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Senators resist Obama over projects in health bill
Mar 13, 2010 6:22 am CST (AP)
President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.

Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count
Mar 13, 2010 6:49 am CST (AP)
A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was winning in the all-important capital and a Shiite province in the south, according to a partial tally of election results released...

Mom says daughter held in Ireland in terror plot
Mar 13, 2010 6:22 am CST (AP)
Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was a straight-A nursing student when she abruptly left Colorado last fall with her 6-year-old son and turned up in Ireland, where her parents say she was arrested this week...

Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13
Mar 13, 2010 6:22 am CST (AP)
A suicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 13 people, injuring 52 and...

Illinois News

Tips offered for Flood Awareness Week in Illinois
Mar 13, 2010 3:04 am CST
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Next week is National Flood Awareness Week and to mark the event, officials in the Chicago suburb of Naperville says residents should educate themselves about flood...

Ill. state senator meets Haitian leaders
Mar 13, 2010 3:03 am CST
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- An Illinois state senator got an insider's look at the problems still facing Haiti after it was devastated by an earthquake....

IL urges greater awareness of poison risk
Mar 13, 2010 3:02 am CST
CHICAGO (AP) -- Authorities are marking Illinois Poison Prevention Month by urging better awareness about the dangers of poisoning....

Rebates available on energy-saving appliances
Mar 13, 2010 3:01 am CST
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois consumers can get rebates on "Energy Star" qualified appliances purchased from participating retailers during certain days next month....

3 former candidates have applied to be Ill. lt gov
Mar 13, 2010 3:00 am CST
CHICAGO (AP) -- Several former Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are among the more than 220 applicants for the post....