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- Health bill gains ground with weekend vote likely
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote....
- Pakistani court charges 5 Americans with terrorism
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said....
- More than 100 complaints lodged over fixed Toyotas
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Complaints of sudden acceleration in Toyotas repaired under recalls have nearly doubled in the past two weeks, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data....
- Idaho first to sign law aimed at health care plan
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance....
- Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the past week have one common characteristic: The suspects are all Americans....
- Iraqi PM fights for survival as votes are counted
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his political survival just as U.S. troops are getting ready to pack up and go home....
- Texas manager tested positive for cocaine in 2009
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) -- Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington admitted he made a "huge mistake" when he used cocaine and failed a Major League Baseball drug test last season....
- Sleeping man shocked after cold man jumps into bed
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Police said a man broke into a Pittsburgh home and climbed into bed with its owner, apparently because he was drunk and cold following a rap concert. Homeowner Frank Fontana says he was in bed when the man climbed in about 5:30 Wednesday morning. Fontana says he asked whether it was a woman who has keys to his home - and he grabbed a baseball bat when a deep male voice answered, "No, it's not."...
- US clinic sparks debate with UK human egg raffle
LONDON (AP) -- An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar in London on Wednesday....
- Black people must leave, NJ Walmart announcer says
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities....