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President Barack Obama said Tuesday hell bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
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Federal agents are investigating a high-end Santa Monica, Calif., sushi restaurant, following a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove.
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A terrified 7-year-old boy begged emergency dispatchers to send police to his Southern California home where three armed robbers threatened his parents, according to a recording of the call released Tuesday.
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Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot fallaway jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.
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What role Pakistan plays in any peace effort aimed at the Taliban is likely to rank high on the agenda during Afghan President Hamid Karzais visit to Islamabad on Wednesday.
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North Korea plans to replace its top diplomat in Switzerland who is believed to be a key manager of leader Kim Jong Ils alleged secret funds stashed overseas, a news report said Wednesday.
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Jakub Voracek scored during Columbus first power play and set up another second-period goal by Fedor Tyutin to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.
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Marie Osmond made a teary return to her Las Vegas Strip show Tuesday night, saying singing and faith are how she and her family are coping with the death of her 18-year-old son.
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Australian scientists said Wednesday that the discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the population.
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Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.
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Chris Kelly had a goal and an assist, and Matt Cullen, Milan Michalek and Mike Fisher also scored for the Ottawa Senators, who snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.
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Brandon Roy scored 19 points and hit a clinching jumper with just over two minutes left, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to an 88-81 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.
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The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that Chinese authorities had rebuffed all his efforts to reach a compromise over Tibet and had instead engaged in systematic repression as part of a plan to annihilate Buddhism there.
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Derivatives have become a dirty word.
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Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
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Mike Dunleavy and the Los Angeles Clippers parted company for good Tuesday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager.
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Lance Stephenson celebrated being selected Big East Rookie of the Year by making the deciding free throw with 1.8 seconds to play, leading Cincinnati to a 69-68 opening-round victory over Rutgers on Tuesday night.
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Today is Wednesday, March 10, the 69th day of 2010. There are 296 days left in the year.
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Early results show residents of a small Arizona community that serves as a gateway to the Grand Canyons popular South Rim have voted to incorporate.
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Nic Simpson scored 21 points and North Carolina AT defeated Howard 65-55 on Tuesday night in the first round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament.
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Jannik Hansen scored the decisive goal with 2:08 remaining, Mikael Samuelsson had his first NHL hat trick, and the Vancouver Canucks rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Tuesday night.
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Police say theyve made another arrest in a shooting at a Northern California church that injured two teenage brothers.
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China will step up food safety efforts in the wake of a massive dairy scandal, expanding supervision to reach more of the countrys countless small farms, an agriculture official said Wednesday.
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Authorities in Arizona say rapper DMX has been arrested for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs.
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Win or lose the Horizon League championship game, Butler was headed to the NCAA tournament.
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