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Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling'
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 AP - U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's State of the Union address was "very troubling" and the annual speech has "degenerated to a political pep rally."
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AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health
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 AP - Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight.
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Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer
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 AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual.
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Carnahan to miss Obama visit
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Politico - Robin Carnahan will not greet President Obama at the pitch for his health care overhaul in Missouri.
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Senators spar over consumer body
(Politico)
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Politico - Shelby proposes yet another protections structure.
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Obama using 'bounty hunters' for health care fraud
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 AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
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Obama pushes senators for climate bill
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 AP - President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year.
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FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories
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AP - New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.
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Baby slings to get federal warning after suffocations
(AP)
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 AP - The U.S. government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings — those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents can sling around their chests to carry their baby.
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Anti-gay protestors under Supreme Court scrutiny
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 AFP - The US Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether vitriolic anti-gay protestors who picket the funerals of US soldiers are protected by free speech laws.
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US: Israel, Palestinians agree to indirect talks
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 AP - The Obama administration said Monday that Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to indirect peace talks brokered by U.S. special Mideast envoy George Mitchell.
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Missing body of Cyprus' ex-leader found, 3 arrests
(AP)
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 AP - Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus' former president was found reburied in another grave and three men were arrested Tuesday in what officials called a case of bodysnatching for ransom.
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Dutch bishops announce sex abuse investigation
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AP - Dutch Catholic bishops announced an independent inquiry Tuesday into allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests at church schools, and apologized to victims.
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Business groups launch ad against health care bill
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AP - Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House.
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Congress seeks data on Lejeune water contamination
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 McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators late Tuesday requested detailed documents from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and a private contractor that was involved in the testing and cleanup of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, N.C., over the past two decades.
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Massa Says He Tickled Staffer 'Until He Couldn't Breathe'
(CQPolitics.com)
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CQPolitics.com - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from the House Monday night as he battled allegations that he sexually harassed his aides, acknowledged on a Fox News program Tuesday that he touched a male staffer.
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Toyota Criticism Mounts on Eve of Recall Hearings
(Bloomberg)
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 Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.âs handling of
recalls came under mounting criticism on the eve of the
automakerâs U.S. congressional testimony, including charges that
the company misled the public on the adequacy of its recalls.
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