Trinkets in trash after cadmium warning Kathy Sanders waited until her 4-year-old daughter, Emma, was distracted with a video game Thursday. Then she made her move. With the excuse that she needed to collect the laundry, Sanders sneaked upstairs and scooped up the jewelry that came with the Disney princess dressup set Emma had gotten for Christmas.
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Another warning, another headache: Parents search kids? jewelry boxes after cadmium warnings
more images more images Obama says health care bill will be a winner WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama says Congress is on the verge of passing historic health care legislation, and if Republicans want to campaign against it, they are going to lose the argument.
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Obama tells House Democrats health care bill will be a winner politically, with help for many
Hecla: 2009 silver production reached 10.9M ounces COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho ? Hecla Mining Co. said Thursday that it produced 10.9 million ounces of silver in 2009, a record amount for the company and an increase of 26 percent from the prior year.
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Hecla Mining says silver production reached 10.9M ounces in 2009, expects 10M to 11M in 2010
Mich. gets $223.9M for neighborhood revitalization DETROIT ? The federal government awarded Michigan $223.9 million on Thursday to help tear down blighted buildings and revitalize neighborhoods in a dozen cities including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint
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Retirees split advice on lifestyle, savings goals NEW YORK ? Only half the affluent retirees Bank of America Merrill Lynch surveyed in December would save more, given the chance to prepare all over again, according to results released Thursday. Just 49 percent of 1,000 people surveyed with $250,000 or more in investable assets would have given up …
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Affluent retirees split on whether focus should be lifestyle goals or savings goals in survey
New unit investigates unfair lending to minorities MIAMI ? A new unit of the Justice Department is investigating the lending practices of banks and mortgage brokers suspected of discriminating against minority borrowers. The new Fair Lending unit is going after lenders and brokers that have unfairly denied minorities access to home loans
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Justice Department forms unit to investigate discrimination against minority borrowers
Owners unanimously ratify umpires contract PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. ? Baseball owners unanimously ratified a five-year contract with umpires on Thursday, wrapping up a decade of labor peace in a sport once plagued by work stoppages. The deal, expected to be ratified by umpires on Monday, would remove a ban on umpires appearing in consecutive World Series, according ..
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Owners unanimously ratify umpires contract, which would loosen World Series restrictions
Arizona may shut down two-thirds of state parks PHOENIX ? Arizona is on the verge of permanently closing more than half of its state parks to ease its budget woes ? the most drastic such proposal in the nation and one that could mean shutting down some iconic Old West locations.
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Arizona may shut down two-thirds of state parks to ease budget problems
Ohio getting $175M in stimulus foreclosure relief COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Officials have announced $175 million in new federal stimulus money to help Ohio communities devastated by foreclosure and littered with abandoned properties
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Ohio to receive $175 million in stimulus aid to turn foreclosures into affordable housing
more images more images more images more images more images more images more images more images Tentative tax deal marks health care breakthrough WASHINGTON ? In a major breakthrough, union leaders bowed Thursday to White House demands for a new tax on high-cost insurance plans as part of landmark health care legislation taking final shape in intensive negotiations. “We are on the doorstep” of …
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Breakthrough on health care: tentative deal on tax on high-cost insurance coverage
Baseball owners unanimously ratify umpire contract PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. ? Baseball owners unanimously ratified a five-year contract with umpires on Thursday, wrapping up a decade of labor peace in a sport once plagued by work stoppages
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Michigan gives final OK to nickel, copper mine TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. ? Michigan regulators have given final approval for construction and operation of a bitterly contested nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula.
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more images more images more images more images more images more images more images Senator wants Boise State team at White House WASHINGTON ? Sen. Orrin Hatch is urging President Barack Obama to invite Boise State to the White House along with Bowl Championship Series winner Alabama, arguing both undefeated teams deserve the honor traditionally afforded to college football’s national champion.
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Utah Sen. Hatch urges Obama to invite undefeated Boise State football team to White House
more images more images NBC announces post-Leno prime-time lineup LOS ANGELES ? New and veteran NBC dramas and a comedy produced by Jerry Seinfeld will take over the bulk of the prime-time slots soon to be vacated by Jay Leno. NBC announced Thursday that the freshman drama “Parenthood” and the relocated “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Special …
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Dramas, Seinfeld-produced comedy show to fill post-Leno prime-time slots
Feds cite operator Alpha for mine inundation CHARLESTON, W.Va. ? The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration says it’s cited Alpha Natural Resources for violations that contributed a flood that trapped seven men for nearly 24 hours at a West Virginia coal mine last year
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more images more images FDA finds no heart risk with Spiriva inhaler WASHINGTON ? Federal health regulators said Thursday that recent data do not show a connection between a popular inhaler and previously reported risks of stroke, heart attack and death
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FDA review finds no link between Pfizer and Boehringer?s inhaler and safety issues
CFTC proposes oil-trade limits WASHINGTON ? Federal regulators on Thursday took a first step aimed at reining in oil speculation, proposing new limits on trading in energy futures by Wall Street firms and other market players. At a public meeting, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted 4-1 for new trade limits on the New York Mercantile Exchange …
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Protesters support Guinea’s wounded junta chief CONAKRY, Guinea ? Hundreds of people have held a demonstration at Guinea’s international airport in support of their country’s wounded junta chief.
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more images more images EU Internet head backs Google threat to quit China BRUSSELS ? The woman to become EU’s top Internet official said Thursday that she backed Google Inc’s threat to quit China over the government’s net censorship. “We have to have freedom of speech, we have to have the possibility to put things on the net,” Neelie …
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EU?s Kroes says she is worried by Google?s claims activists accounts? were hacked
TV job swap ahead for Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck NEW YORK ? ABC says Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a co-host of “The View,” is trading places for a day with her husband, ESPN football analyst Tim Hasselbeck. Elisabeth will spend Tuesday afternoon at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn.
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Job swap: Elisabeth and Tim Hasselbeck plan to spend a day at their other half?s TV workplace
Obama aims to improve gov’t technology, cut waste WASHINGTON ? President Obama says improving the government’s technological capabilities is critical to effectively using American taxpayers’ money and reducing waste
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Obama says submitting applications, scheduling appointments with government should be easier
Aid flight to Haiti resume, other charters on hold WASHINGTON ? Military officials said aid flights from the U.S. to earthquake-ravaged Haiti were resumed Thursday afternoon, but other charter flights were still being held back
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FAA halts non-aid flights from US to Haiti because of overcrowded airport, lack of fuel
more images more images LONDON – British supermodel Kate Moss once dated an Italian prince for eight months, reveals the royal. Moss had a passionate affair with the heir to Italy’s now abolished throne – Prince Emmanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Maria Di Savoia in 2002 and the royal who lives in exile in Switzerland was introduced to the … Read more > > > .
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more images more images LONDON – “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson is rumoured to be next Spider-Man in the fourth installment of the web-slinging superhero franchise. The speculation started after actor Tobey Maguire, who played the action hero and his alter-ego Peter Parker in the first three installment of the “Spider-Man” franchise, announced his departure earlier this week over ..
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more images more images LONDON – Hollywood actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has revealed she regularly gives her private parts a sparkly makeover by decorating them with expensive crystals. The “Ghost Whisperer” star says she first experienced the wonder of the intimate glitter when a friend offered to add a dash of bling to cheer her up after a ….
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Love Hewitt likes to jazz up privvy parts with crystals!
more images more images LONDON – Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway is to be honoured as 2010’s pudding woman of the year by Harvard University. The “Devil Wears Prada” star has accepted an invitation to be part of the drama club’s annual festivities in Feb, where she will be honoured, reported contactmusic.com Hathaway will be paraded around the campus … Original article on : Anne Hathaway to be honoured as pudding woman of the year .
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NEW DELHI – The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has said there was “no breach” in the security systems of its computers or those in other central government departments. Asked about a media report that hackers from China have targeted computers in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), an official in the PMO denied the report. “Attempts …
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No breach in computer security system: PMO (Lead, superseding earlier story)