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  1. The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Camry is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    Toyota to replace gas pedals on 4 million vehicles AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:29 PM ETSent 3,187 times

    WASHINGTON - Toyota plans to replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration, a flaw that led to the sixth-largest recall ever in the U.S.

  2. FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2009 file photo, a Saab logo is displayed on a car in Frankfurt, Germany. General Motors Co. has not talked with any other potential buyers for the Swedish Saab brand since a specialty car maker pulled out of a deal to buy it this week, a person briefed on GM's plans said Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop, File)
    AP Source: GM not talking to any new Saab suitors AP - Wed Nov 25, 2:06 PM ETSent 261 times

    DETROIT - General Motors Co. has not talked with any other potential buyers for the Swedish Saab brand since a specialty car maker pulled out of a deal to buy it this week, a person briefed on GM's plans said Wednesday.

  3. In this Oct. 27, 2009 photo, a development of new homes is shown in Homestead, Fla. Sales of new homes rose more than expected last month to the highest level in more than a year as the housing market shows stability after its historic collapse. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
    Housing data points to rocky rebound AP - Wed Nov 25, 4:26 PM ETSent 172 times

    WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose more than 6 percent in October. But that was only because of strong results in the South.

  4. In this photo taken Oct. 21, 2009, in Naperville, Ill. Butterball Turkey Talk Line instructor Carol Miller teaches cooking and carving during day one of the 29th season of Butterball University. Butterball's Talk Line functions year-round, mainly as an automated answering service where it answers all sorts of turkey cooking questions, but, each November and December the hotline goes live. Fifty-five ladies are onhand as the hotline receives 100,000 calls, e-mails and inquiries from struggling cooks. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
    At turkey boot camp, no need for a scrub brush AP - Tue Nov 24, 2:26 PM ETSent 166 times

    NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Workers at Butterball's turkey-tips hot line are used to oddball situations:

  5. President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Obama to plead US case at global warming summit AP - 1 hour, 55 minutes agoSent 147 times

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade — despite resistance in Congress over higher costs — when he travels to a major climate conference in Copenhagen next month.

  6. Michigan state Department of Human Services caseworker Sandy Satchel, foreground, works at the Family Independence Agency in Detroit, Nov. 13, 2009. As Michigan struggles with the highest-in-the-nation jobless rate, state workers who deal with unemployment, welfare and other aid programs say they have never been so overwhelmed — or so worried about their safety. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
    Good news raises hopes recovery won't fizzle AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:53 PM ETSent 142 times

    WASHINGTON - A flurry of good news this week — including falling jobless claims, stronger consumer spending and higher new-home sales — suggests the economic rebound, modest though it is, might just be here to stay.

  7. File - In this March 26,2009 file photo, Tesla Motors Chairman, CEO and product architect Elon Musk, right, and chief designer Franz Von Holzhausen, left, drive the prototype Tesla Model S all-electric 5-door sedan after its unveiling Hawthorne, Calif. The City Council in Downey Calif. a southeastern Los Angeles county on Wednesday unanimously approved an agreement aimed at luring Tesla Motors' electric car manufacturing plant to the former site of a NASA plant that helped develop the Apollo program and the space shuttle fleet. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon,File)
    LA suburb's rebirth rides on electric car plant AP - Thu Nov 26, 3:32 AM ETSent 121 times

    DOWNEY, Calif. - This city that once helped send men rocketing into the space now wants to help earth-bound motorists to become more fuel efficient.

  8. FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)
    Stream of WH health care visits AP - Thu Nov 26, 3:04 AM ETSent 106 times

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained by The Associated Press.

  9. Toyota to recall 110,000 Tundras over rust AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:37 PM ETSent 102 times

    WASHINGTON - Toyota Motor Corp. will recall 110,000 Tundra trucks from the 2000-2003 model years to address excessive rust on the vehicle's frame. The government urged owners to remove the spare tire from the frame, concerned it could fall onto the road and create a hazard for other vehicles.

  10. FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2009, file photo Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, holds a copy of the health care bill, trussed in sturdy rope, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington during a Republican news conference. The full draft of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's House version of the health care bill has been published in the Congressional Record in the official and conventional manner. It is not much of a spectacle, nor much trouble to move: it's 209 pages. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
    SPIN METER: 'War and Peace' in 209 pages? AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:30 PM ETSent 83 times

    WASHINGTON - Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. They pile it high on desks, hoist it on a shoulder trussed in sturdy rope and tell people it's longer than "War and Peace," which it isn't.

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  1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) watches as US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas before a trilateral meeting in September 2009.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)
    Obama to plead US case at global warming summit AP - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade — despite resistance in Congress over higher costs — when he travels to a major climate conference in Copenhagen next month.

  2. A Tokyo money dealer looks at a memo as the U.S. dollar is traded at 86.64 yen on the Tokyo foreign exchange in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. The dollar has tumbled to 14-year low against the Japanese yen after traders reacted to indications that U.S. interest rates will remain low and that Federal Reserve isn't overly concerned about the dollar's slide. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
    Dubai debt fears hit world markets hard AP - 26 minutes ago

    LONDON - World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investors fretted over the debt problems at Dubai World, a government investment company, and the continued fall in the dollar.

  3. A Tokyo money dealer reacts as the U.S. dollar is traded at between 86.43 yen and 86.48 yen on the Tokyo foreign exchange in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. The dollar has tumbled to 14-year low against the Japanese yen after traders reacted to indications that U.S. interest rates will remain low and that Federal Reserve isn't overly concerned about the dollar's slide. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
    Dollar falls to 14-year low vs yen on US outlook AP - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

    TOKYO - The dollar tumbled to 14-year low against the yen Thursday, adding to pressure on Japan's beleaguered exporters, amid indications U.S. interest rates will remain low and the Federal Reserve isn't overly concerned about the dollar's slide.

  4. A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting healthcare reforms during a visit by President Barack Obama to Miami, Florida, October 26, 2009.REUTERS/Carlos Barria
    Stream of WH health care visits AP - Thu Nov 26, 3:04 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained by The Associated Press.

  5. A weary Thanksgiving holiday traveler rubs her eyes while waiting for a Concord Coach bus to depart from Portland, Maine, Wednesday evening, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
    Tight economy forces some to stay home for holiday AP - 18 minutes ago

    CHICAGO - There's still family, turkey and football, but one Thanksgiving tradition is taking a hit this year. Millions of Americans are spending the holiday at home, saying the poor economy has made it unaffordable to hit the road or board a plane.

  6. FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's 'The O'Reilly Factor,' in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as 'an intermediary step' that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
    Ex-CNN host Lou Dobbs weighs Senate run in NJ AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

    HILLSIDE, N.J. - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid — a congressional matchup that would pit one of illegal immigration's biggest critics against a champion for immigrant rights.

  7. Minarets on a mosque are seen behind the booming real estate projects on the Sheikh Zayed highway in Dubai, October 27, 2008. REUTERS/Steve Crisp
    Dubai debt problems hit markets, DP World not affected Reuters - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

    DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Dubai's debt problems shook European banking shares on Thursday despite the emirate's efforts to minimize the impact of a debt restructuring plan at two of its biggest companies that raised fears of default.

  8. FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2009 file photo, President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington. President Barack Obama is committing the United States to a goal of substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade when he travels to a widely anticipated climate conference in Copenhagen next month. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
    Obama and GOP differ over recipe for jobs, economy AP - 18 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered starkly different recipes for relief.

  9. SPIN METER: 'War and Peace' in 209 pages? AP - Tue Nov 24, 9:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. They pile it high on desks, hoist it on a shoulder trussed in sturdy rope and tell people it's longer than "War and Peace," which it isn't.

  10. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy is provoking growing complaints from some economists who argue it is doing little to spark lending activity and may be fueling new asset bubbles.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)
    Dubai debt worry ripples across assets Reuters - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Debt problems in Dubai hit global stocks, helped lift bonds and took the dollar away from a 14-year low against the yen on Thursday.

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  1. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    White House defends costs, cuts in health bill AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:45 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Obama administration pushed back Wednesday against claims that it's not doing enough to slow the growth of health care costs, a topic senators will debate heavily in coming weeks.

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    Stream of WH health care visits AP - Thu Nov 26, 3:04 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained by The Associated Press.

  3. FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 file photo, a piece of Chinese drywall leans against the wall of a home in Davie, Fla. A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
    Drywall investigation expands into US products AP - Wed Nov 25, 5:21 PM ET

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a sickening, sulfurous stench and corroded pipes and wiring.

  4. FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2008 file photo, Nassau County Police examine the front of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y. where Jdimytai Damour, a temporary Wal-Mart worker, died after a throng of unruly shoppers broke down the doors and trampled him moments after the Long Island store opened for day-after-Thanksgiving bargain hunting. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has issued new guidelines this year seeking to prevent another tragedy. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, file)
    Year after NY stampede, Black Friday gets makeover AP - Wed Nov 25, 3:36 PM ET

    VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. - Victoria Rogers had originally planned to make an early stop the day after Thanksgiving last year at the Walmart store in Valley Stream on Long Island. Her last-minute decision against it might have saved her life.

  5. Dollar falls to 14-year low vs yen on US outlook AP - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

    TOKYO - The dollar tumbled to 14-year low against the yen Thursday, adding to pressure on Japan's beleaguered exporters, amid indications U.S. interest rates will remain low and the Federal Reserve isn't overly concerned about the dollar's slide.

  6. Sales of newly built U.S. single-family homes in October rose more than expected to their highest level in a year, data showed on Wednesday, pointing to a stabilizing housing market after a three-year slump. REUTERS/Graphics
    U.S. new home sales rise sharply in October Reuters - Wed Nov 25, 10:06 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of newly built U.S. single-family homes in October rose more than expected to their highest level in a year, data showed on Wednesday, pointing to a stabilizing housing market after a three-year slump.

  7. Motorcyclists queue up at the toll gate at Suramadu bridge that connects Java to Madura island as they travel to their home towns to celebrate Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Muslims will slaughter cattle and goats, with the beef and meat later being distributed to the needy in the holiday which honors the prophet Abraham for preparing to sacrifice his son Ishmael on the order of God, who was testing his faith. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)
    Tight economy forces some to stay home for holiday AP - 18 minutes ago

    CHICAGO - There's still family, turkey and football, but one Thanksgiving tradition is taking a hit this year. Millions of Americans are spending the holiday at home, saying the poor economy has made it unaffordable to hit the road or board a plane.

  8. In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 photo, Immigration attorney Ira Kurzban is shown in his office in Miami. Kurzban co-founded Immigrants List, the nation's first major pro-comprehensive reform PAC. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
    Pro-immigration reform PACS growing in influence AP - Wed Nov 25, 2:00 PM ET

    MIAMI - Two fledgling political action committees that support allowing some illegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than their immigration-control counterparts, signaling a possible fundraising shift ahead of next year's congressional races.

  9. LA suburb's rebirth rides on electric car plant AP - Thu Nov 26, 3:32 AM ET

    DOWNEY, Calif. - This city that once helped send men rocketing into the space now wants to help earth-bound motorists to become more fuel efficient.

  10. Dubai debt problems hit markets, DP World not affected Reuters - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

    DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Dubai's debt problems shook European banking shares on Thursday despite the emirate's efforts to minimize the impact of a debt restructuring plan at two of its biggest companies that raised fears of default.

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