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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Don\'t say \"mental retardation\" — the new term is \"intellectual disability.\" No more diagnoses of Asperger\'s syndrome — call it a mild version of autism instead. And while \"behavioral addictions\" will be new to doctors\' dictionaries, \"Internet addiction\" didn\'t make the cut.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Signaling he\'d meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he\'s willing to sign a bill even if it doesn\'t deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — If snow keeps 230,000 government employees home for the better part of a week, will anyone notice?
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers\' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department estimates the number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. fell about 7 percent to 10.8 million in January 2009.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that\'s light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he doesn\'t think it\'s necessary to get an ideal jobs package out of Congress, but that passing something quickly could build momentum toward greater achievements.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman\'s death is a reminder of the known risks.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Tuesday failed to push through President Barack Obama\'s choice of a union lawyer to serve on the National Labor Relations Board after two of their own joined Republicans to block the nomination.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He\'s scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Shuker, who tests vehicles for Toyota, says he feels so strongly about quality that he believes he personally failed by not finding the company\'s acceleration problem.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last summer seeking help for a home state bank operated by campaign contributors, specifically asking for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators will require manufacturers of high-grade medical imaging machines to include safety controls that prevent patients from receiving excessive radiation doses.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government\'s fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.
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