Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill
By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No, maybe he can't.
President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents had failed to fix the nation's health care system, now concedes the effort may die in ...
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IL woman sentenced to 45 years in torture killing
By JIM SUHR
Associated Press Writer
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois judge sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison Friday in the torture slaying of a pregnant, developmentally impaired mother, saying the beatings, scalds and gunshot woun ...
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Another redesign for Facebook on 6th birthday
By BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook is redesigning its site yet again, this time to better emphasize applications, games and search.
Links and items have moved around the home page as Facebook tries to streamline na ...
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Snow storm has Mid-Atlantic scrambling for staples
By NAFEESA SYEED
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shoppers jammed aisles and emptied stores of milk, bread and shovels ahead of a monster snow storm bearing down Friday on the Mid-Atlantic, with 30 inches or more forecast for the na ...
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January unemployment rate drops to 9.7 percent
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak with January's unexpected decline in the unemployment rate, which fell to 9.7 percent from 10 percent as more people said they had jobs. ...
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After 22 years, Mo. family finds slain sister
By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER
Associated Press Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The last time Stephanie Clack saw older sister Paula Beverly Davis they were sharing a pizza at a Kansas City-area restaurant and talking about getting tickets to a Bon Jovi ...
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