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Court says thimerosal did not cause autism
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there us a connection....
Friday March 12, 2010 10:14PM | ap.org
Obama spokesman loses bets, dons a Canadian jersey
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert Gibbs is a jersey boy now....
Friday March 12, 2010 8:13PM | ap.org
SF mayor Newsom to run for CA lieutenant governor
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he is running for lieutenant governor....
Friday March 12, 2010 8:13PM | ap.org
Internet fraud dollars doubled last year
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI says the amount of money swindled by Internet frauds doubled last year to about $560 million....
Friday March 12, 2010 7:13PM | ap.org
Would-be Cabinet secretary named to deficit panel
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican senator whom Barack Obama once tried to make his secretary of commerce will be among the members of Congress to serve on the president's deficit commission....
Friday March 12, 2010 7:13PM | ap.org
Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even President Barack Obama - are being overtreated....
Friday March 12, 2010 6:13PM | ap.org
It's time to spring forward again
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Good evening sunshine, America says hello, you light up our evenings, we light charcoal below....
Friday March 12, 2010 5:13PM | ap.org
Unemployment higher among young war veterans
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Labor Department says the unemployment rate for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was 21.1 percent last year....
Friday March 12, 2010 4:13PM | ap.org
For Obama, big agenda and small window for results
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections....
Friday March 12, 2010 9:11AM | ap.org
Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity....
Friday March 12, 2010 9:11AM | ap.org
Lawmakers probe lax enforcement of animal rules
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- The knives at the slaughterhouse weren't properly sanitized, a government investigator said, and employees at the meatpacking plant didn't know how to test the carcasses of days-old veal calves for a dangerous pathogen. Food safety conditions were so poor at the Vermont processing facility that it should close before someone got sick, officials warned....
Friday March 12, 2010 9:11AM | ap.org
Utah House GOP leader says he paid off woman
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's House majority leader said late Thursday he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago....
Friday March 12, 2010 9:11AM | ap.org
Anti-tax-hike rally is set
A Ground Zero Rally against tax hikes will be held in Gilbert from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Gilbert Municipal Center
Friday March 12, 2010 7:00AM | azcentral.com
Political Insider: Sen. Verschoor rethinking his stance on tax?
Verschoor is chairman of the Ax the Tax Committee, which is working to defeat the 1-cent per dollar sales-tax hike on the May 18 ballot.
Friday March 12, 2010 7:00AM | azcentral.com
Lawmaker seeking system for assessing online classes
A state lawmaker wants to create an institute that would recommend whether online courses offered by private companies meet state standards before public schools decide whether to use them.
Friday March 12, 2010 7:00AM | azcentral.com
How the Arizona House of Representatives voted
How they voted.
Friday March 12, 2010 7:00AM | azcentral.com
Report: Obama to tap Yellen to be Fed vice chair
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is planning to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of central bank in Washington, The Wall Street Journal reported....
Friday March 12, 2010 6:11AM | ap.org
Sen. Reid's wife hospitalized after serious crash
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was at his wife's side in a Virginia hospital Friday as she was treated for a broken neck and back suffered in a traffic accident that also injured their daughter, officials said....
Thursday March 11, 2010 11:45PM | ap.org
Senate seeks to boost regional airline safety
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines, a problem exposed by an air crash last year that killed 50 people....
Thursday March 11, 2010 8:44PM | ap.org
Pair picked for DOJ unit probing public corruption
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The section of the Justice Department that investigates corruption of public officials is getting new leadership....
Thursday March 11, 2010 6:44PM | ap.org
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