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Health Care bill clears key Senate test (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:37 PM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at a news conference where he was joined by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Landmark health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama passed its sternest Senate test in the pre-dawn hours early Monday, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all but assures its passage by Christmas.

Storm crawls into New England, leaving mess behind (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:05 PM PST

Telescope viewers are covered in snow overlooking Lighthouse Beach Sunday in Chatham, Mass. Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, during the first major snowstorm of the season. (AP Photo/Julia Cumes)AP - A fierce weekend storm dropped record snowfall and stranded travelers up the coast from Virginia to New England, but its timing helped minimize headache-inducing work commutes and left many with the prospect of a very white Christmas.

Did 'Jihadi cool' lure 5 Americans to Pakistan? (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST

AP - There was a book left in a Pakistani hotel room where five young men from Virginia were arrested, suspected of trying to join Taliban forces. Called "The Pact," that book tells the true story of three boys from a rough neighborhood and broken homes who bond and eventually help one another through medical and dental school.

NYC's flagship Macy's store reopens after fire (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:44 PM PST

Fire department vehicles are seen outside of Macy's flagship store at New York City's Herald Square, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, after it was evacuated earlier due to an escalator fire. The fire occurred in an escalator between the third and fourth floors, said Elina Kazan, a Macy's spokeswoman. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)AP - Hundreds of holiday shoppers were evacuated from the flagship Macy's store at Herald Square on Sunday after a fire in an escalator spread smoke through the building.

Judge mulls pivotal issues in Kan. abortion trial (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:22 PM PST

In this July 28, 2009 file photo, Scott Roeder, left, attends his preliminary hearing in court in Wichita, Kan. Roeder, 51, is charged in the death of Dr. George Tiller. (AP Photo/Jaime Oppenheimer, Pool)AP - A judge is weighing a critical legal question in the case of a man who confessed to killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers: Can the man claim at his trial that the slaying was justified to save the lives of unborn children?

Loophole lets mentally ill Texas juveniles go free (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:23 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Jan Henry, her husband, Todd Henry is shown playing a guitar in Tyler, Texas. Todd Henry, a special education teacher for the Tyler, Texas school district was fatally stabbe dy by a student at the school on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jan Henry, File)AP - A 16-year-old former juvenile detainee is accused of stabbing a high school teacher to death with a butcher knife. Another teen was convicted of killing a roofer during a 30-minute robbery spree.

1 dead, 5 hurt in Coast Guard boat collision in SD (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

AP - A 33-foot Coast Guard vessel and a recreational boat collided Sunday as a Christmas watercraft parade was going on in San Diego Bay, killing one person and seriously injuring five others, authorities said.

Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:15 PM PST

AP - A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.

Natalie White wins 'Survivor,' collects $1M prize (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:36 PM PST

AP - An out-of-work pharmaceuticals saleswoman is the winner of the CBS reality television show "Survivor: Samoa."

Actress Brittany Murphy dies in LA at age 32 (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:32 PM PST

In this Dec. 1,2009 photo provided by PictureGroup showing Brittany Murphy arriving at the 'Across the Hall' Premiere in Beverly Hills, Calif. A Los Angeles hospital spokeswoman says actress Brittany Murphy has died. She was 32. (AP Photo/PictureGroup, Gregg DeGuire)AP - Brittany Murphy, the actress who got her start in the sleeper hit "Clueless" and rose to stardom in "8 Mile" before her movie roles declined in recent years, died Sunday in Los Angeles of what appeared to be natural causes, a Los Angeles County coroner's official said. She was 32.

Gonzalez's 6-yard TD leads Falcons past Jets 10-7 (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:32 PM PST

New York Jets' Braylon Edwards celebrates after catching a 65-yard touchdown pass during the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)AP - The Atlanta Falcons' offense kept stalling in the cold of the Meadowlands until finally busting through the New York Jets' top-ranked defense at the end.

Report: Kevin Jonas, ex-hairdresser marry in NY (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:02 AM PST

FILE - In this June 12, 2009 file photo, musician Kevin Jonas of the music group The Jonas Brothers performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' show in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - A report says the oldest sibling of pop group the Jonas Brothers and a former hairdresser have married at a French-style chateau in suburban New York.
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