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Fed holds rates at record low to fuel recovery
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The Federal Reserve has decided to hold interest rates at a record low and pledged to keep them there for an "extended period" to keep the recovery going and drive down double-digit unemployment.
Health care overhaul bill slowed by read-a-thon
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Senate Democrats' drive to pass the health care overhaul by Christmas sputtered Wednesday as a lone moderate holdout remained undecided and Republican delaying tactics stretched an already protracted debate even further.
First of 30,000 new troops arriving in Afghanistan
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Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says the first of 30,000 additional troops being sent to Afghanistan have begun to arrive.
House OKs defense bill, rushes to finish for year
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The House approved a $636 billion defense bill Wednesday that funds the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and provides a 3.4 percent pay hike for military personnel.
Climate talks deadlocked as clashes erupt outside
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The 10-day-old climate talks ran into disputes and paralysis as they entered a critical stage Wednesday, just two days before President Barack Obama and more than 100 other national leaders hope to sign a historic agreement to fight global warming.
Flight attendant's call caught pilots unaware
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A single call from a flight attendant to the pilots of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis catapulted the cockpit crew from complacency to chaos.
Time magazine names Bernanke 'Person of the Year'
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (bur-NANG'-kee) has been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2009.
Two-legged dog gives hope to disabled Army vets
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For several years, Jude Stringfellow and her Lab-chow mix have toured the country with a simple message: Faith walks.
Company: Roy Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, dies
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Roy E. Disney, the son and nephew of The Walt Disney Co. founders who twice led shareholder revolts that shook up the family business, died Wednesday. He was 79.
Woods voted top athlete of the decade
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Even after a shocking sex scandal that tarnished Tiger Woods, it was tough to ignore what he achieved on the golf course.
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