pelosi dems close on health care agreement ap ap democrats claimed momentum wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by president barack obama citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent republican efforts to knock them off stride


house gop leaders press earmark moratorium ap ap house gop leaders are pushing rank and file republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts


us israel row highlights quandary over settlements ap ap an open diplomatic row during the visit of vice president joe biden has shined a spotlight on the u s failure to rein in israeli settlement ambitions and deepened palestinian suspicions that the united states is too weak to broker a deal


female wwii aviators honored with gold medal ap ap they flew planes during world war ii but weren't considered real military pilots no flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty and when their service ended they had to pay their own bus fare home


spike in prius complaints may not be all it seems ap ap reports of sudden acceleration in the toyota prius have spiked across the country but that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid


pa suspect caretaker by day 'jihad jane' online ap ap colleen larose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second floor apartment in pennsburg a small town north of philadelphia


calif boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher ap ap a 7 year old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high fived on wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call


mexico's slim becomes 'world's richest' person ap ap mexican telecom tycoon carlos slim is the world's richest person jumping past americans bill gates and warren buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list according to forbes magazine


police burglar uses church equipment to view porn ap ap second degree burglary charges have been filed against an ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography police allege the 55 year old man broke into the first christian church on thursday after gathering items from around the building he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night mattingly dodgers have talked about manager's job ap ap on his first day as dodgers interim manager hitting coach don mattingly said wednesday that the team has made overtures about him eventually becoming joe torre's permanent replacement


obama time for talk is over on healthcare bill reuters reuters president barack obama declared on wednesday the time for talk is over and urged the u s congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more affordable


world's mega rich adding wealth carlos slim no 1 reuters reuters mexican tycoon carlos slim is the world's richest person knocking microsoft founder bill gates into second spot as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year forbes magazine said on wednesday


arab league chief says mideast talks off reuters reuters arab league chief amr moussa said on wednesday that palestinian president mahmoud abbas had told him he would not enter indirect talks with israel only days after the palestinian side had agreed to the contacts


house bans some earmarks amid ethics concerns reuters reuters democrats in the house of representatives moved on wednesday to limit the ability of lawmakers to tuck pet projects into spending bills amid mounting election year ethics concerns ny governor in hot water 2nd in command steps up reuters reuters with governor david paterson enveloped in scandal new york's lieutenant governor is leading the notoriously difficult budget process and freeing up his boss to fight for his political life experts say


another runaway toyota prius reported reuters reuters federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway toyota prius this one in westchester county new york where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall california revenue jumps tax refunds should be paid on time reuters reuters california's revenue in february was $480 million or 8 7 percent above the estimate in governor arnold schwarzenegger's state budget plan so tax refunds should be paid on time state controller john chiang said on wednesday u s says hikers detained in iran call families reuters reuters three american detained in iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families although formal consular access has not been granted the u s state department said on wednesday


gunmen storm us charity in pakistan killing six aid workers afp afp militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a us based christian charity in pakistan on wednesday killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on islamist rebels


biden condemns israel settlement move at palestinian talks afp afp us vice president joe biden told palestinian leaders on wednesday that washington will hold accountable any side that hurts peace prospects pointedly citing israel's settlement expansion plans


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