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Progress in Senate Democratic health care talks
1 hr 54 mins ago
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After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority - a full-blown government-run insurance option - Democrats say they are getting close to pushing President Barack Obama's health care bill through the Senate.
Climate documents spark rich vs. poor clash
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Developing nations who face huge climate change burdens are demanding that wealthy nations shoulder more of the costs, as a leaked Danish document and fresh evidence of a hotter planet raised temperatures at the U.N. climate conference.
'Extremely dangerous' blizzards move into Midwest
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DES MOINES, Iowa - A fierce winter storm was leaving dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it slogged eastward early Wednesday, threatening to wreak havoc on morning commuters across the Upper Midwest before crawling into New England.
Philippine police: 161 suspects in massacre sought
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Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month in the country's worst election violence, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges.
Drug-import backers worry Obama may scuttle plan
1 hr 56 mins ago
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A long-running effort to allow the import of lower-cost prescription drugs faces a new twist - President Barack Obama's administration is raising safety concerns that could effectively scuttle it, even though Obama backed the plan as a senator.