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End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama's way 19 Mar 10, 22:50 ET AP - One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's direction. more Letter: Lehman accounting tricks possibly illegal 19 Mar 10, 22:33 ET AP - A Lehman Brothers whistleblower warned his bosses that accounting gimmicks the bank used before its collapse may have been illegal, his lawyer said Friday. more PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in immigration dance 19 Mar 10, 21:52 ET AP - President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He's now in Year Two, and the odds that he'll get to sign a bill before the November midterm elections appear long. more Regulators shut 7 banks in 5 states; 37 in 2010 19 Mar 10, 20:30 ET AP - Regulators on Friday shut down seven banks in five states, bringing to 37 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year. more URS settles with Minn. for $5M in bridge collapse 19 Mar 10, 19:00 ET AP - Contractor URS Corp. and the state of Minnesota reached a $5 million settlement Friday in the state's lawsuit over the 2007 downtown Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others. more Stocks fall as worries about Greek debt return 19 Mar 10, 18:10 ET AP - Stocks halted their steady climb Friday after renewed concerns about Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global economic recovery. more Will US lose its triple-A ranking? Investors yawn 19 Mar 10, 17:14 ET AP - It's the financial equivalent of a high medal count at the Olympics or a seat on the U.N. Security Council — a triple-A credit rating, the seal of approval that lets investors know a country's bonds are safe. more The four cities that best weathered the recession 19 Mar 10, 17:11 ET AP - Call them the Final Four: The four large cities that have made it through the Great Recession with the smallest increases in unemployment. more Wal-Mart to slash grocery prices 19 Mar 10, 17:07 ET Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will cut food prices and mount a new ad campaign over the next six weeks, a threat to other U.S. grocers that sent an industry shares index down more than 2 percent on Friday. more Beware: Malware Attacks Facebook, B-Ball & Gossip Sites 19 Mar 10, 16:55 ET NewsFactor - Cybercriminals have been busy this week running scams that target Facebook users, college basketball fans, and celebrity gossip watchers. Security experts are warning about recent attacks with nasty payloads. more Final health bill omits some of Obama's promises 19 Mar 10, 16:18 ET AP - It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes. more Mom of octuplets may lose home to foreclosure 19 Mar 10, 15:20 ET AP - Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman could be kicked out of her Southern California home. more Boeing accelerates production of 747, 777 models 19 Mar 10, 13:52 ET AP - Boeing Co. will speed up production plans for its 777 and 747 models in anticipation of greater demand from commercial airlines. more Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools 19 Mar 10, 13:50 ET AP - Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom? more Strike looms as talks between BA, union collapse 19 Mar 10, 11:57 ET AP - A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew affecting thousands of travellers is set to start at midnight Friday after last-ditch talks between the airline's management and union leaders collapsed. more Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection 19 Mar 10, 08:43 ET AP - Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna — a prized ingredient of sushi — while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. more PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in immigration dance 19 Mar 10, 07:20 ET AP - President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He's now in Year Two, and the odds that he'll get to sign a bill before the November midterm elections appear long. more Could school bus ads save school budgets? 19 Mar 10, 07:19 ET AP - School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation. more McLaren launches new supercar 19 Mar 10, 06:32 ET AFP - Formula One automaker McLaren has launched a supercar, part of a drive by the firm to shift up a gear in its battle to capture the high-performance commercial sports car market. more

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