Lawmakers struggle to finish health overhaul bill
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AP - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul.
Clinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks
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AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks.
Gov't bank auditors got big bonuses
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AP - Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators, rewarding "superior" work even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.
'Jihad Jane' due in federal court in Philadelphia
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AP - Whether she was seeking love or vengeance, or just an escape from her dreary, small-town existence, Colleen LaRose searched the Internet and found Muslim extremists eager to engage the unhappy American.
Obama back to campaign-style politics, a strength
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AP - After a rousing campaign rally for New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine last summer, President Barack Obama flashed a broad smile to an aide as he boarded his helicopter back to the White House.
Some Fargo residents refuse to move despite floods
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AP - Mac Butler believes he'll beat the bloated Red River and save his home again this year. But a canoe and kayak are tied up outside his house just in case he's wrong.
Calif. considers smoking ban at all state parks
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AP - California lawmakers on Thursday will consider what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks as a way to get unsightly cigarette butts off the beach, eliminate second-hand smoke and reduce the threat of wildfires.
A symbol of the slave trade joins US and Cuba
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AP - Days from now, a stately black schooner will sail through a narrow channel into Havana's protected harbor, its two masts bearing the rarest of sights — the U.S. Stars and Stripes, with the Cuban flag fluttering nearby.
Stock futures in narrow range ahead of opening
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AP - Stock futures are trading in a narrow range, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average rose to its highest level of the year.
1 vs. 16 usually lopsided in NCAA tourney
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AP - The NCAA tournament is famous for the little guys shocking the marquee powerhouses and turning into the darlings of March.