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03/10/2010 10:00 PM
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Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement
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 AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.
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03/10/2010 10:25 PM
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House leader: Ethics panel ends Massa probe
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AP - The House Democratic campaign chief said Wednesday the ethics committee has ended an investigation of former Rep. Eric Massa, but the freshman's alleged harassment of his staff members — with possible sexual overtones — could spell continuing trouble for the party.
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03/10/2010 09:25 PM
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Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal
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 AP - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.
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03/10/2010 07:40 PM
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FedEx warns Congress not to pass UPS bill
(Politico)
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Politico - The bill could significantly cut back FedEx's $2 billion in annual capital expenditures.
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03/10/2010 07:11 PM
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Obama presses Reid to cut special deals from health bill
(Politico)
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Politico - President wants Senate leader to strike narrow provisions from reform legislation.
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03/10/2010 07:03 PM
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Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
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 AP - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend key pieces of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.
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03/10/2010 08:06 PM
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Fed recovers, gets new look as financial regulator
(AP)
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 AP - The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the nation's largest financial institutions.
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03/10/2010 09:07 PM
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US Senate adopts aid for unemployed
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 AFP - The US Senate has adopted a 140-billion-dollar raft of measures aimed at shoring up unemployment benefits and setting out tax breaks to spur job creation.
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03/10/2010 04:32 PM
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Products recalled due to possible salmonella risk
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AP - The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems:
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03/10/2010 06:33 PM
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NJ judge scolded for mocking defendant's English
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AP - The New Jersey Supreme Court's disciplinary committee has publicly reprimanded a lower-court judge who belittled an immigrant defendant's poor English skills and compared another defendant to O.J Simpson.
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03/08/2010 06:52 PM
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Greece urging US to better regulate hedge funds
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AP - Greece is urging the United States to step up regulation of hedge funds that Athens blames for making Greece's economic crisis worse.
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03/10/2010 02:42 PM
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Italy parliament passes justice measure
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 AP - Silvio Berlusconi's allies pushed a controversial measure through parliament on Wednesday that shields the Italian premier from prosecution in two ongoing trials.
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03/10/2010 12:27 PM
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Russian drivers forced to act as shield
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AP - Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway — and remain inside — to block a fleeing criminal suspect, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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03/10/2010 10:25 PM
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48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing
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 AP - Honeycreeper birds, a fly and several ferns, trees and shrubs found only on a Hawaiian island were among 48 species added Wednesday to the endangered species list, boosting the number of such classifications by the Obama administration from two to 50.
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03/10/2010 06:17 PM
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House rejects bid to pull troops from Afghanistan
(McClatchy Newspapers)
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives rejected a resolution Wednesday that called on President Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by year's end.
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03/10/2010 06:29 PM
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Georgia Democrats Press for Wrapup of Deal Investigation
(CQPolitics.com)
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CQPolitics.com - Georgia Democrats this week called for the House ethics committee to wrap up its investigation of Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) before he leaves Congress at the end of March.
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02/22/2010 09:28 PM
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Toyota Criticism Mounts on Eve of Recall Hearings
(Bloomberg)
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 Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.âs handling of
recalls came under mounting criticism on the eve of the
automakerâs U.S. congressional testimony, including charges that
the company misled the public on the adequacy of its recalls.
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