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  • Showdown vote nears on importing low-cost drugs

    AP – 1 hr 13 mins ago  Sent 990 times
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., leaves a Democratic... AP

    WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of lawmakers hopes to finally win a long struggle to ease curbs against importing low-cost prescription drugs but will have to overcome the Obama administration and the pharmaceutical industry to do so. Full Story »

  • Promotion day arrives for white Conn. firefighters

    AP – 2 hrs 27 mins ago  Sent 529 times
    FILE - In this photo taken June 29, 2009, Frank Ricci, left,... AP

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A group of white firefighters who persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to sanction their promotions over black colleagues are receiving their new badges Thursday in a ceremony that provides symbolic recognition of their victory. Full Story »

  • Audit: Taxpayers lose $61B on AIG, auto bailouts

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 6:19 pm ET  Sent 447 times
    US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, seen here in October... AFP/File

    WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department is acknowledging for the first time that it lost $61 billion on two key programs designed to stabilize the economy after the largest financial crisis in decades. Full Story »

  • TSA puts 5 employees on leave over online posting

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 3:49 pm ET  Sent 262 times

    WASHINGTON - Five Transportation Security Administration employees have been placed on administrative leave since it was discovered that sensitive guidelines about airport passenger screening were posted on the Internet. Full Story »

  • Solar power coming to a store near you

    AP – Thu Dec 10, 12:19 am ET  Sent 213 times
    Lowe's product service associate manager, Roxy Ramirez , left... AP

    NEW YORK - Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install. Full Story »

  • General Mills reducing sugar in kids' cereal

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 6:09 pm ET  Sent 176 times
    Nutritional information is seen on a box of General Mills' Cocoa... AP

    PORTLAND, Ore. - General Mills — the maker of Lucky Charms, Trix and Cocoa Puffs — plans to reduce the amount of sugar in its cereals marketed to children. Full Story »

  • FACT CHECK: Obama likes both sides of an argument

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 9:53 am ET  Sent 157 times
    President Barack Obama walks into a room to speak about the economy... AP

    WASHINGTON - In President Barack Obama's hands, the $700 billion financial rescue fund offers a bit of bookkeeping magic: an opportunity to pay down the deficit while also spending more — thereby adding to it. Full Story »

  • Soros: Finance gap could 'wreck' climate talks

    AP – 9 mins ago  Sent 143 times
    George Soros, businessman and philanthropist, announces during... AP

    COPENHAGEN - The $10 billion a year proposed by rich nations to help the poor adapt to climate change is "not sufficient" and the gap between what's offered and what's needed could wreck the Copenhagen climate conference, American billionaire George Soros said Thursday. Full Story »

  • Pop culture main reason Calif has Chihuahua crisis

    AP – 2 hrs 15 mins ago  Sent 120 times
    An adopted Chihuahua, James Bond, rests his head at the Animal... AP

    LOS ANGELES - California has more Chihuahuas than it can handle, and it has Hollywood to blame. Full Story »

  • Gatorade drops Tiger drink; decided before wreck

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 8:30 am ET  Sent 119 times
    In this product image provided by PepsiCo., Gatorade Tiger Focus... AP

    PURCHASE, N.Y. - Gatorade is discontinuing its Tiger Woods drink but says it made the decision before the golfer's car accident led to a media firestorm surrounding his personal life. Full Story »

  • Obama still hopes for bipartisan support on jobs

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 2:55 pm ET  Sent 118 times
    President Barack Obama speaks about jobs and the economy, Wednesday,... AP

    WASHINGTON - Despite Republican opposition on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he's still hoping for bipartisan support for his efforts to use financial bailout money to help small businesses and bring down double-digit unemployment. Full Story »

  • Exports up for 6th straight month, boost recovery

    AP – 4 mins ago  Sent 109 times
    FILE - In this Oct. 21 2008 file photo, Caterpillar equipment... AP

    WASHINGTON - The economic recovery is likely to draw strength from exports such as farm products, autos, aircraft and industrial machinery — all of which helped lower the nation's trade deficit in October. Full Story »

  • BofA repays $45B in government bailout funds

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 5:48 pm ET  Sent 96 times
    FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2008 file photo, traffic passes a branch... AP

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it has repaid the entire $45 billion it owed U.S. taxpayers as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Full Story »

  • Islanders blocked in bid for tough climate action

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 4:22 pm ET  Sent 91 times
    Activists supporting the tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu demonstrate... AP

    COPENHAGEN - Declaring "it's a matter of survival," one of the world's tiniest nations, speaking for imperiled islands everywhere, took on global industrial and oil powers Wednesday at the U.N. climate conference — and lost. Full Story »

  • House votes to extend $31B in expiring tax breaks

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 9:35 pm ET  Sent 65 times

    WASHINGTON - The House voted Wednesday to extend $31 billion in popular tax breaks, including an income tax deduction for sales and property taxes, to be financed with a tax increase on investment fund managers and a crackdown on international tax cheats. Full Story »

  • New health care benefits come at a price

    AP – Thu Dec 10, 3:14 am ET  Sent 60 times
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. listens  on Capitol... AP

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's health care overhaul — now looking like a real possibility — should give uninsured Americans options they've never had before. But it won't be a free ride. Full Story »

  • US: $3B to end royalty dispute with Indian tribes

    AP – Tue Dec 8, 7:55 pm ET  Sent 58 times
    Attorney General Eric Holder, and Department of the  Interior... AP

    WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed spending more than $3 billion to settle claims dating back more than a century that American Indian tribes were swindled out of royalties for oil, gas, grazing and other leases. Full Story »

  • Bailout watchdog: Crisis response worked, somewhat

    AP – Wed Dec 9, 10:08 am ET  Sent 47 times

    WASHINGTON - The government's $700 billion bailout of the financial system helped prevent an all-out panic last fall but hasn't met many of the targets Congress set out, a watchdog panel says. Full Story »

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