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Obama Advisers Say Crisis Will Cost More

Obama Advisers Say Crisis Will Cost More

President Obama's closest economic advisers signaled that the financial wounds at the center of the economic downturn will require more money and more government intervention.

98% Of Metro Areas See Joblessness Rise

98% Of Metro Areas See Joblessness Rise

Unemployment rates moved higher in 98 percent of the nation's largest metropolitan areas, with Indiana's Elkhart-Goshen and Dalton, Ga., registering the biggest annual increases.

Search Of Home Of Figure In Tylenol Deaths

Search Of Home Of Figure In Tylenol Deaths

Federal agents searched the Massachusetts home of a man linked to the fatal 1982 Tylenol poisonings in the Chicago area that triggered a nationwide scare and prompted dramatic changes in the way food and medical products are packaged.

Teens Who 'Sext' Racy Pics Being Charged

$100M Pledged For AIDS Vaccine Research

A Massachusetts businessman is pledging $100 million to create a new institute that will search for vaccines for AIDS and other diseases. Phillip T. Ragon is scheduled to announce the gift to Massachusetts General Hospital today.

Cash-Poor States Mull Seat Belt Changes

Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcement officers the authority to pull over motorists just for not wearing their seat belts.

Super Bowl party circuit hit hard by recession

The corporate glitter surrounding the Super Bowl will sparkle less than normal this year, dulled by a receding economy and an...

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Knox Mine Disaster pain endures 50 years later

Audrey Baloga Calvey lives within shouting distance of the coal mine that became her father's tomb, and his sudden death at age 59...

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A newspaper's penny-pinching guarantee

Because hard times have put frugal back in fashion, this city's daily newspaper is taking on the mission of helping its readers save...

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News of the day From across the nation

1 Mountain View Google's Internet search service malfunctioned for nearly 55 minutes on Saturday morning, upending users around the...

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National Guard deployed for ice storm duty

Gov. Steve Beshear deployed every last one of his Army National Guardsmen on Saturday, with his state still reeling after a deadly ice...

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Peanut inquiry suggests food safety crackdown

As federal officials launch a criminal investigation into a Georgia peanut processor at the center of a deadly salmonella outbreak...

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Senators to grill Daschle on taxes, clients

Tom Daschle - once considered assured of breezing through his confirmation as U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services - soon will...

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