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Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care
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Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation Saturday, putting President Barack Obama's signature issue firmly on a path for Christmas Eve passage.
Blizzard-like storm slams East; region snowed in
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A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.
Senators OK defense budget bill, much left to 2010
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The Senate cleared its year-end plate of some must-do work Saturday as it passed a critical budget bill that blends money for the Pentagon with additional help for the jobless.
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.
Iraq sends forces to oil well seized by Iran
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Iraq deployed security forces Saturday near a remote oil well seized by Iran, officials said, and its government pressed Tehran to withdraw its forces from the area along their disputed southern border.
Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death
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After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by their jailers.
Saints lose for first time, beaten by Dallas 24-17
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A perfect record would have been lagniappe, as they say in Louisiana - a little something extra.
Prison population to have first drop since 1972
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The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.
White-collar jobless join FedEx, UPS for holidays
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Ed Gullo never thought he'd be on this side of a package delivery.
Facing prison, Astor's son bares private life
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Anthony Marshall has had a life of privilege and pain as philanthropist Brooke Astor's only child.
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