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- Commentary: Obama meets match in Russia?
Barack Obama often seems to have much of the planet at his feet in rapt attention to his every word.
- Ex-VP accuses insurer of 'purging' customers
Wendell Potter says he is finished defending the insurance industry, which he says is "beholden to Wall Street."
- Estimate puts health care bill's cost at $611B
A health-care reform bill that includes a public insurance plan and requires employers to cover workers would cost $611 billion over 10 years, far less than previous estimates, according to a new analysis from Congress.
- Air France jet 'went straight down,' report says
The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced today. "The plane went straight down," investigator Alain Bouillard said.
- Diprivan not approved for sleep disorders
Diprivan is a powerful I.V. anesthetic drug used for patients undergoing certain surgeries and diagnostic procedures.
- Media Decoder: Washington Post Cancels ‘Salons’ With Lobbyists
Plans were scrapped to charge lobbyists for access to the paper’s staff and government officials at off-the-record “salons.”
- U.S. Faces Resentment in Afghan Region
A new American military operation in southern Afghanistan may ignite further tensions among a weary population, residents and local officials warn.
- Attacks, arrests slowing online news from Iran
Bloody attacks and midnight arrests, combined with a regime growing more tech savvy, have begun to stem the online information flow from dissidents in Iran, activists and human rights officials say. Once emboldened by an ability to dodge the government and spread news, many in the youth-driven protest movement, they say, now fear the consequences.
- New penalty hearing ordered for Md.-Del. shooter
A man sentenced to death after a two-state shooting spree that left two people dead and four wounded deserves a new penalty hearing, the Delaware Supreme Court has determined. In a 52-page ruling handed down this week, the court upheld the convictions of Allison Lamont Norman but overturned his death sentence because of the circumstances under which prosecutors sought the death penalty.
- Attorney says Visteon making progress on financing
Auto-parts supplier Visteon Corp. says it is making good progress in obtaining the financing needed to see it through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. An attorney for Visteon said Friday that the Van Buren Township, Mich., company has made "very substantial" progress with its North American customers regarding help with debtor-in-possession financing.
- Delaware Lottery
These Delaware lotteries were drawn Friday night:
- Man sets off fireworks in bathroom in Del. Arby's
The Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office said a man damaged a toilet at an Arby's by setting off fireworks in the bathroom. Fire marshals said the man walked into the restaurant Thursday about 9:30 a.m. Delaware State Police are also investigating and searching for the man. Authorities said no one was injured, although five employees and two customers were in the restaurant. The man fled the restaurant right before the people inside heard a loud blast from the bathroom.
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Dream home: Place on a hill boasts million-dollar view
Bel Air spot has rolling countryside and space for animals Lisa Pattisall found her dream home the moment she turned her car into its long, winding driveway dotted with evergreens and weeping willow.







