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  • House releases healthcare overhaul bill

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 3:54 pm ET

    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.

  • Schwarzenegger launches TV ad in budget fight

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 6:00 pm ET

    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.

  • Obama mulls rental option for homeowners: sources

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 7:08 pm ET

    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.

  • Mercedes, Lexus top ranking of U.S. dealerships

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 6:59 pm ET

    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.

  • Madoff's prison life begins in North Carolina

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 6:08 pm ET

    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.

  • Episcopal vote on gay clergy widens Anglican split

    Reuters – 20 mins ago

    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.

  • Obama inspires black Americans, racial gaps remain

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 3:17 pm ET

    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.

  • NY AG Cuomo trying to reach deal with Rattner: report

    Reuters – 1 hr 25 mins ago

    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.

  • Southwest 737 inspections turn up no problems

    Reuters – 2 hrs 50 mins ago

    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.

  • Jackson's ex-wife denies giving up kids

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 7:34 pm ET

    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.

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