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Unemployment rises in 30 states in January (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:54:29 GMT
A job seekers talks to a potential employer in California. The United States said it would expose AP - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.
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Obama pushing on health care end game (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:29:00 GMT
US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system.
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'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:34 GMT
This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.
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Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:50 GMT
President Barack Obama shakes hands with President Preval of Haiti in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington Wednesday, March 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.
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German Catholics to investigate abuse charges (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:29 GMT
The spokesman of the diocese Regensburg Clemens Neck is seen in front of a painting showing Pope John Paul II  in Regensburg, southern Germany, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The Roman Catholic diocese of Regensburg in southern Germany said it appointed an  independent investigator to examine the allegations of physical and sexual abuse that have engulfed the prestigious Regensburger Domspatzen boys choir, which was led by the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the pope's older brother, from 1964 until 1994. So far, the sexual abuse allegations predate Ratzinger's term.  (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)AP - Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday — one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother and another more general look into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.
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Threatened Muhammad cartoonist has no regrets (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:02 GMT
Swedish artist Lars Vilks walks in the streets without protection in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday March 10 2010. The Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog says he believes the suspects arrested in Ireland and the U.S.  in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals . (AP photo/Scanpix, Bertil Ericson)AP - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals.
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Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:50 GMT
AP - Cable, satellite TV and other video providers are seeking government intervention in ongoing disputes over the fees that they are charged by TV networks to carry local channels.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_cable_broadcasters

Panasonic's first 3-D TV set in $2,900 package (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:50:51 GMT
AP - Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among the first to watch 3-D movies in the home.
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Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men' (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:02:48 GMT
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, actor Charlie Sheen is pictured at an event to celebrate Planet Hollywood's purchase of restaurant chain Buca di Beppo, at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom.
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A-Rod: Lawyers are setting up interview with feds (AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:14:21 GMT
New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez slaps a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Maholm up the middle, driving in two runs during a spring training baseball game in Bradenton, Fla., Monday, March 8, 2010.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Alex Rodriguez's lawyers are setting up an interview with federal authorities as part of an investigation into a Canadian doctor who is the focus of a cross-border drug smuggling case involving human growth hormone.
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