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- New consumer agency under fire from GOP, banks
- FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'?
- Tsunami damage estimate for Calif town rises
- Obama defends nuclear power amid Japan crisis
- Japan crisis puts world financial markets on edge
- Napolitano: US drills for disasters like Japan's
- Ohio governor's budget plan includes union limits
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- Texas bank robber demands loot, shows 2 IDs
- Pirates jailed in 17 nations as prosecutions rise
- Judge: Ex-nurse guilty of aiding suicides online
- Former Alaska lawmaker gets suspended sentence
- Cruise industry heads optimistic about 2011
- Court: Jailers erred in removal of Muslim's scarf
- Federal courts face shutdown as well under impasse
- Ohio governor unveils plan to plug $8B budget hole
- Sisters charged with health fraud caught overseas
- Obama to deliver commencement address in Miami
- Conn. court hears Credit Suisse CEO's divorce case
| New consumer agency under fire from GOP, banks Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:11 PM PDT Republicans and bankers are attacking the new federal watchdog for policing mortgages, credit cards and other financial products four months before the agency even opens its doors.           |
| FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:11 PM PDT President Barack Obama declared this week that four of five public schools could be labeled as "failing" this year under the No Child Left Behind Act if Congress does not take action to rewrite the law.  |
| Tsunami damage estimate for Calif town rises Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:11 PM PDT Damage estimates increased for the two California harbors hardest hit by last week's tsunami, while one Northern California county was expected to request state aid Tuesday for extensive damage to its waterfront.  |
| Obama defends nuclear power amid Japan crisis Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:11 PM PDT President Barack Obama is defending nuclear power as an important source of energy in the U.S., even as new questions are raised about its safety following radiation leaks from an earthquake and tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan.  |
| Japan crisis puts world financial markets on edge Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:01 PM PDT Fears over the escalating nuclear crisis in Japan overtook financial markets around the globe Tuesday, pushing stocks and other investments lower. The Japanese stock market lost 10 percent of its value, and Wall Street dropped steeply before bouncing back.  |
| Napolitano: US drills for disasters like Japan's Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:52 PM PDT Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says U.S. emergency agencies constantly rehearse for a disaster like the one unfolding in Japan, and American first responders will learn from the experience of their Japanese counterparts.  |
| Ohio governor's budget plan includes union limits Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:45 PM PDT In another move that would limit the influence of organized labor in the state, Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday proposed exempting universities from a requirement that they pay union-level wages on construction projects.  |
| States put their own spin on Obama health care law Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PDT Rancor over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has largely overshadowed some states' efforts to use the law to help them move as fast as possible to insure more people and increase control over insurance companies.  |
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| Texas bank robber demands loot, shows 2 IDs Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PDT A hapless bank robber who abided by a Dallas teller's request to provide two forms of identification before she could give him money is going to prison.  |
| Pirates jailed in 17 nations as prosecutions rise Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:41 PM PDT Five Somali pirates are jailed for life by a U.S. court. Sixty-one suspected pirates captured at sea face trial in India. Somali prisons are running out of room.  |
| Judge: Ex-nurse guilty of aiding suicides online Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:01 PM PDT A former Minnesota nurse accused of seeking depressed people online and encouraging two to kill themselves has been found guilty of aiding the suicides of an English man and Canadian woman.  |
| Former Alaska lawmaker gets suspended sentence Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:01 PM PDT A former Alaska lawmaker will have to pay a $1,000 fine for letting unregistered lobbyists peddle their ideas to him.  |
| Cruise industry heads optimistic about 2011 Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:51 AM PDT Despite rising fuel costs and more stringent environmental regulations, the cruise industry expects modest growth in 2011 as eight new large ships debut and consumers continue to shake off the effects of a recession, industry executives said Tuesday.  |
| Court: Jailers erred in removal of Muslim's scarf Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PDT A federal appeals court says Southern California jailers violated the religious freedom of a Muslim woman who was ordered to take off her headscarf in a courthouse holding cell.  |
| Federal courts face shutdown as well under impasse Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:41 AM PDT A federal judge is warning that the nation's courts may grind to a halt if a budget battle leads to a government shutdown.  |
| Ohio governor unveils plan to plug $8B budget hole Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:21 AM PDT Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) has released a state budget proposal that closes an $8 billion budget gap through a combination of program restructuring, budget cuts and privatization of public assets.  |
| Sisters charged with health fraud caught overseas Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:21 AM PDT The FBI says two sisters wanted for health care fraud in the Detroit area are back in the United States after they were captured in Colombia.  |
| Obama to deliver commencement address in Miami Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PDT The White House says President Barack Obama will deliver a commencement address at Miami Dade College's North Campus next month. The setting will allow him to appear in politically important Florida while showcasing a school that emphasizes continuing education and career training, areas he's highlighted as part of his education agenda.  |
| Conn. court hears Credit Suisse CEO's divorce case Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:11 AM PDT A lawyer for Credit Suisse Group AG chief executive Brady Dougan has told the Connecticut Supreme Court that his client shouldn't have to pay more than $750,000 in interest for being 12 days late with a $7.5 million divorce-related payment.  |
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