Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban (AP)

AP - The arrests of top Taliban figures in Pakistan abruptly halted secret U.N. contacts with the insurgency at a time when the efforts were gathering momentum, the U.N.’s former envoy to Afghanistan said Friday

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Feds: brakes weren’t applied on crashed NY Prius (AP)

AP - Computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes, U.S.

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New Dem lawmakers feeling heat on health care (AP)

AP - Freshman Rep. Steve Driehaus is getting it from all sides on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul

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Obama signs jobs bill as health care intrudes (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama has said he wants to focus laser-like on the public’s top concern: jobs.

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Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists (AP)

AP - The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street.

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More than 100 complaints lodged over fixed Toyotas (AP)

AP - Complaints of sudden acceleration in Toyotas repaired under recalls have nearly doubled in the past two weeks, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data.

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Obama argues for health care effort on Fox News (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel, derided by his White House as a wing of the Republican Party, to sell his embattled health care overhaul in an interview punctuated with interruptions from the host and chiding from the guest.

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Thai protesters hurl own blood at PM’s house (AP)

AP - Red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with their own blood into the residential compound of Thailand’s prime minister Wednesday, hoping their shock tactics will bring down his government.

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FACT CHECK: Premiums would rise under Obama plan (AP)

AP - Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print.

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Parliamentarian is rock star in health care debate (AP)

AP - When Congress battles over thorny bills, parliamentarian Alan Frumin has been known to sleep in his office — on call 24/7 as the Senate’s Solomon, divining the answers.

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