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Cribs recalled after 3 deaths
AP – Tue Feb 9, 3:17 pm ET Sent 828 times

WASHINGTON - Government safety officials Tuesday announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other stores after the death of three infants. Full Story »
Dubai tower shut after visitors stuck in elevator
AP – Tue Feb 9, 1:42 pm ET Sent 741 times

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors. Full Story »
Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private
AP – Tue Feb 9, 8:58 pm ET Sent 577 times

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WASHINGTON - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can. Full Story »
Still no word from Toyota on Prius recall
AP – Mon Feb 8, 8:26 pm ET Sent 312 times

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TOKYO - Toyota is close to recalling as many as 300,000 of its popular Prius hybrids over brake problems, according to Japanese media — a decision that would further embarrass a trusted brand suddenly beset by safety problems. Full Story »
Honda expands airbag inflation recall
AP – Tue Feb 9, 7:22 pm ET Sent 268 times

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DETROIT - Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday. Full Story »
Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued
AP – Tue Feb 9, 11:48 pm ET Sent 255 times

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WASHINGTON - Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure. Full Story »
State Farm says it warned NHTSA on Toyota in 2007
AP – Tue Feb 9, 1:13 pm ET Sent 233 times

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WASHINGTON - The nation's largest auto insurer said Tuesday it alerted federal safety regulators in late 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the latest warning sign to emerge about the massive recall. Full Story »
Drivers, cars are ill-equipped when panic sets in
AP – Tue Feb 9, 9:26 pm ET Sent 229 times

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DETROIT - You're driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own. Knuckles white, going from 60 to 90 miles an hour in seconds, you do what comes naturally — hit the brakes. But what if the car keeps going? Full Story »
Group makes deal to buy land near Hollywood sign
AP – Tue Feb 9, 1:52 am ET Sent 220 times

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LOS ANGELES - A nature conservation group said Monday it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land near the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes. Full Story »
Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California
AP – Tue Feb 9, 9:51 pm ET Sent 150 times

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LOS ANGELES - In his push to move stalled health care reform, President Barack Obama is appealing to American pocketbooks by calling one health insurer's major rate hike in California a harbinger of rising premiums. Full Story »
Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns
AP – Tue Feb 9, 7:09 pm ET Sent 145 times

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WASHINGTON - Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months. Full Story »
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
AP – Mon Feb 8, 4:30 pm ET Sent 139 times

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WASHINGTON - The lawmakers now investigating Toyota's recall include a senator who was so eager to lure the Japanese automaker to his state that he tramped along through fields as its executives scouted plant sites, and a congresswoman who owes much of her wealth to a Toyota supplier. Full Story »
EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too
AP – 14 mins ago Sent 137 times

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BRUSSELS - Wealthy European nations are moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street. Full Story »
Workers spent 80-plus hours a week at Conn. plant
AP – Tue Feb 9, 4:27 pm ET Sent 113 times

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Some workers building a Connecticut power plant shattered by a gas explosion had been spending more than 80 hours a week there before the blast killed five Sunday, The Associated Press has learned. One employee said workers smelled gas less than an hour beforehand and were told to open doors wider for air. Full Story »
Stocks jump on hopes for Greece debt rescue
AP – Tue Feb 9, 6:09 pm ET Sent 107 times

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NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that a resolution was near for Greece's debt crisis. Full Story »
Toyota pulls ads from US TV network: report
AFP – Mon Feb 8, 1:46 pm ET Sent 101 times

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Toyota dealers in five southeastern US states have pulled their ads from local ABC television affiliates over complaints about coverage of the automaker's recalls, the network said Monday. Full Story »
Clinton-era health aides push to save Obama's plan
AP – Mon Feb 8, 10:59 am ET Sent 99 times

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WASHINGTON - Shock and awe. That's what survivors of the Clinton-era health care collapse are feeling as President Barack Obama's overhaul legislation wobbles in Congress. Full Story »
Target pulls Valentine's toys over lead concerns
AP – Tue Feb 9, 7:56 pm ET Sent 50 times

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OAKLAND, Calif. - Target Corp. said Tuesday it was pulling its Valentine's Day "Message Bears" from store shelves after California's attorney general raised concerns that the toys have illegal levels of lead. Full Story »