Immigration reform activists diversifying ranks
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Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.
Car insurance scofflaws raise health mandate doubt
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Thu 4:27 pm ET
Thousands of drivers on the nation's roads don't carry auto insurance, despite laws in all but two states requiring it. Critics of President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan ask: What are the chances scofflaws will treat a requirement to carry health insurance any differently?
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Stream of WH health care visits
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Thu 4:11 pm ET
President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained by The Associated Press.
Dubai request for debt 'standstill' raises fear
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Thu 3:38 pm ET
Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills -- causing a drop on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment.
London stock trading suffers outage
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Thu 1:26 pm ET
The London Stock Exchange PLC halted trading for three-and-a-half hours on Thursday after a technical glitch prevented some customers from connecting to its systems.
Peach farmers block Greek highway
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Thu 1:20 pm ET
Protesting peach farmers are blocking a major highway in northern Greece to press for higher subsidies. Greek police say farmers have parked more than 130 tractors on the highway near Veria, about 45 miles west of Thessaloniki, disrupting traffic on a major east-west thoroughfare.
GM says Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port is safe
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Thu 12:56 pm ET
General Motors Co. said Thursday it will not close its Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, England, and doesn't expect job cuts there as part of its restructuring of European operations.
Robotic hamsters are holidays' unlikely new craze
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Thu 12:48 pm ET
When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?"
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