Politics

Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement (AP)

March 11, 2010

AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.
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Cyprus ex-leader's stolen body is reburied (AP)

AP - The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos was reburied on Thursday, three months to the day after it was dug up from its grave and stolen in an apparent extortion bid.
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Missing body of Cyprus' ex-leader found, 3 arrests (AP)

AP - Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus' former president was found reburied in another grave and three men were arrested Tuesday in what officials called a case of bodysnatching for ransom.
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Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
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Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP)

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.
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Senate panel to delve into internal DOJ probe (AP)

AP - The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to question a Justice Department official about the internal probe of two department attorneys — one now a federal appellate judge — who approved harsh interrogations of terror suspects proposed by the
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Senate Roll Call: Vote on the spending bill (AP)

AP - The 62-35 roll call by which the Senate on Tuesday cleared a 60-vote hurdle for the passage of a $410 billion measure to fund the government. This vote set up a voice vote to pass the bill, sending the measure to President Barack Obama for his signat
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Who'll Get To See Inauguration In-Person?

Thalia Assuras gave a glimpse at some who will, from where, and how they lined themselves up to, on The Early Show.
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Kasparov starts new Russian anti-Kremlin movement (AP)

AP - Former chess champion Garry Kasparov and other prominent liberals launched a new anti-Kremlin movement in Russia on Saturday.
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