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Published
March 23, 2013

Wage dispute stalls talks on immigration bill

WASHINGTON – A last-minute dispute over wages for lower-skilled workers flared Friday as senators scrambled to sketch out a deal on a sweeping immigration bill before Congress takes a two-week recess. The public clash between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO underscored the high stakes involved in legislation that would dramatically reshape the […]
Published
March 23, 2013

Affordable Care Act: Racing against deadlines, detractors

Republican opposition and looming deadlines are two big hurdles facing the future of health care.
Published
March 23, 2013

Democrats poised to pass budget

The Senate Democrats' version is a blueprint that would raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Published
March 22, 2013

Meteor sightings light up social media

The brief but bright flash of light was seen as far south as Florida and as far north as New England.
Published
March 22, 2013

FAA: 149 control towers to be closed

But these smaller, lighter-traffic airports won't be shut down because of the sequestration cuts.

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Published
March 22, 2013

105 US kids died of flu; most didn’t get vaccine

All but four of the children who died were old enough to be vaccinated, but 90 percent of them did not get vaccinated, CDC officials said.
Published
March 22, 2013

Man arrested for trying to impersonate pilot

PHILADELPHIA – A 60-year-old man from France was arrested Wednesday after trying to impersonate a pilot and taking a seat in the cockpit of a plane that was about to depart from Philadelphia International Airport, police said. Whether the man, identified as Philippe Jeannard, was engaged in a sinister plot or a mental flight of […]
Published
March 22, 2013

Newtown parents meet with killer’s dad

Allissa Parker said she told Peter Lanza that there was an opportunity to learn from the killings and his cooperation was vital.
Published
March 22, 2013

Obama ending Israel visit with symbolic stops

Obama lays wreaths at the graves of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995.
Published
March 22, 2013

New Yorkers boldly flout law to keep pigs

The city's health code forbids keeping them as pets, forcing pig owners to operate in secret, taking the risk that an unhappy neighbor might squeal.