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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The healthcare overhaul proposal offered on Tuesday by U.S. House of Representatives' Democrats will include an extra 5.4 percent tax on those earning more than $1 million.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers were set to resume talks on Tuesday to arrive at a state budget agreement, the Hollywood icon turned politician hit the airwaves with a television commercial underscoring he is no mood to compromise.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. officials are weighing a plan to let borrowers who have fallen behind on mortgage payments avoid eviction by renting their home instead, sources familiar with the administration's thinking said on Tuesday.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Daimler AG's Mercedes and Toyota Motor Co's luxury Lexus brand topped a ranking intended to measure how well U.S. car shoppers were treated in dealer showrooms whether they bought a new car or not.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff's prison life began on Tuesday, a long way from the luxury homes, sleek yachts and precious designer watches and clothes he accumulated in the years he ran Wall Street's biggest investment fraud.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A global schism in the worldwide Anglican Communion looked set to widen on Tuesday after its U.S. branch, the Episcopal Church, approved a resolution to ordain gay and lesbian clergy.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's election has inspired black Americans to pursue higher goals, but battles remain to close racial gaps in health, education and legal justice, black activists say.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is trying to reach settlements with Steven Rattner, who led the U.S. autos task force, and the private equity firm he co-founded, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Inspections revealed no problems with 737-300 jetliners flown by Southwest Airlines Co following an emergency landing by one of the carrier's planes due to an unexplained hole in its fuselage, the company and U.S. regulators said on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An attorney for Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe on Tuesday angrily denied reports that she had agreed to take millions of dollars to give up parental rights to her two children with the King of Pop.