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Senate votes to keep Medicare cuts in health bill
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Casting its first votes on revamping the nation's health care system, the Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women. The first round of votes ended with a fragile Democratic coalition hanging together.
Secret Service puts 3 on leave over gate crashing
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The head of the Secret Service asserted Thursday that the security breach at last week's White House state dinner was an aberration but has put three uniformed officers on leave. President Barack Obama says his confidence in the agency remains unshaken.
AP Interview: Karzai willing to talk to Taliban
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he's willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country if the move has the backing of the United States and other international partners.
Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobs
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President Barack Obama challenged an assortment of leading business and union leaders and academics on Thursday to help him come up with innovative ideas for putting millions of Americans back to work, saying he wants the "biggest bang for the buck."
Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on same day
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A storm packing blustery winds and driving rain knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast on Thursday before giving way to sunny skies and record high temperatures - all in the same morning.
UK University to probe integrity of climate data
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A British university said Thursday it would investigate whether scientists at its prestigious Climatic Research Unit fudged data on global warming.
Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea
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When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.
'Elf' jailed over dynamite hoax on Ga. mall Santa
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A man dressed as an elf is jailed after police in Georgia say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite. Police say Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta was evacuated but no explosives were found.
Vikings RB Peterson gets 109 mph speeding ticket
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Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson said Thursday that he'll be more careful after police clocked him driving 109 mph on a suburban Minneapolis highway over the weekend and cited him for speeding.
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