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03/15/2010 08:06 PM
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Dems start countdown toward health care vote
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 AP - House Democrats triggered the countdown Monday for the climactic vote on President Barack Obama's fiercely contested remake of the health care system, even though the legislation remained incomplete and lacked the votes needed to pass.
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03/15/2010 08:06 PM
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Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest
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 AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.
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03/15/2010 08:31 PM
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Toyota dismisses account of runaway Prius
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 AP - Toyota Motor Corp. dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday that its own tests found the car's gas pedal and backup safety system were working just fine.
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03/15/2010 08:06 PM
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Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico
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 AP - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America's safest.
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03/15/2010 07:05 PM
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US wants Israel to cancel Jerusalem building plan
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 AP - The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory, officials on both sides said Monday.
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03/15/2010 07:05 PM
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Edwards mistress: Still in love, living 'truth'
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 AP - The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.
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03/15/2010 07:33 PM
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Woman, son missing after van found on Wash. beach
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AP - A woman heading to her stepfather's house was "beyond lost" when she and her 8-year-old son took one wrong turn after another through the backroads of Thurston County and onto a private Puget Sound beach, authorities said Monday.
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03/15/2010 08:30 PM
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ESPN reporter's stalker gets 2 1/2 years in prison
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 AP - An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.
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03/15/2010 06:21 PM
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Woman allegedly hits sister with toilet tank lid
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 AP - Iowa City police arrested a woman who allegedly attacked her sister with the lid of a toilet tank. Nitasha Johnson, of Iowa City, was arrested early Sunday and was charged with domestic abuse assault causing injury and interference with official acts. According to police, Johnson removed the lid and hit her sister during a fight. Authorities said the sister suffered an injured foot and finger.
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03/15/2010 06:32 PM
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Glamour boy Beckham to miss World Cup after injury
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 AP - Unless David Beckham can mend it as well as he can bend it, soccer's now-limping glamour boy will miss this summer's World Cup — a blow to tournament organizers, sponsors, TV viewers and average fans.
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