Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON AP) (AP) -- Unable to muster bipartisan agreement on key banking provisions, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said Thursday he will offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support....
Obama pushing a new export initiative - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says doubling exports over the next five years will boost the economy by helping U.S. companies sell their goods and services abroad and creating new jobs at home....
Author assumes guise of 10-year-old to punk famous - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over the years, "Little Billy" learned much from the country's top minds....
Highway deaths drop to lowest levels since 1950s - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. highway deaths have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1950s, as more motorists bought into buckling up and embraced safety innovations. A sour economy that dampened traveling instincts also was a contributor....
Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy - Thu, 11 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing....
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