIENNA (AP) — Rus- sia's president said Moscow was ready to consider new sanctions on Iran for its nuclear defiance on Mon- day and the chief of the International Atomic Ener- gy Agency warned that he cannot confirm that all of Tehran's atomic activities are peaceful. President Dmitry Medvedev emphasized that he still hoped for a settle- ment with Iran on nuclear issues that would negate any need for a fourth set of U.N. Security Council sanc- tions. Still, his comments appeared to be the strongest sign to date that the Kremlin was prepared to drop tradi- tional opposition to such penalties if Tehran remain obstinate. ''Unfortunately, every- thing we have tried to say to the Iranian leaders, all our appeals to them to work on a peaceful nuclear program under the control of the international community, haven't provided any results,'' Medvedev told reporters in Paris. ''We believe that it's not over yet, that we can still reach an agreement,'' he said. ''But if we don't suc- ceed, Russia is ready — along with our partners, as I have already said — to con- sider the question of adopt- ing sanctions.'' His comments marked a new stage in Russia's slow progression from opposing new sanctions on Tehran to its reluctant acceptance of them because of Iran's growing list of nuclear activities opposed by the world powers. Parents asked doctors to hasten death CHICAGO (AP) — It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate — a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents' request. A handful of parents told researchers that they had asked doctors to hasten their children's deaths — and that doctors complied, using high doses of the powerful painkiller. The lead author of the study and several other physicians said they doubt doctors are engaged in active mercy killing. Instead, they speculate the parents interviewed for the study mistakenly believed that doctors had followed their wishes. A more likely scenario is that doctors increased mor- phine doses to ease pain, and that the children's sub- sequent deaths were only coincidental, said lead author Dr. Joanne Wolfe, a palliative pain specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Insti- tute and Children's Hospital in Boston. The American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and most other mainstream doc- tor groups oppose mercy- killing but say withholding life-prolonging treatment for dying patients can be ethical. Gubernatorial hopefuls sweep Texas AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With the clock ticking in a rough Republican primary, Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison swept through the urban areas of Texas on Monday seeking votes in their guber- natorial showdown. GOP activist Debra Medina, a favorite of many tea party voters, is also in Tuesday's contest — a race that could result in a runoff if no one wins a majority. Perry wants an unprece- dented third full term; Hutchison argues that he's trying to stay too long; and Medina says she's the best alternative to the establish- ment candidates. Perry visited Harris County Republican Party headquarters on Monday and told supporters packed into a small room to get themselves and their friends to the polls Tuesday and help him ''get this behind us.'' ''A resounding victory tomorrow is going to be about Texas. It's going to be continuing to send a mes- sage to folks all around this country that Texas is the land of opportunity,'' he said, praising the state as a place of fiscal responsibility and criticizing Washington, D.C., for wasteful spending. Trying to combat Perry's anti-Washington message, Hutchison told voters at a Houston shopping mall that she was the ''real conserva- tive.'' She said she had fought in Washington for Texas and against President Barack Obama's stimulus and health care proposals. Hamas leader disowns son converted to Christianity JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Hamas leader pub- licly disowned his son Monday, days after the young man announced he had secretly spied for Israel and helped authorities hunt down members of the Islamic militant group. Hamas Web sites pub- lished a letter late Monday by Sheik Hassan Yousef that the militant group said was smuggled out of the Israeli prison where he is serving a six-year sentence. In the letter, he said his family announced its ''com- plete renunciation'' of Mosab Yousef. The father said he was sorry to take such a step but said he had no choice after his son ''dis- believed in God...and col- laborated with our ene- mies,'' he said. The elder Yousef, who helped found the militant Islamic group two decades ago, was humiliated last year when his eldest son announced he had convert- ed to Christianity. Then the son told an Israeli newspa- per last week that he had helped Israeli intelligence foil militant attacks and hunt down Hamas leaders — including his father. Mosab Yousef told the Haaretz daily said he spied for Israel for a decade before fleeing to California in 2007. Mosab Yousef is publishing a memoir, ''Son of Hamas.'' Parents of missing teen plead for help SAN DIEGO (AP) — The parents of a missing 17- year-old girl who failed to come home after a run in the park pleaded Monday for people to come forward with information about her whereabouts. Brent King of suburban San Diego told The Associated Press that he last saw his daughter Chelsea King on Wednes- day after she played French horn in a school concert. He found her 1994 BMW parked at a San Diego park late Thursday. The parents said Chelsea is a straight-A student who ran cross-county and is active in her school's peer counseling program. John Gardner III, a regis- tered sex offender, was booked for investigation of murder and remained in custody without bail after his arrest Sunday in San Diego. Man claiming divine calling shoots room ALBION, Mich. (AP) — Authorities said an overnight hotel guest who claimed a divine calling has been jailed after shooting up his room and placing an alarm clock in the microwave. Police say the 53-year-old Dearborn Heights man surrendered about 8:30 a.m. Sunday at the Albion Inn, about 85 miles west of Detroit. He was being held in the Cal- houn County Jail pending arraignment and mental evaluation. The Jackson Citizen Patriot said the man shot the bed, window, walls and ceiling of his room, where he left a note that read: ''God delivered me from evil and placed me in Albion, Michigan.'' No injuries were reported. The man's name was not released. 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