Sole Republican voting for reform bill explains her hopes… and demands.By feedproxy.google.com

Californians braced for heavy rains Tuesday that threatened to unleash dangerous floods and mudslides in areas already ravaged by wildfires.

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Sources tell ABC News, General McChrystal’s high option is 80K. Is it a “throw away” number, or more?By feedproxy.google.com

AP – The self-help expert who led a spiritual retreat in Arizona where two people were overcome in a sweat lodge and later died has spoken out about the tragedy, saying it has left him “frustrated and confused.”
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Five juveniles are in custody after 15-year-old Michael Brewer was intentionally set on fire at a Florida apartment complex, police said. Brewer apparently owed one of the suspects $40 for a video game, police said, and he reported the suspect for allegedly stealing his father’s bicycle. “They deliberately sought him out, poured alcohol on him [...]

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AP – A powerful fall storm packing strong winds, drenching rain and heavy snow has moved into Southern California where residents near fire-scarred hillsides braced for possible mudslides and debris flows.
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Self-help guru who led AZ retreat that left 2 dead says he’s ‘being tested’ by the tragedyBy feedproxy.google.com

AP – Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Democratic challenger bickered vigorously about money in city politics during their first debate, trading accusations about who has bought support and who has been bought.
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The sights and sounds of rocks rolling down mountainsides are common but still captivating phenomena for the residents of the Nile Valley in central Washington state. But a landslide over the weekend was more than the 1,500 people in the area have ever seen.

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An EXCLUSIVE look inside the U.S. Navy’s polar environment submariner training.By feedproxy.google.com

AP – A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.
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AP – For 15 years, environmentalists have complained that state regulations have allowed the powerful oil and chemical industries to skirt Clean Air Act standards in Texas, the nation’s foremost producer of industrial air pollution.By us.rd.yahoo.com

Once the Senate Finance Committee votes Tuesday on its health care overhaul plan, the focus will shift to the closed doors of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s ornate Capitol suite.

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Israel strikes Gaza smuggling tunnels along border in response to rocket fire.By feedproxy.google.com

AP – Steve Nunn said nothing in court. His glum, unshaven face spoke volumes.
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An analysis of the sickest swine flu patients in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and New Zealand suggests that relatively healthy adolescents and young adults are among the most likely to get very sick after an H1N1 infection, a pattern similar to that seen in the 1918 influenza pandemic.

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AP – Prosecutors are saying a Kentucky man who served about nine years in prison for a shooting death and robbery is innocent.By us.rd.yahoo.com

A New York police officer pleaded not guilty to charges that he used his gun while off duty to menace unruly train passengers over the weekend.

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Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize, calls critics patronizingBy feedproxy.google.com