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Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:46:33 GMT

AP - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Barack Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching a final vote in Congress, pledging it would make preventive care cost-free and close a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage.

Dodd unveils sweeping financial regulation plan (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:08:10 GMT

AP - A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy and would force the industry to pay for its failures.

AP Source: Toyota to cast doubt in Prius case (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:34:37 GMT

AP - A person briefed on the matter says Toyota will cast doubt on a California man's claim that his Prius sped out of control.

Stubborn storm darkens, floods much of Northeast (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:30:58 GMT

AP - Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging out from the last of several major winter storms.

US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:54:41 GMT

AP - Let the count begin.

Edwards mistress: Still in love, living 'truth' (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:18:58 GMT

AP - The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics.

FCC unveiling sweeping national broadband plan (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:19:46 GMT

AP - Communications regulators are unveiling a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. Their aim: to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans and make access much faster for people who already have broadband.

NASA finds shrimp dinner on ice beneath Antarctica (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:11:29 GMT

AP - In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.

British actress Kate Winslet splits from husband (AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:24:20 GMT

AP - Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has split from her film director husband Sam Mendes, a British law firm said Monday.

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