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| Body rots in hearse, Ala. funeral director charged (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:13 pm
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|  AP - A funeral director accused of leaving a woman's body to decay in a parked hearse after her relatives failed to pay the bill was arrested on a felony charge of abusing a corpse, police said Wednesday.
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| Obama seeks $634B over 10 years for health care (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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|  AP - President Barack Obama's first budget will seek $634 billion over 10 years as a down payment on health care reform — a little more than half what it may ultimately cost to provide every American with medical coverage. The budget also proposes a mix of tax cuts for the middle class and tax increases for upper-income households. That includes extending beyond 2010 the $400 annual tax cut in the stimulus plan just signed into law.
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| AG Holder says closing Guantanamo won't be easy (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 6:15 pm
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|  AP - Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be difficult to close — but he's still going to do it. Holder visited the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday and spoke to reporters about his trip during a news conference Wednesday.
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| Big banks face 'stress tests' from regulators (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 6:14 pm
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|  AP - The Obama administration hopes to restore confidence in the nation's ailing financial sector by subjecting 19 of the largest banks to "stress tests" that will gauge whether each institution has adequate capital to survive a severe downturn.
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| Republicans, Democrats criticize Jindal's speech (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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|  AP - Insane. Childish. Disaster. And those were some of the kinder comments from political pundits about Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and his response to President Barack Obama's speech to Congress on Tuesday night. Jindal, 37, a Rhodes scholar and son of Indian immigrants, is considered a rising star in Republican ranks and a likely 2012 presidential candidate.
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| Morgan Freeman sued over car crash (Reuters)
February 25, 2009 at 5:38 pm
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|  Reuters - A woman who was Morgan Freeman's passenger in an August car crash sued the Oscar winner for negligence on Wednesday and said she wants to clear her name from claims she was his mistress.
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| Massive drug sweep nets 750 arrests: US (AFP)
February 25, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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|  AFP - US and Mexican authorities have arrested 750 people over 21 months in an anti-drug sweep, including 52 members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who were detained Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder said.
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| Can Newspapers Survive? (RealClearPolitics.com)
February 25, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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|  RealClearPolitics.com - As media giants totter, battered by the Internet and the economic crisis, saving the newspapers has become a hot topic. It is richly ironic that the online media, which have both greatly facilitated the work of journalists and expanded their readership, have also left many unemployed. Many are expressing concern that the death of journalism as we know it will leave our culture ill-informed - blogs are good for opinion and fact-checking, but they are no substitute for original reporting - and endanger democracy by removing a vital part of its checks and balances.
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| U.S. money managers accused in $550 million fraud (Reuters)
February 25, 2009 at 1:15 pm
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| | Reuters - Two money managers were charged with running an estimated $550 million investment fraud on Wednesday that used client money as "their personal piggy-bank" to furnish lavish lifestyles including a horse farm, cars, and payments to a former wife. |
| 9 dead in Turkish plane crash in Amsterdam (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 12:26 pm
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|  AP - A Turkish Airlines plane carrying 135 people slammed into a muddy field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport in misty weather Wednesday. Nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured, many seriously, officials said.
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| No more lunch bills: Schools go after deadbeats (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 9:03 am
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|  AP - A cold cheese sandwich, fruit and a milk carton might not seem like much of a meal — but that's what's on the menu for students in New Mexico's largest school district without their lunch money.
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| Study: Antarctic glaciers slipping swiftly seaward (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 8:42 am
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|  AP - Antarctic glaciers are melting faster across a much wider area than previously thought, scientists said Wednesday — a development that could lead to an unprecedented rise in sea levels.
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| The 21st-century fireside chat: Did Obama connect? (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 7:45 am
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|  AP - At a harrowing national moment, Franklin D. Roosevelt commandeered the young airwaves for a "fireside chat" with the American people — a candid talk about big troubles and how to fix them. He was confident and strong, a father figure to a nation that was losing its way.
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| Democrats boosting domestic spending atop stimulus (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 7:43 am
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|  AP - With one of their own in the White House, Democrats in Congress are moving to give domestic government agencies 8 percent more money, on average, to spend this year atop the whopping $787 billion in economic stimulus funds.
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| New report may show home sales on the rise (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 7:09 am
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|  AP - A trade group report today on sales of existing homes is expected to show selling increased slightly in January. The increase would mark the second straight month of improvement from November's record low.
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| Octuplet mom fears hospital may not release babies (AP)
February 25, 2009 at 6:23 am
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|  AP - Nadya Suleman apparently has bigger worries than taking care of her 14 children. Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw says she may have to prove she can handle the load, or else have hospital officials withhold her newborn octuplets.
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| Jindal's response: Panned, seared (Politico)
February 25, 2009 at 12:56 am
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| Politico - Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) hoped to step into the national spotlight Tuesday night to sound a hopeful yet defiant note in countering President Barack Obama as the GOP’s fresh and exciting face. |  |
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