Health bill's wording expected in hours, vote by weekend
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:18:59 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote.
Secular rival threatens Iraqi leader's political survival
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:21:31 GMT
AP - The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his political survival just as U.S. troops are getting ready to pack up and go home.
Israel lifts closure of West Bank as tensions calm
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:23:04 GMT
AP - Israel on Wednesday lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem's holiest shrine and called off an extended West Bank closure after days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.
Idaho first to sign law against health care reform
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:34:50 GMT
AP - Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter is the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue the federal government if Congress passes health care reform.
US military: Goal still to capture bin Laden alive
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:23:11 GMT
AP - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that it remains the goal of U.S. troops to capture Osama bin Laden alive and "bring him to justice."
Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:25:49 GMT
AP - The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the past week have one common characteristic: The suspects are all Americans.
Group decries textbooks on Islam as inflammatory
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:23:20 GMT
AP - A series of children's textbooks on Islam contains misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the religion, inaccurately portraying its followers as inherently violent and deserving of suspicion, according to a Muslim civil liberties group.
Black people must leave, NJ Walmart announcer says
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:20:48 GMT
AP - An announcement at a Walmart store in New Jersey ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.
Sleeping man shocked after cold man jumps into bed
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:55:10 GMT
AP - Police said a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert. Homeowner Frank Fontana says he was in bed when the man climbed in about 5:30 Wednesday morning. Fontana says he asked whether it was a woman who has keys to his home — and he grabbed a baseball bat when a deep male voice answered, "No, it's not."
Texas manager tested positive for cocaine in 2009
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:29:50 GMT
AP - Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington failed a Major League Baseball test for cocaine last season, but has apologized and will keep his job. "I made a huge mistake and it almost caused me to lose everything I have worked for all of my life," Washington said at a news conference Wednesday. "I am not here to make excuses. There are none."
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