Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill
By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No, maybe he can't.
President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation's health care system, now concedes the effort may die in ...
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IL woman sentenced to 45 years in torture killing
By JIM SUHR
Associated Press Writer
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois judge sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison Friday in the torture slaying of a pregnant, developmentally impaired mother, saying the beatings, scalds and gunshot woun ...
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Another redesign for Facebook on 6th birthday
By BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook is redesigning its site yet again, this time to better emphasize applications, games and search.
Links and items have moved around the home page as Facebook tries to streamline na ...
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Snow storm has Mid-Atlantic scrambling for staples
By NAFEESA SYEED
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shoppers jammed aisles and emptied stores of milk, bread and shovels ahead of a monster snow storm bearing down Friday on the Mid-Atlantic, with 30 inches or more forecast for the na ...
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January unemployment rate drops to 9.7 percent
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak with January's unexpected decline in the unemployment rate, which fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent as more people said they had jobs. ...
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After 22 years, Mo. family finds slain sister
By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER
Associated Press Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The last time Stephanie Clack saw older sister Paula Beverly Davis they were sharing a pizza at a Kansas City-area restaurant and talking about getting tickets to a Bon Jovi ...
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Activists want makers to come clean on cleansers
By JENNIFER PELTZ
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's the mystery under the kitchen sink.
Exactly what's in floor cleaner? What's stain remover made of? And what effects, if any, might they have on human health or the environment?
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House agrees to $1.9 trillion more debt
By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Thursday voted to allow the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt -- an increase of about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident that provided a vivid election-year reminder o ...
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Law official: Airline bomb suspect flips on cleric
By MATT APUZZO and EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Nigerian suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing turned against the cleric who claims to be his teacher and has helped the U.S. hunt for the radical ...
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Productivity up in Q4 as jobless claims rise
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Employers are managing to boost production without creating new jobs. The question is when they'll feel the need to ramp up hiring.
Squeezing more output from their existing staffs ...
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70-year-old jailed after crashing into Nev. casino
By KEN RITTER
Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A 70-year-old Washington state man was in jail Thursday after his speeding vehicle crashed into a Nevada casino, killing two people and injuring at least seven others.
Walter McGie of ...
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Toyota says Prius had brake design problems
By YURI KAGEYAMA
AP Business Writer
TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota acknowledged that it has begun fixing problems with the brakes in its prized Prius, but remains undecided about a recall, adding to the catalog of safety woes -- and muddled responses -- at th ...
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