| Catholic rift in health-care debate may help pass bill |
| An unusual public split between U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, nuns and hospitals over abortion in the health-care overhaul could undermine the church hierarchy's influence on the debate and give anti-abortion Democrats the political cover they need to vote for the bill. |
Mar 20, 2010 08:49:16 GMT
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| Fed must reveal data on loans to firms, court says |
| The Federal Reserve must reveal documents identifying financial companies that received Fed loans to survive the financial crisis, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. |
Mar 20, 2010 04:18:11 GMT
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| Court: Anna Nicole gets none of oil fortune |
| A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Anna Nicole Smith's estate will get none of the more than $300 million the late Playboy model claimed a Texas billionaire to whom she was briefly married meant to leave her after he died. |
Mar 19, 2010 23:36:57 GMT
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| Mass. Congressman Says No To Healthcare Bill |
| U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch says he will say no to the health care bill as it's written now. |
Mar 19, 2010 19:02:00 GMT
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| Brown calls anti-police booby traps in Riverside County 'urban terrorism' |
| Describing it as "urban terrorism," California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown joined with Riverside County officials Thursday in asking the public to help find those who tried at least three times to kill officers assigned to a Hemet-based gang task force. "It is incredible and even unprecedented for police officers here to be subject to terrorist attack," Brown said at a Riverside news conference. "We have seen it south of the border, but not here yet." ... |
Mar 19, 2010 14:37:01 GMT
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| Subpoenas issued as GOP senator faces scrutiny |
| A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas to a Republican campaign committee and companies in Nevada in a probe of Senator John Ensign, who has been under scrutiny for his efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress. |
Mar 19, 2010 14:34:10 GMT
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| Shell, Nexen make big find in Gulf of Mexico |
| Royal Dutch Shell and Canadian oil explorer Nexen Inc said they had made a "significant" discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, the latest in a string of big finds in the Gulf in the past year. |
Mar 19, 2010 14:29:48 GMT
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| Graco high chair recall: What you need to know |
| The Graco high chair recall is the second major recall for the company in three months. |
Mar 19, 2010 14:29:00 GMT
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| The Healthcare Marathon |
| Democrats are pleased with the CBO's preliminary score of the reconciliation package. Adding the cost of higher insurance subsidies, extra spending on Medicaid, and other outlays, then subtracting Medicare savings and new revenues yields a $138 billion reduction in the ten-year deficit, says the agency. That is better than many had expected. I don't question the competence of the CBO's analysts, but I wouldn't bet my 401(k) on these numbers turning out to be even roughly correct.... |
Mar 19, 2010 14:27:11 GMT
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| Hubble 3D - The Universe Up There |
| American space-flight technology has certainly changed in the almost 50 years since Alan Shepard went aloft, and so has filmmaking technology. |
Mar 19, 2010 14:24:52 GMT
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