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WH: Massa's Health Care Charges 'Ridiculous'
2 RelatedABC News
The White House today dismissed comments from a retiring Democratic congressman who claimed his own party had hounded him out of office because he had planned to vote against President Obama's health care bill. Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y.,...
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Man pleads guilty in Letterman blackmail case
3 RelatedCNN
Robert "Joe" Halderman, the former CBS News producer accused of trying to blackmail comedian David Letterman, agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to second-degree grand larceny in exchange for six months in jail, five years' probation and 1,000 hours...
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Israel announces East Jerusalem homes as Biden visits
3 RelatedBBC
Israel has announced the building of 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem, in a move that threatens to overshadow US Vice-President Joe Biden's visit. The move has angered Palestinians, whose leaders have only recently agreed to resume indirect...
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SeaWorld Trainer's Family Wants Video Suppressed
FOX News
The family of a SeaWorld Orlando trainer who was drowned by a killer whale after a Feb. 24 performance, is gearing up for a legal battle to prevent video footage of the incident from appearing online or on...
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Toyota, U.S. officials probe runaway Prius
4 RelatedMSNBC
LOS ANGELES/DETROIT - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota Motor Corp dispatched investigators to San Diego on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
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Cops: Missing Oil Exec's Body Found in Mississippi River
2 RelatedFOX News
Police confirm the body pulled from the Mississippi River Tuesday is missing Houston oil executive Douglas Schantz.Bob Young of the New Orleans police department says police believe Douglas Schantz drowned accidentally. The 54-year-old president of Houston-based Sequent Energy...
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Gov't: Baby Slings Can Cause Suffocation
CBS News
The U.S. government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents can sling around their chests to carry their baby. The concern is that infants can suffocate, and a...
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In Florida, Gay Adoption May No Longer Be Forbidden
NPR
Martin Gill and his partner are seeking to adopt two brothers, ages 4 and 9. The boys have lived with the two men for five years as foster children. For most of that time, the Miami couple has...
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First same-sex marriages celebrated in D.C.
1 RelatedWashington Post
There were yellow roses, champagne toasts and tiered white-frosted cakes to celebrate the District's first same-sex marriages Tuesday morning. In a joint ceremony at the downtown headquarters of the Human Rights Campaign, three of the first gay couples...
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PM hails 'historic' Northern Ireland justice vote
BBC
The devolution of policing and justice powers to Northern Ireland marks the end to decades of strife, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. Out of the 105 votes cast in the NI Assembly, a total of 88 supported...