| Obama Tax Plan Gets Pushback |
| The White House proposal to overhaul the U.S. corporate-tax code by lowering rates and limiting deductions faced immediate resistance from business groups and many Republicans.
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| Massey Mine Executive Faces Charges |
| The U.S. attorney charged a former Massey Energy superintendent with conspiring to obstruct federal regulators before a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners.
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| Home Resales Climb Higher |
| Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose last month to the highest level in more than 1½ years, while the inventory of unsold homes contracted to a level economists consider healthy, positive signs for housing.
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| Justices Take on Medal Lies |
| Supreme Court justices expressed reverence for the valor represented by U.S. military decorations, but some questioned whether falsely claiming to have received a medal should be a federal offense.
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| Drivers at the Mercy of Crude Prices |
| America is pumping more oil out of the ground than it has in years, while Americans' gasoline consumption is at an 11-year-low. Yet gasoline prices are rising, and experts say it's all about the global economy and geopolitics.
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| Chicago Shakes Up 17 Troubled Schools |
| The shake-up hands Mayor Rahm Emanuel a victory in his battle with the teachers union and highlights an increasingly aggressive stance on education overhauls by several Democratic mayors nationwide.
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| Santorum Draws Fire in Fight for GOP Lead |
| Romney sought to portray Santorum's 16-year career in Congress as a betrayal of conservative principles.
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| Romney Tax Plan Sets Stage for Fight |
| Mitt Romney called for cutting income-tax rates for all Americans and eliminating the Alternative Minimum Tax, seeking to reassert his credentials as a tax-cutter on the cusp of two critical primary elections.
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| Dell's Slim, Speedy Ultrabook |
| Dell's new ultrabook is compact, well-built and speedy, sporting a good backlit keyboard and a bright screen. But it has subpar battery life.
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| Hearsay May Prove Pivotal in San Francisco Case |
| The legal and political future of San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi could turn on a thorny legal question: When is it appropriate to convict a person based on hearsay testimony?
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| | Front-runners mix it up at Arizona forum |
| Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum went after each other in the final debate before primaries in Arizona and Michigan -- and before Super Tuesday. FULL STORY
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| UVA player guilty of 2nd-degree murder |
| A jury convicted former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love.
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| 49 killed in Argentina train crash |
| At least 49 people were killed and more than 600 people were injured when a train plowed into a platform at a Buenos Aires station today, state media said.
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| Police: Student shot, another in custody |
| One student was wounded and another was in custody Wednesday after a shooting at an elementary school in Bremerton, Washington, authorities said.
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| Obama signs payroll tax deal into law |
| President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the agreement passed by Congress last week to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while preventing a cut in payments to Medicare doctors.
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| Opinion: Court to end affirmative action? |
| Abigail Thernstrom says it will be surprising if the Justices are comfortable with declaring affirmative action policy unconstitutional.
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| Hitman hired to kill random fur-wearer? |
| A self-proclaimed animal rights activist in Ohio has been charged with soliciting a hit man to kill a random person wearing fur, either by shooting the individual or slitting his or her throat.
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| Arrests made in death of Ala. 3rd-grader |
| The grandmother and stepmother of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died Monday after allegedly being ordered to run around her family's house -- for hours -- as punishment for lying about taking a candy bar have been charged with murder, police said Wednesday.
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| Chavez will go to Cuba for surgery |
| Speculation and messages of support surged in Venezuela Wednesday, a day after President Hugo Chavez announced he would travel to Cuba for surgery.
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| | Santorum takes heavy fire in Arizona Republican debate |
| MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - Rivals piled criticism on presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a testy debate on Wednesday, attempting to blunt his surprise surge at a pivotal period in the Republican race.
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| Obama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholes |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made an opening offer in what could be a long negotiation with corporate America on Wednesday, putting forward his first detailed plan to cut the corporate tax rate.
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| Assad forces renew barrage on Syria's Homs |
| AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.
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| Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap plan |
| ATHENS (Reuters) - Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make the widely expected downgrade after the country announced a bond exchange plan to ease its massive debt burden.
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| Congress members threatened with biological attack |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several members of the Congress received mail threatening a biological attack and containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless as law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that more letters could be on their way.
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| Judge strikes down law mandating sale of |
| TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A federal judge declared on Wednesday that a Washington state rule requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives against their religious beliefs is unconstitutional.
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| Home resales at 1-1/2 year-high, supply falls |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales rose to a 1-1/2-year high in January, pushing the supply of properties on the market to the lowest level in almost seven years in a hopeful sign for the housing sector.
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| Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail |
| VIENNA/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.
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| U.S. advisers back experimental obesity pill |
| SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Experimental obesity drug Qnexa won the backing of U.S. health advisors on Wednesday, raising hopes for approval of the first prescription weight-loss pill in 13 years.
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