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Dow closes below 10,000 for first time in 3 months
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AP - The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:01:27 GMT
| AstrZeneca gets OK for expanded Crestor use
(AP) AP - Federal regulators have granted AstraZeneca approval to market its cholesterol pill Crestor as a preventive measure against heart attack and stroke in patients with healthy cholesterol levels.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:05:04 GMT
| Obama's health care summit: Just for show?
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AP - Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:04:41 GMT
| Still no word from Toyota on Prius recall
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AP - A week after brake problems surfaced with its Prius, Toyota still has yet to say whether it will recall the popular hybrid — and analysts say further delays could be devastating to the automaker's already damaged reputation.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:15:23 GMT
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Brees, Payton bask in glory of title (AP) Clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium Monday morning, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand. "You can't get enough of this," the Saints' head coach said at a news conference at the Fort Lauderdale convention center.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:00:21 PST
| Patrick to make NASCAR debut at Daytona (AP) Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:41:20 PST
| Super Bowl most-watched program ever (AP) The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday. Compelling story lines involving the city of New Orleans and its ongoing recovery from Hurricane Katrina and the attempt at a second Super Bowl...
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:31:13 PST
| Browns release WR Stallworth (AP) Donte' Stallworth will get the chance to resurrect his NFL career, but it won't happen in Cleveland. The Browns released the troubled wide receiver on Monday, wasting little time after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday that Stallworth would be reinstated following the Super Bowl. Stallworth was suspended for the 2009 season by Goodell after he pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian...
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:16:14 PST
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Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
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AP - Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:21:53 GMT
| World's tallest tower closed a month after opening
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AP - The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants in the coming weeks.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:57:03 GMT
| Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty
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AP - Michael Jackson's personal physician pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter Monday, setting the stage for a sensational celebrity courtroom drama as prosecutors attempt to prove Dr. Conrad Murray caused the pop star's death.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:14:53 GMT
| Actor Gary Coleman pleads guilty in Utah court
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AP - Former child television star Gary Coleman pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to a domestic violence incident last April.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:25:55 GMT
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