AP 2011-11-23

1. The Republican co-chair of Congress' debt supercommittee says chances are slim that the panel can agree on a plan to reduce spending by $1.2 trillion over ten years. The committee faces a Wednesday deadline. 2. Egyptian doctors say three people ha

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AP 2012-02-03

1. Florida residents head to the polls to vote in the Republican presidential primary today. Many residents have already voted early. The latest polls have Mitt Romney with a strong lead over Newt Gingrich. 2. President Obama used an online chat to e

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AP 2010-03-14

1. President Barack Obama is making a new pitch for revised health care reform. He traveled to Philadelphia today to drum up support for the plan. There Obama accused insurance companies of placing profits over people. 2. A father and son were wounde

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