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November 07, 2009 11:29 AM EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats gave the gavel to the longest-serving House member ever as the chamber began debating legislation overhauling the country's health care system.
Rep. John Dingell, a . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:28 AM EST
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PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work. . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:28 AM EST
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:26 AM EST
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until global recovery is assured.
Saturday's statement . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:26 AM EST
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned against putting the brakes on economic stimulus measures too quickly, saying that would weaken the economy.
In . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:25 AM EST
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The mother of a man charged with killing a worker and wounding five others at the Orlando engineering firm where he once worked has apologized to the victims.
Ana Rodriguez . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:22 AM EST
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The reason there should be an anti-stupid vaccine is for those who get in line for the "latest and greatest" new trend - a vaccine for everything. Oh, but wait, there would be no one in line . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:50 AM EST
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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gains strength over Caribbean waters.
A hurricane watch was also issued for part of Mexico's Yucatan . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:50 AM EST
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LONDON (AP) — The International Tennis Federation has confirmed a one-year suspension for Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse.
The duo was suspended by a Belgian tribunal . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:50 AM EST
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REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy (AP) — Alexa Glatch and Melanie Oudin have lost in straight sets to give Italy a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final.
Glatch lost to Flavia Pennetta 6-3, . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:48 AM EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:48 AM EST
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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A Muslim leader says the Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood asked him for advice on what he should tell soldiers who had concerns about . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:15 AM EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Oh, how the tables have turned.
Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:14 AM EST
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HUAMPAMI, Peru (AP) — In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.
His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates . . .
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November 07, 2009 10:13 AM EST
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MIAMI (AP) — Tropical storm warnings issued in Mexico, Cuba as Ida rapidly strengthens over Caribbean.
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November 07, 2009 09:42 AM EST
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Distribution, by state, of juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison without parole, and the number of juvenile offenders serving such sentences for crimes in which no one was killed:
StateLifeLife-nonfatalcrimesAla.620Ariz.320Ark.730Calif.2504Colo.480Conn.90Del.71Fla.26677Ga.80Hawaii40Idaho40Ill.1030Ind.20Iowa446Ky.50La.33517Md.130Mass.570Mich.3460Minn.20Miss.242Mo.1160Mont.10Neb.241Nev.160N.H.30N.C.440N.D.10Ohio20Okla.480Pa.4440R.I.20S.C.261S.D.90Tenn.40Texas40Utah10Va.480Wash.280Wis.160Wyo.60Federal . . .
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November 07, 2009 09:42 AM EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.
Terrance Graham, implicated in armed . . .
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November 07, 2009 09:42 AM EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to . . .
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November 07, 2009 09:38 AM EST
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NAGANO, Japan (AP) — Brian Joubert of France won the NHK Trophy on Saturday, earning his first Grand Prix title of the season with a strong performance in the free skate.
Joubert, who was first . . .
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November 07, 2009 09:37 AM EST
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KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan . . .
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