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  • Senate votes to keep Medicare cuts in health bill

    AP – 17 mins ago  
    Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, accompanied by Senate Minority... AP

    WASHINGTON - Casting its first votes on revamping the nation's health care system, the Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women. The first round of votes ended with a fragile Democratic coalition hanging together. Full Story »

  • Secret Service puts 3 on leave over gate crashing

    AP – 26 mins ago  
    Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testifies on Capitol Hill... AP

    WASHINGTON - The head of the Secret Service asserted Thursday that the security breach at last week's White House state dinner was an aberration but has put three uniformed officers on leave. President Barack Obama says his confidence in the agency remains unshaken. Full Story »

  • AP Interview: Karzai willing to talk to Taliban

    AP – 46 mins ago  
    Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks to The Associated... AP

    KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he's willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country if the move has the backing of the United States and other international partners. Full Story »

  • Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobs

    AP – 4 mins ago  
    FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama... AP

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama challenged an assortment of leading business and union leaders and academics on Thursday to help him come up with innovative ideas for putting millions of Americans back to work, saying he wants the "biggest bang for the buck." Full Story »

  • Putin talks of possible return to presidency

    AP – 27 mins ago  
    Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a question-and-answer... AP

    MOSCOW - Wagging his pen and gazing directly into the camera, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his strongest signal yet Thursday that he plans to return to Russia's presidency, telling millions of TV viewers that he will consider running in 2012. Full Story »

  • Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on same day

    AP – 25 mins ago  
    Visitors to Fort Williams Park watch the heavy surf explode onto... AP

    PORTLAND, Maine - A storm packing blustery winds and driving rain knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast on Thursday before giving way to sunny skies and record high temperatures — all in the same morning. Full Story »

  • UK University to probe integrity of climate data

    AP – 19 mins ago  
    In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 photo, a man rests on a makeshift... AP

    LONDON - A British university said Thursday it would investigate whether scientists at its prestigious Climatic Research Unit fudged data on global warming. Full Story »

  • Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea

    AP – 1 hr 2 mins ago  
    In this Aug. 29, 2009 photo, a Cambodian woman with chewing tobacco... AP

    HANOI, Vietnam - When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco. Full Story »

  • 'Elf' jailed over dynamite hoax on Ga. mall Santa

    AP – 1 hr 7 mins ago  
    This undated photo provided by the Clayton County Sheriff's Office... AP

    MORROW, Ga. - A man dressed as an elf is jailed after police in Georgia say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite. Police say Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta was evacuated but no explosives were found. Full Story »

  • Vikings RB Peterson gets 109 mph speeding ticket

    AP – 1 hr 3 mins ago  
    Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (28) scores a... AP

    MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson said Thursday that he'll be more careful after police clocked him driving 109 mph on a suburban Minneapolis highway over the weekend and cited him for speeding. Full Story »

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