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Plane overshoots Jamaica runway; more than 40 hurt
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An American Airlines flight carrying 154 people skidded across a Jamaican runway in heavy rain, bouncing across the tarmac and injuring more than 40 people before it stopped just short of the Caribbean Sea, officials and witnesses said.
Senate pushes toward passage of health bill
7 hrs ago
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Jubilant Democrats are ready to push President Barack Obama's health care overhaul past one last 60-vote hurdle to final Christmas Eve passage, and Republicans concede they're powerless to stop it.
Balloon Boy parents face sentencing in Colorado
6 hrs ago
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The parents who pulled off the balloon boy hoax are already facing the prospect of jail time and paying tens of thousands of dollars in restitution over their stunt. An investigator also wants to forbid the couple from making any money off their newfound fame.
Major winter storm plods through West, Midwest
28 mins ago
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A major winter storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest, though countless holidays travelers faced tough driving conditions and scattered flight delays Wednesday that only looked to get worse.
Bin Laden daughter hides in Saudi embassy in Iran
2 hrs 49 mins ago
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A Saudi-owned newspaper says that one of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's daughters has taken refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her and five brothers under house arrest for eight years.
US dad hopeful of obtaining son in Brazil
1 hr 32 mins ago
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An American father is cautiously hopeful that he will be reunited with his son in Brazil on Wednesday after a five-year custody battle that went to the highest levels of both governments.