Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:15:24 GMT
AP - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul.
Clinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:53:33 GMT
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks.
AP IMPACT: Gov't bank auditors got big bonuses
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:30:29 GMT
AP - Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.
'Jihad Jane' due in federal court in Philadelphia
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:38:52 GMT
AP - Whether she was seeking love or vengeance, or just an escape from her dreary, small-town existence, Colleen LaRose searched the Internet and found Muslim extremists eager to engage the unhappy American.
Obama back to campaign-style politics, a strength
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:51:50 GMT
AP - After a rousing campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine last summer, President Barack Obama flashed a broad smile to an aide as he boarded his helicopter back to the White House.
Report fails to shed light on SoCal runaway Prius
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:07:12 GMT
AP - A California Highway Patrol officer responding to a report of a runway Toyota Prius last week arrived to find a Border Patrol agent near the driver with emergency lights on.
Some Fargo residents refuse to move despite floods
(AP)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:29:10 GMT
AP - Mac Butler believes he'll beat the bloated Red River and save his home again this year. But a canoe and kayak are tied up outside his house just in case he's wrong.
Calif. considers smoking ban at all state parks
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:02:10 GMT
AP - California lawmakers on Thursday will consider what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks as a way to get unsightly cigarette butts off the beach, eliminate second-hand smoke and reduce the threat of wildfires.
A symbol of the slave trade joins US and Cuba
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:45:12 GMT
AP - Days from now, a stately black schooner will sail through a narrow channel into Havana's protected harbor, its two masts bearing the rarest of sights — the U.S. Stars and Stripes, with the Cuban flag fluttering nearby.
Rangers manager tested positive for coke
(AP)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:12:03 GMT
AP - Before he could end a long day unlike any in his professional career, Ron Washington had to prepare for a game.
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