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First-time jobless claims drop slightly last week
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.
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Democrats, White House close in on health bill
WASHINGTON — A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president’s signature health care overhaul.
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Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years
WASHINGTON — The foreclosure crisis isn’t over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.
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Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy
WASHINGTON — On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing.
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Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts
Cable, satellite TV and other video providers are seeking government intervention in ongoing disputes over the fees that they are charged by TV networks to carry local channels.
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Unemployment rises in 30 states in January
WASHINGTON — Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.
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Poll: Obama more popular than Congress
by Liz Sidoti
AP National Political Writer
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WASHINGTON — Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.
'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Burbank at 38
by The Associated Press
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BURBANK, Calif. — The Los Angeles coroner's office says "The Lost Boys" actor Corey Haim is dead at 38.
Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks
by Andrew Taylor
Associated Press Writer
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WASHINGTON — Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt.
Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO-Afghan base
by Nishanuddin Khan
Associated Press Writer
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KHOST, Afghanistan — The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing inside a U.S.-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan that killed two NATO service members.
Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
by Anne Gearan
Associated Press Writer
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PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.
Iditarod launches drug testing of mushers
by Rachel D'oro
Associated Press Writer
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Every human competitor now running the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will be tested for alcohol and illegal drugs on the trail for the first time in the history of the 1,100-mile race — a change defending champion Lance Mackey believes is directed at him.
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