Obama pushing on health care end game
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:20:58 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act fast.
Biden's West Bank tour clouded by settlement plans
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:09:22 GMT
AP - Israel's new plan to build 1,600 apartments for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.
Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:05:30 GMT
AP - It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home.
Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were 'almost burned'
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:27:34 GMT
AP - Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the "stuck" accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn't move.
How the AP-GfK poll on Obama was conducted
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:18:04 GMT
AP - The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Obama, the direction of the country and health care was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from March 3-8. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,002 adults. Interviews were conducted with 702 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular phones.
Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:35:37 GMT
AP - The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members.
Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:19:08 GMT
AP - Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.
Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:03:31 GMT
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.
Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:40:50 GMT
AP - Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son's apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death
Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers sever ties
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:59:15 GMT
AP - Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager.
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