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Today's Headlines
Class-action lawsuits could
cost Toyota $3B-plus
Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with experts.
Voters still prefer
Obama over Bush
In case you were wondering, a new Zogby/Newsmax poll shows President Obama would beat George W. Bush in a hypothetical match up, 48% to 38%.
Washington DC weddings
begin for same-sex couples
Tuesday is the first day same-sex couples can pick up marriage licenses and tie the knot in the city. Some couples planned quick ceremonies at a church or gay rights group's office while others said they'll wait and have more elaborate celebrations.
Gates praises troops in
southern Afghanistan
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the U.S. begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
Sony to start selling
3-D TVs in June
Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace the technology for their living rooms.
Detroit wants to turn decayed
areas into farmland
Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile.
Biden assures Israel of
U.S. security commitment
Vice President Joe Biden assured Israel on Tuesday of Washington's commitment to its security and preventing Iran from producing nuclear weapons.
Packard: Fiorina
almost destroyed HP
The granddaughter of one of Hewlett-Packard’s founders wrote a letter Monday trashing California GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina's leadership of the company.
Home-school textbooks market
skeptical of evolution
According to the Associated Press, home-schooling parents seeking textbooks that include evolution are finding the dominance of Christian-based materials to be isolating and frustrating.
Democratic congresswoman proposes
pay cut for members of Congress
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) introduced a bill last week to cut pay for members of Congress by $8,700 a year -- or five percent -- and freeze their automatic cost-of-living increase.
Tobacco lobby underwriting
conservative anti-tax rally in GA
Today, conservative groups Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and Americans for Tax Reform are organizing a rally at the Georgia State Capitol to protest the state's upcoming budget.
Palin admits going to
Canada for health care
In November of 2009, Sarah Palin -- who is always suggesting that health care reform will lead to socialism -- insisted that Canada needs to reform its health care system to "let the private sector take over."
Gay Massa as
conservative media hero
He's spent only 431 days in Congress, has never seen any of his bills pass out of subcommittee and was best known for voting against major pieces of legislation because they weren't liberal enough for him -- at least until he was accused of sexually harassing a male staffer.
Critz wins Dem nomination
for Murtha seat
Mark Critz, the district director for the late Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), won the Democratic nomination in the special election to fill his former boss’ vacant seat through the end of this year.
A policy change on
abortion, but how radical?
President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear.
Blacks, Hispanics losing
more sleep over worries
Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found.
Appeals for calm after
Nigerian sectarian slaughter
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.
Most Florida Republicans
want Crist gone
A teaser: Among Republican primary voters, 19% would like to see him as Governor a year from now, 14% want him in the Senate, and 56% want him out of elected office.
Palin went to Canada
for health care
Over the weekend, Sarah Palin talked about her little-known connection with the Canadian single-payer health care system as a child, the Calgary Herald reports.
FL lawmaker try to block
funding for movies with gays
Lawmakers in Florida are hoping to pass a $75 million incentive package to attract movie studios to film in Florida, but a little noticed provision could deny tax credits to movies that feature gay or other "nontraditional family values."
Promise-breaking Obama
repeating Bush's mistakes
Over the past year, Obama has mimicked some of Bush's most egregious blunders, leading to much of the political predicament in which the present decider finds himself today.
Obama warns staff:
Ignore palace intrigue
The spate of news stories delving into West Wing palace intrigue has become so relentless that President Barack Obama warned his team against fueling the blaze.
Veterans being given deadly
cocktails to treat PTSD?
A potentially deadly drug manufactured by pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has been linked to the deaths of soldiers returning from war. Yet the FDA continues to approve it.
Fewer discounts help U.S. stores
weather February snow
U.S. retailers posted their best monthly sales performance since just before the recession started in 2007, as lean inventories meant they did not need to resort to steep discounts.
Disposal of spilled coal
ash a long, winding trip
More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.
Experts confirm asteroid
wiped out the dinosaurs
Dinosaurs were wiped out by a huge asteroid that smashed into Earth 65 million years ago with the force of a billion atomic bombs, scientists said, hoping to lay an age-old debate to rest once and for all.
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ABC returns to
Cablevision, but talks go on
Cablevision and ABC were negotiating a deal Monday that tentatively ended a dispute over fees and restored millions of viewers' access to the Academy Awards telecast in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut shortly after the broadcast began.
Female Kanye: Journalist interrupts
director's Oscar speech
 She's already being called the white lady Kanye for running up onstage and interrupting Roger Ross Williams. Turns out she is Elinor Burkett, a journalist and co-producer of the winning film, Music By Prudence.
Paul, Mongiardo
leading in Kentucky
A new SurveyUSA poll in Kentucky finds Rand Paul (R) leading Trey Grayson (R) in the Republican U.S. Senate race, 42% to 27%.
Gates looks to broader
Afghan offensive
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul on Monday to press for details from his generals on upcoming plans to broaden the fight against the Taliban and warned of "very hard days" ahead.
Big Ben's night out in 'Millyvegas':
What the bartenders saw
 During the offseason, Roethlisberger lives in in Greensboro, Ga. On Thursday night into Friday morning, he and his entourage went barhopping in nearby Milledgeville, nicknamed "Millyvegas" because of the many bars catering to students from the adjacent Georgia College & State University campus.
AIG sells Alico unit to
MetLife for $15.5 billion
American International Group will sell its overseas life and health insurance unit for $15.5 billion to MetLife Inc., the insurer said Monday, as it attempts to repay billions in government aid.
Conservatives continue to condemn Liz Cheney's attack ad
Left-leaning politicos aren't the only ones criticizing an attack ad launched by Keep America Safe, the organization co-founded by Liz Cheney, daughter of the former vice president.
Yemeni separatists
flaunt Stars and Stripes
Sheikh Abdu Alrib al-Naqib, a gray-haired separatist leader from Yemen's rural south, sat on his couch in this ramshackle port city, waving two American flags and humming an approximate version of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Sheriff trains paranoid Southern
men for 'Operation Exodus'
Terrorist attacks and natural disasters often happen without warning. For one Louisiana sheriff, that's reason enough to start training a 200-member paramilitary force -- just don't call it a militia.
Partisanship comes in
waves at US turning points
The current partisan divide is as stark and nasty as any in recent history and on almost every issue -- from health care to energy independence to reviving the economy -- there's little or no effort to find common ground.
36 states aim to preempt
federal health care plan
The success of national health care reform legislation is still an uncertainty, but some states are already taking measures to keep federal hands off their citizens
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