Senate clears defense bill amid health care impasse
The Senate advances a $626 billion Pentagon funding package amid a fight over health care legislation. The measure renews unemployment benefits and highway funding, while delaying a debt limit increase. Key GOP defections and a rare cross party vote push the bill toward a final vote for Obama.
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Washington
Senate
Pentagon
Treasury
Obama
House
Thad
Feingold
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Texas
Olympia Snowe
Susan Collins
Maine
Defense Department
Iraq
Afghanistan
Defense
Robert Gates
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Department of Defense
White House
Peter Orszag
Congress
Air Force
Gates
Infant car seat carrier recall reaches 447000 units
U S baby product maker Dorel Juvenile recalls about 447000 infant car seat carriers branded Safety 1st Cosco Eddie Bauer and Disney after reports of the carrying handle loosening. At least three injuries. bolts may detach, prompting immediate stop use of the handle and a free repair kit.
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Washington
Eddie Bauer
Disney
Dorel Juvenile Group Inc
Columbus
Ind
Safety 1St
Cosco
Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Dorel Juvenile Group
Traffic Safety Agency
Dorel
Digusa.com
China
Fewer states add jobs as recovery sputters along
The November labor data show more states shedding jobs than adding them as hiring remains sporadic. Unemployment fell in 36 states and DC largely due to people leaving the labor force, while long-term unemployment climbed to 5.9 million. The report signals a slow recovery with stimulus fading and seasonal hiring fading.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Labor Department
South Carolina
Florida
Michigan
Nevada
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Hawaii
Texas
Ohio
Georgia
Arizona
Iowa
Idaho
Witner
Connecticut
Kansas
Kentucky
New York
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Congress
Skyline College
San Bruno
Calif
First human to human transmission of brain-eating amoeba reported
The CDC confirms Bala muthia mandrillaris in an organ recipient from a donor who died at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Four patients across three states received organs. two are critically ill. Officials stress public concern is unnecessary and note the organism is rare and hard to diagnose.
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Jackson, Miss
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dave Daigle
Centers For Disease Controls and Prevention
Daigle
CDC
Shirley Schlessinger
UMMC
Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency
Schlessinger
Pecan crop in Texas hit by drought freeze and rain woes
Texas pecan growers faced a tough year as drought, an early freeze, and heavy rains reduced yields. Officials say irrigation and quality control kept overall production around 60 million pounds, about 14 percent below two years ago. Some orchards fared worse with early harvests plagued by rain.
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San Antonio
Texas
Kenneth Pape
Pape
Seguin
Eagle Pass
Central
West Texas
USDA
Cindy Wise
Texas Pecan Growers Association
Georgia
New Mexico
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Larry Stein
Texas A&m University
Uvalde
H-E-B
Dyn Campos
Campos
China
Tera Macmanus
Pleasant Valley Pecans
Pleasanton
Macmanus
Public records of Roswell traffic incidents by time and place
A Roswell list records multiple traffic events on a December day, with each entry noting intersection or street location and involved drivers and ages such as Yvette Gonzales 33 and Paul Almond 74. Omar Benitez 30. Kayla Smith 20. David Stevenson 41. John Miller 84. Rebecca Boggs 54. Marc A Morones 18. Magdele na Valenti 29. Manuel S Zavala 15. Mikel Kinney 21. The locations include South Washington Avenue West Gayle Street 1618 S E Main Street East Country Club Road Sunset Alameda streets 1804 S Main Street 711 Mission Arch Drive 19th Street Washington Avenue Richardson Avenue West Second Street 11th Street.
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Washington Avenue
West Gayle Street
Yvette Gonzales
Paul Almond
Roswell
S.E. Main St
Carlos Molina
East Country Club Road
Gary Montoya
Sunset
Alameda
Omar Benitez
Kayla Smith
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Wells Fargo & Co
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Main St
David Stevenson
Mission Arch Drive
John Miller
Elton
Detra Reese
19Th Street
Rebecca Boggs
Marc A. Morones
Dexter
Richardson Avenue
West Second Street
Magdelena Valenti
Manuel S. Zavala
11Th Street
Mikel Kinney
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