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Conservatives put stamp on Texas textbooks
MSNBC.com | Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:14:09 GMT
 The social studies changes approved by the Texas Board of Education will have a broad influence because the state is one of the nation's largest buyers of textbooks.
Report: Colo. mom in on plot to kill Swede
MSNBC.com | Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:32:18 GMT
Authorities in Ireland are investigating whether a second American woman was involved in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist, The Wall Street Journal reports.
NYC: Taxi drivers ripped off passengers
MSNBC.com | Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:35:54 GMT
Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years, the Taxi and Limousine Commission says.
Lawyers urge WTC workers to take settlement
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:22:58 GMT
Lawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who developed health problems after toiling in the ruins of the World Trade Center.
New wave of foreclosures threatens market
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:52:02 GMT
 Swelling ranks of homeowners who are seriously delinquent but haven't yet lost their homes may soon lead to a new round of foreclosures.
Enough with all the medical tests, experts say
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:21:37 GMT
 Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated.
Insanity defense planned in Smart case
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:55:25 GMT
 On the seventh anniversary of Elizabeth Smart's return from her kidnapping ordeal, a judge sets a trial date for the man charged in the case.
'Vampire' wearing pipe disrupts downtown Seattle
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:11:23 GMT
A man wearing what appeared to be a pipe bomb was kicked out of a Seattle homeless shelter Friday morning after claiming to be a vampire, then wandered around before surrendering to police, authorities and witnesses said.
Maine man acquitted in ‘lobster wars’ trial
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:41:41 GMT
A lobsterman and his daughter are acquitted of all counts stemming from the shooting of a another lobsterman in a dispute over fishing territory off the coast of Maine.
Cashier, 91, attacked by thief but keeps working
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:52:12 GMT
A 91-year-old New York pharmacy cashier refuses medical attention and goes back to work after a thief punches her.
Jogger jumps off Calif. cliff to flee attacker
MSNBC.com | Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:18:17 GMT
Authorities say a man tried to sexually assault a Southern California jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside.
Lawmaker: I went skinny-dipping with teen
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:18:13 GMT
Utah's House majority leader says he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago.
Affluent California county sues Toyota
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:30:32 GMT
Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.
Reid's wife undergoes surgery after crash
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:04:54 GMT
 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday after breaking her neck and back in a traffic accident that also injured the senator's daughter, a spokesman said.
Weak economy means it’s a freebie nation
MSNBC.com | Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:32 GMT
 Whether it's to boost sagging business or attract customers to a new product, there seems to be a freebie fad going on. That's a boon for budget shoppers and can be good for companies too.
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