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• AP sources: Dems reach deal to drop gov't-run plan

  AP – 24 mins ago
  AP

  WASHINGTON - After days of secret talks, Senate Democrats tentatively agreed Tuesday night to drop a full-blown government-run insurance option from sweeping health care legislation, several officials said, a concession to party moderates whose votes are critical to passage of President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Full Story »

• Obama urges major new stimulus, jobs spending

  AP – 1 hr 18 mins ago
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  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment. Full Story »

• Historic EPA finding: Greenhouse gases harm humans

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 11:29 pm ET
  AP

  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from manmade greenhouse gases endangers Americans' health. Full Story »

• Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 10:28 pm ET
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  MOJAVE, Calif. - The sleek, bullet-shaped spacecraft is about the size of a large business jet — with wide windows and seats for six well-heeled passengers to take a thrill ride into space. Full Story »

• Questions and answers about EPA action on warming

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:31 am ET
  AP

  A big meeting in Copenhagen. A cap-and-trade bill in Congress. And now, a determination by the Environmental Protection Agency that global warming pollution is a threat to public health — a move that clears the way for the first-ever federal regulations targeting climate-changing emissions. Full Story »

• Wall St ends down on recovery jitters

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 5:32 pm ET
  Reuters

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Tuesday after disappointing corporate news from 3M Co and McDonald's, while negative developments in global credit markets caused a shift to safe-haven assets. Full Story »

• Japan unveils $81 billion economic stimulus

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 5:31 am ET
  Reuters

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government agreed on a $81 billion stimulus package on Tuesday, aimed at preventing the economy from tipping back into recession as deflation persists and a strong yen threatens exports. Full Story »

• More on-time credit card payments expected in 2010

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 6:53 am ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - Consumers are expected to further improve their credit management in 2010, but unemployment will hamper the efforts of many Americans to make their credit card payments on time. Full Story »

• U.S. pay czar to exempt some AIG execs from salary cap: report

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 12:27 am ET

  (Reuters) - Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration's pay czar, will exempt some executives at American International Group from a $500,000 salary cap after at least five employees threatened to quit, Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter. Full Story »

• Weezer cancels tour after bus crash in upstate NY

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 5:40 pm ET
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  ALBANY, N.Y. - Weezer has canceled the rest of its December tour after the lead singer was injured in a bus crash in New York. Full Story »

• Nissan to sell electric LEAF in San Francisco area

  AP – Mon Dec 7, 6:04 pm ET

  SAN FRANCISCO - Nissan Motors says it will sell its new electric car in the San Francisco Bay area as part of a limited rollout, citing the region's commitment to building electric car infrastructure. Full Story »

• Economists say Iowa economy has hit bottom

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 7:52 am ET
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  DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa has begun a slow recovery from the recession, but economists told Gov. Chet Culver on Monday that the state's economy remains shaky. Full Story »

• Japan unveils new $81 billion stimulus package

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:43 am ET
  AP

  TOKYO - Japan's government on Tuesday unveiled $81 billion of new stimulus spending to keep the world's second-biggest economy from lurching back into recession. Full Story »

• Court skeptical of federal anti-fraud law

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 2:15 pm ET
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  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to limit federal prosecutors' use of a fraud law that has helped win convictions of high-profile corporate executives and public officials, or throw out the law altogether. Full Story »

• Surveys: Hiring to remain weak early next year

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 4:59 pm ET
  AP

  WASHINGTON — Few employers plan to ramp up hiring early next year, two surveys show — evidence that the economic recovery isn't likely to create many jobs anytime soon. Full Story »

• Crude prices fall for fifth straight day

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 3:10 pm ET
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  NEW YORK - Oil prices dipped below $73 a barrel Tuesday on a stronger dollar and a slew of economic data that did not indicate a quick rebound in demand from big energy users or from consumers. Full Story »

• SEC charges ex-N.Century execs in subprime case

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 6:21 pm ET
  Reuters

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three former executives at now-bankrupt lender New Century Financial Corp were charged with fraud by U.S. securities regulators on Monday, the latest government effort to pursue wrongdoing in the subprime mortgage market. Full Story »

• China Mobile, RIM to offer BlackBerry to China consumer

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:44 am ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China Mobile (0941.HK) and Research in Motion will offer BlackBerry handsets and Internet service to consumers as well as smaller firms in China, the two firms said on Tuesday.