Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:16 GMT
AP - House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama's health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats.
More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:17 GMT
AP - A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.
Americans regaining their lost wealth (slowly)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:23 GMT
AP - Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was slight. And it was less than in the previous two quarters.
Greece hit by strikes, clashes over austerity plan
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:59:48 GMT
AP - Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking workers protesting austerity measures that the Greek government has said it has no choice but to implement.
Gov't may seek more authority on vehicle safety
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:49:58 GMT
AP - Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks following Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles for safety problems.
Obama details plans to boost exports, create jobs
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:47:43 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs his trade agenda will create — and how he will get it done.
Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:45:48 GMT
AP - An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.
Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:51:31 GMT
AP - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten's mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first attempt at monotheism.
US police departments seeking more bilingual cops
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:44:06 GMT
AP - Police departments across the country are stepping up efforts to recruit officers who can speak more than one language, in some cases offering raises or even sending cops abroad as part of immersion programs.
Football star and TV actor Merlin Olsen dies at 69
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:42:19 GMT
AP - Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television career in "Little House on the Prairie," NFL broadcasts and commercials, has died. He was 69.
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