House Dems on track for vote on $940B health bill
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:00 GMT
AP - House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama's promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy aimed at winning over the party's fiscal conservatives.
Obama signs jobs bill as health care intrudes
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:03 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama has said he wants to focus laser-like on the public's top concern: jobs. But the ongoing effort to remake the nation's health care system keeps getting in the way.
US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:11 GMT
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.
Accused 'Jihad Jane' denies terror plot in court
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:22 GMT
AP - A Pennsylvania woman accused of trolling the Internet as "Jihad Jane" while she cared for her boyfriend's father denied in court Thursday that she sought to kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims or agreed to marry a terrorism suspect to help him get travel documents.
Gaza rocket kills Thai farm worker in Israel
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:28 GMT
AP - A rocket fired by Gaza militants smashed into a greenhouse in an Israeli border village Thursday, killing a Thai worker in the first such death since Israel's massive offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza more than a year ago.
Cruise liner hit again with illness returns to SC
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:28 GMT
AP - A cruise liner hit by an outbreak of intestinal illness for a third straight trip from South Carolina returned a day early Thursday as operator Celebrity Cruises brought in extra crew to scrub the ship down for three days.
Cloak of invisibility takes a step forward
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:33 GMT
AP - From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter, the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality.
Jesse James apologizes to Sandra Bullock, his kids
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:09:36 GMT
AP - Jesse James says he's sorry for the pain and embarrassment he's caused his wife Sandra Bullock and his three children from previous relationships.
Passers-by call Colo. police over topless gardener
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:18:51 GMT
AP - A nudist in Boulder who was threatened with eviction last spring for gardening outside wearing only pasties and a thong has caused another stir by gardening topless. At least four callers told police 52-year-old Catharine Pierce was in her yard topless on Wednesday. State law prohibits exposed genitals, but Pierce was wearing a thong and gardening gloves.
NCAA: Baylor run gives team lead
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:15:43 GMT
AP - New Orleans native Tweety Carter finally scored on a fast break layup as Baylor opened the second half with a 7-0 run for a 37-31 lead over Sam Houston State. Fellow New Orleans native Ashton Mitchell answered on the next possession with his first points, a 3 that made it 37-34 with 17:12 left in the second half.
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