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AP: Headlines
Toyota troubles put spotlight on US safety agency
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toyota's massive recalls are prompting Congress to reconsider whether the nation's auto safety agency has lived up to its mission of protecting motorists....
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Biden: Talks can meet Israeli, Palestinian goals
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says "good faith negotiations" can recognize Israeli security needs and the Palestinian goal for a viable state....
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Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the first man from a developing nation to become the world's richest person - a shift that underlines the loosening of America and Europe's stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires' club....
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'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol'
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."...
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Democrats, White House close in on health bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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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Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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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Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees
CAMP DUBS, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Pashtun tribal leaders picked at the chocolate cake and fruit laid out for them at the conference table. Politely, they listened to speeches touting a new program to release detainees from Afghanistan's largest U.S.-run military prison if community leaders vouch for them....
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Critics of Justice Dept. lawyers under fire
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A conservative group's bashing of several Obama administration lawyers as the "al-Qaida Seven" has struck a nerve in the U.S. legal community, prompting even some fellow Republicans to denounce the group's attack....
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A-Rod: Lawyers are setting up interview with feds
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez may soon be talking to federal authorities, and he hopes it will happen close to spring training....
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Mass school closures approved in Kansas City, Mo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools....
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Ohio State janitor's gunfire kills co-worker, self
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio State University janitor who received a bad job evaluation shot two supervisors in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday....
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Producer admits to attempted Letterman shakedown
NEW YORK (AP) -- A television producer has pleaded guilty to trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic's sexual affairs....
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12 centuries-old shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany....
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Carl Edwards gets 3 weeks' probation from NASCAR
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Sticking with its "boys, have at it" attitude, NASCAR placed Carl Edwards on three-race probation Tuesday for his deliberate wreck with Brad Keselowski in last weekend's race at Atlanta....
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Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in Calif.
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- Federal officials are sending two investigators to California to determine what caused a Toyota Prius to race out of control on a San Diego-area freeway....
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Continental CEO will cancel flights before fines
DALLAS (AP) -- Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers....
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As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit
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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Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless appears poised to clear a key hurdle in the Senate Tuesday, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year....
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Britain could force owners to microchip their dogs
LONDON (AP) -- British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines....
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Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week
NEW YORK (AP) -- Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room....
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