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03/10/2010 03:11 PM
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Obama takes health care overhaul push to Missouri
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AP - The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other Americans.
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03/10/2010 12:54 PM
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Unemployment rises in 30 states in January
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AP - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.
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03/10/2010 03:01 PM
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'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38
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AP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.
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03/10/2010 01:57 PM
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Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti
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AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.
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03/10/2010 01:22 PM
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German Catholics to investigate abuse charges
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AP - Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday — one into the renowned choir once led by Pope Benedict XVI's brother and another more general look into what everyone, including the pope, knew about the sexual and physical abuse of students.
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03/10/2010 12:41 PM
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Threatened Muhammad cartoonist has no regrets
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AP - A Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog said Wednesday he has no regrets and believes the suspects in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals.
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03/10/2010 02:04 PM
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Cable, sat TV firms ask gov't to stop TV blackouts
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AP - Cable, satellite TV and other video providers have asked the government to intervene in ongoing fee disputes with TV networks — big-money fights that are expected to escalate this year as more contracts expire.
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03/10/2010 11:50 AM
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Panasonic's first 3-D TV set in $2,900 package
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AP - Panasonic Corp. on Wednesday revealed the price for its first 3-D TV set, confirming that $3,000 is about what it takes to be among the first to watch 3-D movies in the home.
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03/10/2010 01:02 PM
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Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men'
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AP - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom.
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03/10/2010 02:34 PM
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NHL GMs make proposal for rule on hits to head
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AP - NHL general managers unanimously agreed Wednesday to recommend a rule change dealing with on-ice hits to the head.
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03/10/2010 12:13 PM
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Pelosi faces biggest test on healthcare vote
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Reuters - The leader of the House of Representatives -- a persuasive arm twister and deal maker -- faces her toughest challenge yet: getting 216 votes to pass final legislation revamping the U.S. healthcare system.
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03/10/2010 09:25 AM
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Brown says UK to maintain AAA credit rating
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Reuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he believed Britain would maintain its coveted top credit rating and announced a pay freeze for senior civil servants and military officers to help tame a record deficit.
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03/10/2010 02:54 PM
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Biden scolds Israel over settlement plan
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Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks.
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03/10/2010 02:46 PM
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Another runaway Toyota Prius reported
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Reuters - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.
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03/10/2010 12:56 PM
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Iraq PM said to be ahead on eve of vote results
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Reuters - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
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03/10/2010 11:18 AM
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"JihadJane" accused of terror plot in Sweden
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Reuters - A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
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03/10/2010 10:18 AM
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Retaliation fears stalk Nigeria city after clashes
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Reuters - Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian villages.
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03/10/2010 10:16 AM
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Ahmadinejad, Gates trade barbs in Afghanistan
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Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to Afghanistan, where Washington has troops at war but Tehran has growing clout.
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03/10/2010 02:47 PM
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Gunmen storm US charity in Pakistan killing six aid workers
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AFP - Militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US-based Christian charity in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six aid workers in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels.
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03/10/2010 02:39 PM
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Biden condemns Israel settlement move at Palestinian talks
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AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden told Palestinian leaders on Wednesday that Washington will hold accountable any side that hurts peace prospects, pointedly citing Israel's settlement expansion plans.
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03/10/2010 07:10 AM
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Attendance high at City Town Hall meeting
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By all accounts, the inaugural Chillicothe Town Hall meeting on Tuesday evening was being touted as a success.
More than 75 people attended the meeting in an attempt to learn more about city government and have their questions answered.
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03/10/2010 07:15 AM
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Man who jumped into river to avoid police arrested again
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A Frankfort man faces a hearing on new theft charges -- just days after he was hospitalized after jumping into the icy Scioto River to avoid theft charges.
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03/10/2010 07:13 AM
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Worthington students collect clothing for children in Afghanistan
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Worthington Elementary first-grader Micah Hawk can't imagine not having clothes.
And since he found out there are children in need of clothing in Afghanistan, Hawk and classmates said they were glad to help collect clothing.
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03/10/2010 07:08 AM
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Counties teaming up to save money
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Ross County commissioners have requested more time to work on a study that's expected to save rural counties on payroll costs.
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03/10/2010 12:00 AM
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Ohio State janitor kills co-worker, self
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COLUMBUS -- An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a maintenance building for his early morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt.
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03/10/2010 06:51 AM
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POLICE & EMERGENCY RUNS
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Fight -- Children, adult male fighting, 400 block of West Main Street. Parris T. Thomas, no age listed, of 415 W. Main St., charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing official business and menacing. 3:31 p.m. Sunday
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03/10/2010 12:00 AM
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SPEAKER TO DESCRIBE RECOVERY FROM SEXUAL ABUSE
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A victim of sexual abuse will bring a message of recovery and hope to Chillicothe next month.
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03/10/2010 12:00 AM
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PRYOR CALLS FOR TOWN HALL EVENT MARCH 18
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State Rep. Ray Pryor will conduct a town hall in Kingston next week.
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03/10/2010 12:00 AM
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NEW BILL WOULD RETRAIN WORKERS IN HEALTH CARE
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U.S. Rep. Zack Space has introduced new legislation, the Retraining a New Health Care Workforce Act of 2010, that would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to draft a strategic plan to retrain existing displaced workers to fill a demand for skilled health care professionals.
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03/10/2010 12:00 AM
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SIGN LANGUAGE CLUB PLANS SILENT MOVIE NIGHT
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The American Sign Language Club of Ohio University-Chillicothe is hosting a silent movie night from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Bennett Hall auditorium.
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