 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:46:36 GMT business Dems look to health vote without abortion foes
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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.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:03 GMT world More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over
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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.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:08 GMT business Slowly, Americans are regaining their lost wealth
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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.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:09 GMT business Greece hit by strikes, clashes over austerity plan
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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.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:14 GMT world Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school
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AP - The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome's mayor saying it sends the wrong message.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:14 GMT us Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap
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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.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:21:59 GMT us Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
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AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:51:31 GMT world Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
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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.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:02:11 GMT entertainment Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics
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AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media. In an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" last week, Penn slammed Chavez critics who refer to the socialist leader as a dictator.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:42:19 GMT sports Football star and TV actor Merlin Olsen dies at 69
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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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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:34:16 GMT business Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo
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Reuters - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boosting bank share prices. |
 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:55:24 GMT topstories Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts
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Reuters - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands of strikers protested against draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:48 GMT topstories Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
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Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:58:30 GMT topstories Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes rattle Chile
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Reuters - The ground shook and buildings swayed as billionaire Sebastian Pinera took over as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds just 12 days ago.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:21:34 GMT topstories Iraq results trickle out, Maliki rivals cry fraud
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Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:13 GMT topstories NY AG picks former state top judge for Governor probe
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Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he chose a former top state judge to oversee probes into whether Governor David Paterson wrongly accepted World Series baseball tickets or the state police had tried to quash a domestic violence charge against an aide to the governor.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:30:07 GMT politics Obama presses China on currency in trade speech
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Reuters - President Barack Obama pressed China on Thursday to move to a "more market-oriented exchange rate" in a speech where he laid out a plan to boost U.S. exports in the coming years. |
 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:51:16 GMT topstories Chile lifts tsunami alert on coast after tremors
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Reuters - Chile's navy lifted a tsunami warning for the country's coast after strong aftershocks shook the capital Santiago on Thursday, following the swearing in ceremony for new President Sebastian Pinera.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:15:05 GMT world Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in
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AFP - Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rocked Chile and rattled nerves Thursday as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of the quake-hit nation.
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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:45:31 GMT world Israel seeks to patch up row over settlement plans
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AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly apologised Thursday to US Vice President Joe Biden, hoping to defuse a row over settlements that appeared to scuttle indirect peace talks with the Palestinians.
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