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NBA: Houston 96, Washington 88
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:59 pm MST
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- Luis Scola scored 23 points and Kevin Martin added 21 Tuesday as the Houston Rockets downed Washington 96-88.
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NBA: Indiana 107, Philadelphia 96
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:53 pm MST
INDIANAPOLIS, March 9 (UPI) -- Dahntay Jones scored 25 points Tuesday, picking up the slack for suspended Danny Granger and helping the Indiana Pacers to a 107-96 win over Philadelphia.
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Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling'
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:47 pm MST
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and the annual speech has "degenerated to a political pep rally."...
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NBA: Orlando 113, Los Angeles Clippers 87
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:47 pm MST
ORLANDO, Fla., March 9 (UPI) -- Dwight Howard pumped in 22 points and hauled down 15 rebounds Tuesday to lift the Orlando Magic to a 113-87 rout of the Los Angeles Clippers.
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U.S. indicts Md. man in mortgage fraud
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:45 pm MST
GREENBELT, Md., March 9 (UPI) -- Authorities Tuesday arrested a Maryland man in what the Department of Justice called a massive mortgage fraud scheme that left victims homeless.
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Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:43 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system....
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Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:43 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system....
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FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:37 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill....
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Reyes diagnosed with thyroid condition
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:36 pm MST
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., March 9 (UPI) -- Test results show that New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes has an overactive thyroid, the team confirmed Tuesday.
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Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:34 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual....
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Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:34 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual....
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Mass. Sen. Scott Brown to release memoir in 2011
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sen. Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent years by winning the seat once held by Sen. Edward Kennedy, has a book deal....
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Workers urge faster rebuilding at ground zero site
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of construction workers raised a rallying cry of "Build it now!" on Tuesday, gathering with elected officials at the World Trade Center site to urge a quick rebuilding of the complex....
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Pa. woman accused of recruiting jihadists online
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said Tuesday....
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Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
BERLIN (AP) -- The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegations of physical abuse at an elementary school linked to the choir but did nothing about it....
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Ohio State janitor's gunfire kills co-worker, self
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt....
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Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday - a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks....
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Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday - a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks....
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Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid....
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Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid....
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Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:30 pm MST
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid....
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Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:29 pm MST
LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.
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Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:28 pm MST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star....
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Fawcett omission from Oscar segment no accident
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:28 pm MST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The executive director of the film academy said Tuesday that Farrah Fawcett wasn't included in the Academy Awards' In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star....
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Toyota to expand recall of Tundra pickups for rust
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:28 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toyota said Tuesday it will expand a recall announced last year to fix Tundra pickup trucks with frames that could rust and lead to spare tires falling from the vehicle....
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Woman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:26 pm MST
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (AP) -- A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical cord. Kelly Bottom told The Advocate-Messenger that she also picked up her other son from school and stopped in at the baby's grandmother's house to show her the infant before going to the hospital Thursday....
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Woman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son
→ AP Top Headlines At 9:43 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:26 pm MST
HARRODSBURG, Ky. (AP) -- A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical cord. Kelly Bottom told The Advocate-Messenger that she also picked up her other son from school and stopped in at the baby's grandmother's house to show her the infant before going to the hospital Thursday....
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Democrats doubt deadline on healthcare
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:23 pm MST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Tuesday cast doubt on their chances of meeting the White House's March 18 deadline for voting on a stalled healthcare overhaul, but said they are moving as fast as they can.
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North Texas edges Troy 66-63 for Sun Belt bid
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:23 pm MST
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- Josh White's shot from near the free-throw line with 22 seconds remaining gave North Texas a 66-63 win over Troy on Tuesday night in the Sun Belt tournament championship game....
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Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:19 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts sparked frenzied trading....
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Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:19 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts sparked frenzied trading....
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Obama backs bipartisan crackdown on healthcare cheats
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:09 pm MST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, making a final push for healthcare reform, will back bipartisan plans to stamp out waste in government-run medical programs for the old and needy, the White House said on Tuesday.
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Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers sever ties
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:09 pm MST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager....
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Electromagnetic pulses ease pain
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:05 pm MST
NEW ORLEANS, March 9 (UPI) -- Patients with osteoarthritis treated with electromagnetic pulses said they experienced 40 percent less pain, U.S. researchers said.
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Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:03 pm MST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.
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Greene leads No. 1 UConn to 16th Big East title
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:02 pm MST
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Kalana Greene scored 15 points to help top-ranked Connecticut rout No. 9 West Virginia 60-32 on Tuesday night for its 72nd straight win and 16th Big East tournament championship....
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EU urges US to join in action against speculators
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:00 pm MST
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European officials urged the U.S. to join in a crackdown on speculators who bet against Europe's currency union, warning they might ban some credit default swaps - opaque financial instruments blamed for worsening the world financial crisis....
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Asian stock markets trade in narrow range again
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:57 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Asian stock markets were little moved in early trading Wednesday after investors in the U.S. seemed to pause and look back on a year of recovery from the market's 12-year lows....
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NYC chef creates breast milk cheese
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:35 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Breast milk cheese, anyone? A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese." Daniel Angerer co-owns Klee Brasserie with his wife Lori Mason. A photo on his blog features the cheese encrusted with maple caramelized pumpkin and Concord grapes. They had an overabundance of milk for their newborn, Arabella Caroline. When their small freezer ran out of space, Angerer decided to experiment....
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Man allegedly robs pharmacy, puts cash on counter
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:35 pm MST
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- Police in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a pharmacy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing. Kootenai County Sheriff Lt. Stu Miller said a 39-year-old man was arrested Tuesday....
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Moviegoer stabbed in cellphone dispute
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:30 pm MST
LANCASTER, Calif., March 9 (UPI) -- Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives said they were looking for two men who stabbed a man after he complained about someone talking in a movie theater.
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Granma: Cuba can't force-feed protester
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:29 pm MST
HAVANA, March 9 (UPI) -- The Cuban government is willing to let Guillermo Farinas, a dissident who has been on hunger strike for two weeks, die, the official newspaper Granma suggests.
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Wash. lawmakers limit sex offender computers
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:29 pm MST
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The Legislature has passed a measure limiting computer use by sex offenders at the state's Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island....
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Free agent Terrell Owens will meet with Bengals
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:09 pm MST
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Terrell Owens headed to Cincinnati on Tuesday to see if the Bengals are interested in adding him to their stalled-out passing game....
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UCS: Obama needs to protect scientists
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:03 pm MST
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama has not kept a pledge to protect U.S. government scientists from political interference, a scientists' advocacy group said.
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Chiefs sign ex-Jets RB Thomas Jones
→ Latest News - UPI.com | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:01 pm MST
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 9 (UPI) -- The Kansas City Chiefs have signed free agent running back Thomas Jones, the team said Tuesday.
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Obama pushes senators for climate bill
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:54 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year....
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Center fielder Willie Davis found dead in his home
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:53 pm MST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Willie Davis, a speedy center fielder who collected two World Series rings, three Gold Gloves and was a two-time All-Star during his 14 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 69....
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NBA suspends Frye, Granger 1 game for altercation
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:48 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Phoenix forward Channing Frye and Indiana's Danny Granger have been suspended one game without pay by the NBA for their part in an altercation Saturday....
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Yakima paper appeals to high court in records case
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:45 pm MST
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- A Yakima newspaper asked the state Supreme Court for help Tuesday figuring out how court-appointed defense lawyers in a murder case racked up what is believed to be a $2 million tab....
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Gas price rises seen gentler on consumer wallets
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:26 pm MST
As the economy recovers, energy prices are rising and that is placing extra strain on families' budgets....
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Sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera' opens in London
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:26 pm MST
LONDON (AP) -- Will the magic of the Phantom strike twice for Andrew Lloyd Webber?...
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Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:25 pm MST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned Israeli plans to build 1,600 more homes on occupied land where Palestinians seek statehood, announced in the middle of his visit to help revive peace negotiations.
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TV producer admits attempting Letterman shakedown
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:22 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- A former television producer pressured by debt and riven by jealousy admitted Tuesday he tried to extract vengeance and money by shaking down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers....
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Letterman's scandal is over, but can he beat Leno?
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:04 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dave Letterman can heave a huge sigh of relief after the guilty plea Tuesday of a TV producer charged with trying to extort him....
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Outside science academies to review warming panel
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 5:02 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports....
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Job openings up sharply in January to 2.7M
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:43 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly ramping up hiring as the economy improves....
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AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:41 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight....
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Strasburg makes long-awaited spring debut for Nats
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:11 pm MST
VIERA, Fla. (AP) -- Stephen Strasburg battled some nerves and location issues during his spring training debut....
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Mandatory insurance proposed for UK dogs
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:07 pm MST
LONDON (AP) -- A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to get microchips and take out insurance for their pets....
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Gov. Gregoire: Special session on budget possible
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:06 pm MST
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- With lawmakers racing to negotiate a budget and tax package, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Tuesday it's possible she'll need to call a special session to extend the talks beyond Thursday's deadline for adjournment....
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Stock investors ask: What's the next big thing?
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 4:01 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing....
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Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 3:37 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate....
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Chevron to shed 2,000 jobs, sell some assets
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 3:29 pm MST
Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs this year and sell some overseas operations as it revamps its struggling refinery, marketing and transportation operations....
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Pacquiao could put Cowboys Stadium on boxing's map
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 3:28 pm MST
DALLAS (AP) -- Take the best fighter going and put him in the fanciest new stadium....
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`Spartacus' star has non-Hodgkin lymphoma
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 3:21 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Whitfield, who plays the title role in the Starz Original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The British-born actor will begin treatment immediately....
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Gov. says Wash. school reform is required
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 3:16 pm MST
SEATTLE (AP) -- Gov. Chris Gregoire said Tuesday that she'll keep lawmakers in Olympia until they resolve their debate over school reform....
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Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 3:08 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000....
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Space Needle owners plan museum for Dale Chihuly
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:34 pm MST
SEATTLE (AP) -- The owners of the Space Needle are building an exhibition hall at the Seattle Center to showcase the work of Northwest glass artist Dale Chihuly....
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eBay item: Xbox that brought down Baltimore mayor
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:31 pm MST
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Prosecutors in former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's perjury case are putting the spoils of their efforts on eBay....
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On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:30 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument....
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Lindsay Lohan takes swipe at E-Trade babies
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:24 pm MST
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan is feuding with the E-Trade babies....
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Man pleads no contest to stalking Ryan Seacrest
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:23 pm MST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man who has repeatedly shown up at Ryan Seacrest's work and events has pleaded no contest to felony stalking....
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`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 2:08 pm MST
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer....
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Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail
→ AP Top Political News At 9:48 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 1:57 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments that could give them ammunition for November's congressional elections....
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NASCAR puts Carl Edwards on probation for 3 races
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 1:54 pm MST
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Sticking with its "boys, have at it" attitude, NASCAR placed Carl Edwards on probation for three races Tuesday for deliberately wrecking Brad Keselowski's car last weekend in Atlanta....
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Bremerton ferry out rest of week for hull repair
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 1:43 pm MST
SEATTLE (AP) -- Commuters on the Bremerton-Seattle ferry route might see longer waits this week....
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Pet shop owner claims fish is 43, weighs 20 pounds
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 1:31 pm MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- It sounds fishy but a New York City pet shop owner says it's true. Buttkiss, the black pacu he owns, is 43 and weighs 20 pounds. A pacu is a breed that's related to the piranha. Steve Gruebel owns Cameo Pet Shop in Queens. He got Buttkiss in 1967 when he was just a wee thing. He sold him a year later when Buttkiss was two inches long. But in 1970, Buttkiss was returned when he outgrew the buyer's tank....
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Copters search for hiker near Bonneville Dam
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 1:28 pm MST
STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) -- Thirty-eight searchers plus Coast Guard and Washington National Guard aircraft are looking for a 24-year-old Portland woman missing on a hike near Bonneville Dam in Washington's Skamania County....
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Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 1:01 pm MST
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups....
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NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 12:31 pm MST
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month....
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Releasing Spokane foster mother whose son starved
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:55 am MST
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Carole DeLeon, the foster mother blamed for starving Tyler DeLeon to death, gets out of prison Wednesday after serving about half of the sentence she received in a 2007 plea agreement....
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Olympia councilman pleads not guilty to pot charge
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:42 am MST
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Olympia City Councilman Joe Hyer has pleaded not guilty to drug charges, and his lawyer says in a court filing that Hyer was entrapped....
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Cisco to introduce new heavy-duty Internet router
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:33 am MST
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it is upgrading one of its biggest pieces of networking hardware, a router that's used to power the most trafficked parts of the Internet backbone....
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Alex Rodriguez 'at ease' with Canadian doctor
→ AP Top Sports News At 9:23 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:29 am MST
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Yankees star Alex Rodriguez said Tuesday he is at ease with his ties to a Canadian sports doctor embroiled in cross-border investigations involving HGH and another drug, though he still hasn't talked to federal authorities about the case....
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Leibovitz can keep portfolio under new debt deal
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:29 am MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said Tuesday....
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Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:28 am MST
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria must prosecute those behind a weekend massacre and address underlying issues of poverty and discrimination if it is to end a cycle of violence in the zone between its Muslim north and Christian south, rights groups and diplomats said.
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Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3B-plus
→ AP Top Business News At 9:35 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:19 am MST
MIAMI (AP) -- Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with experts....
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Andy Richter calls 'Tonight' exit frustrating
→ AP Top Entertainment News At 9:36 p... | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:19 am MST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick at "The Tonight Show," is acknowledging some ill will toward NBC and Jay Leno in the wake of the network's late-night upheaval....
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9/11 suspects should face civilian court, U.N. envoys say
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 11:11 am MST
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators called on the Obama administration on Tuesday to prosecute the accused September 11 masterminds in a civilian court, declaring that U.S. military tribunals would not be fair.
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As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:45 am MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit....
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Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:31 am MST
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S....
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Limited Hanford nuclear tours fill up fast
→ AP Top Washington Headlines At 7 p.... | 9 Mar 2010 | 10:09 am MST
TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) -- Hanford is a hot destination for tourists....
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Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 9:59 am MST
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday challenged tight controls on media in the Middle East, calling censorship counterproductive and urging Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity....
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Decisive phase of Afghan war looms: Gates
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 9:48 am MST
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the war -- an operation to impose control over the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province.
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China tries microblogging top political event
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 9:47 am MST
BEIJING (AP) -- So this is how you get through China's biggest political event of the year: "Sit still, stare toward the front, pretend like you're looking but you're really not, pretend like you're listening but you're really not ... make your brain blank."...
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Pink Floyd goes to court in royalty row with EMI
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 9:41 am MST
LONDON (AP) -- Pink Floyd has begun legal action against music label EMI Group Ltd. over the way royalty payments are calculated in the digital era....
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Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, Cuba
→ AP Top Technology News At 6:07 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 8:39 am MST
GENEVA (AP) -- A senior Google executive welcomed on Tuesday a U.S. decision to relax restrictions on exporting Internet communications services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba....
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GE: Limit PCB contamination during Hudson dredging
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:58 am MST
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- General Electric Co. on Monday proposed halting further dredging of the Hudson River if PCBs churned up by the work spread too much pollution downriver during the second phase of an ongoing cleanup....
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U.S. and Russia in final push to clinch new START treaty
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 7:53 am MST
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian arms control officials began on Tuesday what both sides hope will be a final push to clinch a treaty cutting their strategic nuclear arsenals, officials said.
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Pa. suit: Bank wrongly repossessed home, took bird
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:43 am MST
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot....
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Britain heads for inconclusive election: poll
→ Reuters: Top News | 9 Mar 2010 | 6:07 am MST
LONDON (Reuters) - No political party has enough support to win outright control of parliament in Britain's forthcoming election, raising the prospect of a period of unstable minority government, opinion polls showed on Tuesday.
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Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 9 Mar 2010 | 1:04 am MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone call asking what to do, she dropped dead from a blood clot....
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New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 8 Mar 2010 | 9:33 pm MST
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs....
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Not more quakes, just more people in quake zones
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 8 Mar 2010 | 3:45 pm MST
First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot....
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Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 7 Mar 2010 | 12:15 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease....
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Woman charged in breast milk assault on jailer
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 7 Mar 2010 | 11:04 am MST
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) -- A woman in jail for public intoxication was accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. WYMT-TV reported that a 31-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she was changing into an inmate uniform, she squirted breast milk into the face of a female deputy who was with her....
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Police: Woman again tries using cabs to steal TVs
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 7 Mar 2010 | 7:59 am MST
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Police said a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again. The Fairbanks Dail News-Miner reported that a 27-year-old woman was charged with second-degree felony robbery and misdemeanor theft in the Friday incident, which occurred just one week after she posted bail in the similar case last year....
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Granny camps out 43 hours for grandson's ice cream
→ AP Top Strange News At 9:27 p.m. EST | 7 Mar 2010 | 7:46 am MST
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) -- Here's one Wisconsin grandmother who makes time for her grandson. Michelle Cuestas of Green Bay used two vacation days and camped out for 43 hours to make sure her grandson would be first in line for the 2010 opening of a Stevens Point ice-cream landmark....
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Disposal of spilled coal ash a long, winding trip
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 5 Mar 2010 | 7:33 pm MST
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states....
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Energy groups relieved sage grouse won't be listed
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 5 Mar 2010 | 3:08 pm MST
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy and oil and gas industries....
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WHO: over 85M African kids get polio vaccination
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 5 Mar 2010 | 6:15 am MST
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says more than 85 million children under 5 in west and central Africa will be vaccinated against polio....
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FDA warning for hand sanitizer in Puerto Rico
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 4 Mar 2010 | 3:53 pm MST
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's government sent inspectors across the island Thursday to stop stores from selling locally produced hand sanitizers tainted with a dangerous bacteria....
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Gene test claims to show what diet works best
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 4 Mar 2010 | 3:22 pm MST
Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan....
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Appetite may be partly linked to germs in the gut
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 4 Mar 2010 | 1:49 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Germs in the gut may help drive appetite, says new research into the link between obesity and bacteria....
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Senators: Lift ban on gays donating blood
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 4 Mar 2010 | 1:12 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday....
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Methane seen as growing climate risk
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 4 Mar 2010 | 12:00 pm MST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Methane, a potent global warming gas, is bubbling out of the frozen Arctic faster than had been expected....
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Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests
→ AP Top Health News At 12:10 p.m. EST | 4 Mar 2010 | 1:38 am MST
ATLANTA (AP) -- Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good....
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Northwest at risk of megaquake like one in Chile
→ AP Top Science News At 7 p.m. EST | 2 Mar 2010 | 5:19 pm MST
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Just 50 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast is an earthquake hotspot that threatens to unleash on Seattle, Portland and Vancouver the kind of damage that has shattered Chile....
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