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December 22, 2009 09:01 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exhausted but happy Democratic leaders began nudging their painstakingly crafted health care compromise a step closer to pre-Christmas passage with three votes that started as . . .
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December 23, 2009 02:01 AM EST --
LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Police and soldiers donned Santa hats and red clown noses and belted out songs in crammed evacuation centers in hopes of keeping 47,000 displaced residents from sneaking . . .
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December 22, 2009 08:00 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is at work unusually early and voting on health care as Democrats zero in on their goal of passing President Barack Obama's signature issue by Christmas.
Three votes . . .
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December 22, 2009 10:01 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two down, one to go. President Barack Obama's health care overhaul easily cleared its second 60-vote test in the Senate early Tuesday morning.
Senate Democrats remained united . . .
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December 22, 2009 04:04 PM EST --
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Some might say he's Usain Bolt on skis. Not surprisingly, though, when Errol Kerr tells people he's a member of the Jamaican Winter Olympic team, most pull out the bobsled . . .
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December 22, 2009 04:05 PM EST --
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Bryon Wilson was one of the outsiders, not as concerned about earning a trip to Vancouver as simply finding a starting spot in any major moguls race outside the United . . .
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December 22, 2009 09:01 PM EST --
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police picked up two naked men on a late night bike ride in a New Zealand town but let them off with a warning: put on helmets.
"They were wanting to experience . . .
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December 22, 2009 06:01 AM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — One 60-vote hurdle down, two to go for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in the Senate.
The second vote was set for early Tuesday morning as exhausted but happy Democratic . . .
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December 22, 2009 03:03 PM EST --
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver Olympic organizers have launched a Web site that allows Canadians to resell their tickets unhindered by a price cap.
Organizers say the Web site will . . .
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December 22, 2009 03:03 PM EST --
Bollywood has produced another blockbuster.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White's unique, Indian-themed original dance is a hit all over the globe, with people from Michigan to Mumbai — many of whom . . .
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December 22, 2009 08:03 PM EST --
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A woman in a wedding gown surprised her fiance by greeting him at a Texas airport along with a justice of the peace. Robyn Moore and William Acosta exchanged vows Monday . . .
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December 22, 2009 08:03 PM EST --
WINONA, Minn. (AP) — Authorities are considering whether to charge a woman accused of grabbing a man by the genitals and yanking hard enough for him to need stitches. Deputy Police Chief Tom Williams . . .
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December 22, 2009 08:03 PM EST --
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah driver rammed a sheriff's patrol car on purpose and officers aren't even upset. West Valley City police say a man posted an ad asking for a massage. When he . . .
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December 22, 2009 12:04 PM EST --
LONDON (AP) — London 2012 organizers say the Olympic handball arena is on track for completion in 2011 after its foundations were finished.
Construction began two months early in July and 200 . . .
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December 22, 2009 05:02 PM EST --
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — He may have been dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, but this Santa was no saint.
According to Metropolitan Nashville Police, a man wearing a Santa Claus suit . . .
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December 22, 2009 04:03 PM EST --
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police arrested a 19-year-old woman on charges that she yanked the beard from a man portraying Santa Claus outside Conseco Fieldhouse before an Indiana Pacers game. Indianapolis . . .
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December 22, 2009 04:03 PM EST --
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Police arrested two men after they stole a lizard from an animal hospital and tried to pawn it for alcohol. Police told The Ledger Independent that 44-year-old man and an 18-year-old . . .
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December 22, 2009 05:02 PM EST --
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Wash day became payday at an Ohio coin laundry that was visited by a mystery couple playing Santa by handing out $100 bills. Employees at the Spin City Laundromat in Dayton said . . .
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December 22, 2009 07:02 PM EST --
WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Medimmune is recalling nearly 5 million doses of swine flu vaccine because the nasal spray appears to lose strength over time.
The Food and Drug Administration said . . .
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December 22, 2009 06:01 PM EST --
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A 52-year-old man complained only about the cold weather before walking into a diner with a five-inch knife sticking out of his chest. The unnamed man called a Warren 911 operator . . .
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