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Rep. Kucinich switches to ‘yes’ on health care (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:48 +0000

AP – President Barack Obama’s much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition and Catholic nuns declared their support in an unusual public break with the bishops.

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Iraq PM back in the lead in vote count (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:47 +0000

AP – The Iraqi prime minister’s coalition has retaken the lead from his secular challenger in a preliminary tally of votes in Iraq’s parliamentary elections, the country’s election commission said Wednesday.

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Israel lifts closure of West Bank as tensions calm (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:46 +0000

AP – Israel on Wednesday lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem’s holiest shrine and called off an extended West Bank closure after days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces.

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Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:41 +0000

AP – Viacom and YouTube likely will be forced to expose business secrets and other previously confidential information Thursday when reams of court documents are expected to be unsealed.
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Yahoo buying fantasy sports company Citizen Sports (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:41 +0000

AP – Yahoo is buying a fantasy sports company co-founded by an MIT graduate whose card-counting skills helped him win millions of dollars in blackjack and spawned a film and a best-selling book.
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4 Banks Face Trial in Italy Over Interest-Rate Swaps

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:40 +0000

An Italian judge on Wednesday ordered JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, UBS and a banking unit of the German company Hypo Real Estate Holding to stand trial for fraud in their handling of interest rate swaps acquired by the city of Milan in 2005.
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Bernanke Defends Fed’s Banking Oversight Role

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:40 +0000

The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, urged Congress on Wednesday to let the Fed keep all of its banking oversight, arguing that information gleaned from that process helps the central bank guide the economy.
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Schapiro Says S.E.C. Is Looking Beyond Lehman

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:40 +0000

Mary L. Schapiro, the chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, confirmed Wednesday that the agency was investigating several companies’ actions in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2008.
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Democrats Cite 2 New Pledges as They Press Health Bill

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:57:39 +0000

Representative Dennis Kucinich announced that he would switch his vote to yes, and an abortion foe said that restrictions in the bill were sufficient.

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What the S.E.C. Gets in Dodd’s Financial Bill

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:59:44 +0000

Peter J. Henning of Watch Collar Watch argues that the Securities and Exchange Commission would benefit from the financial regulatory bill being considered by the Senate.
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Ex-Lehmanites: Repo 105 Outrage Inspires Giggles

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:59:44 +0000

To three former Lehman Brothers executives who talked to The New York Observer, the court-appointed examiner’s report into their one-time employer’s demise earns nothing more than a shrug — and maybe a giggle.
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Nation, world go green for St. Patrick’s Day

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:37:06 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Dancing Dubliners and New York City paradegoers wearing kilts and green body paint led the world in celebrating St. Patrick on Wednesday along sun-warmed parade routes in gatherings large and small….
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Nation, world go green for St. Patrick’s Day

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:37:05 +0000

Dancing Dubliners and New York City paradegoers wearing kilts and green body paint led the world in celebrating St. Patrick on Wednesday along sun-warmed parade routes in gatherings large…
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Reagan ‘GE Theater’ tapes restored, go to library

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:37:05 +0000

All 208 episodes of television’s “General Electric Theater,” hosted by then-actor Ronald Reagan, are being delivered to former first lady Nancy Reagan on Wednesday as part of the two-year…
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Obama’s health care plan picks up support (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:52 +0000

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Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama’s signature (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:50 +0000

AP – Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday.

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Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with terrorism (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:45 +0000

AP – A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said.

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When tweets can make you a jailbird (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:39 +0000

AP – Maxi Sopo was having so much fun “living in paradise” in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where Sopo was wanted on bank fraud charges.

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Google partners in China appeal for word on plans (AP)

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:39 +0000

AP – Chinese companies that sell advertising on Google’s China search engine have appealed for information on its future and say they might want compensation if it is shut down.
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G.M. May Make Profit in 2010, New C.F.O. Says

rob — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:22:33 +0000

General Motors has a “reasonable chance” of turning a profit this year, but the car maker is still a work in progress, the company’s new chief financial officer said on Wednesday, according to press reports.
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