Canada defeats US 3-2 in OT for hockey gold (AP)

AP - Sidney Crosby scored 7:40 into overtime and Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Sunday to earn its second men’s hockey gold medal in the last three Olympics.

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RFK’s grandson decides against run for US House (AP)

AP - Joseph P. Kennedy III, the son of a former congressman and the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, said Sunday he had decided against running for the U.S

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Iraqi PM calls pre-vote candidate ban legitimate (AP)

AP - Iraq’s prime minister Sunday defended a ban of candidates with alleged ties to Saddam Hussein’s former regime, calling it a legitimate decision that would not affect Sunni turnout at the polls.

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White House: Simple up-or-down vote on health care (AP)

AP - The White House called for a “simple up-or-down” vote on health care legislation Sunday as Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed to House Democrats to get behind President Barack Obama’s chief domestic priority even it if threatens their political careers.

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Obama told to get next checkup when he turns 50 (AP)

AP - Barack Obama has finished his first medical checkup as president and knows when he’s supposed to go see the doctor again — when he’s 50.

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Tsunami warning lifted; Waves reach Japan, Russia (AP)

AP - The tsunami from Chile’s devastating earthquake hit Japan’s main islands and the shores of Russia on Sunday, but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert. Hawaii and other Pacific islands were also spared.

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White House OK on health care with or without GOP (AP)

AP - The White House’s top health care official is optimistic that Democrats will have the votes to pass a major health care overhaul.

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AP Enterprise: How nuclear equipment reached Iran (AP)

AP - Early last year, a Chinese company placed an order with a Taiwanese agent for 108 nuclear-related pressure gauges. But something happened along the way. Paperwork was backdated.

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Troops clear last pockets of resistance in Marjah (AP)

AP - Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in the former Taliban-ruled town of Marjah on Saturday — part of an offensive that is the run-up to a larger showdown this year in the most strategic part of Afghanistan’s dangerous south.

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Tsunami spares US, takes aim at Japan (AP)

AP - With a rapt world watching the drama unfold on live television, a tsunami raced across a quarter of the globe on Saturday and set off fears of a repeat of the carnage that caught the world off guard in Asia in 2004.

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