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Health Care bill faces key Senate test vote
1 hr 39 mins ago
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Senate Democrats confidently advanced heath care legislation Sunday toward a make-or-break test vote in a push for Christmas-week passage. Republicans vowed to resist what they appeared unable to stop.
Polish police find stolen Auschwitz gate sign
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Police said early Monday that they have found the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign that was stolen on Friday from the gate of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz.
Storm crawls into New England, leaving mess behind
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A fierce weekend storm dropped record snowfall and stranded travelers up the coast from Virginia to New England, but its timing helped minimize headache-inducing work commutes and left many with the prospect of a very white Christmas.
China: Climate talks yielded 'positive' results
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China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, lauded Sunday the outcome of a historic U.N. climate conference that ended with a nonbinding agreement that urges major polluters to make deeper emissions cuts - but does not require it.
AP Interview: US dad would let relatives visit son
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A New Jersey man who has fought for five years to regain custody of his young son in Brazil would allow the boy's Brazilian family visitation if he wins his case, he told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Astronauts blast off for Christmas space mission
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A Russian rocket blasted off from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan lighting up the frigid Central Asian steppe Monday, shuttling an American, a Russian and a Japanese to the International Space Station.
Snowstorm cuts into sales, may mean stronger week
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The snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast, closing malls and snowing in shoppers, spelled trouble for retailers, but elsewhere in the country stores saw a strong turnout on the last weekend before Christmas.