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Senators to cast crucial vote on Obama health legislation; GOP firmly opposed to reform effort');
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama\'s health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president\'s prestige. Democratic leaders are optimistic of success, but they need every Democrat and both independents to vote "yes," and two moderates remained uncommitted ahead of the roll call, which is expected around 8 p.m. The vote will determine whether debate can go forward on Majority Leader Harry Reid\'s 2,074-page bill to dramatically remake the U.S. health care system over the next decade.');
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President Obama says his trip to Asia helped build steps toward US economy\'s recovery');
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama\'s eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future. Citing progress on a trip that took him from Tokyo to Seoul, Obama noted that "Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world - commerce that supports millions of jobs back home."');
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Senator says investigators may reveal more troubling e-mails from alleged Ft. Hood shooter');
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WASHINGTON - The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials. Federal investigators say they intercepted the messages between the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical American-born cleric. They were passed along to two Joint Terrorism Task Force cells led by the FBI, but a senior defense official said no one at the Defense Department knew about the messages until after the shootings. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss intelligence procedures.');
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US prosecutors to drop manslaughter case against Blackwater guard in deadly \'07 Iraq shooting');
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday. The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. It touched off a string of investigations that ultimately led the State Department to cancel the company\'s lucrative contract to guard diplomats in Iraq.');
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GOP: Recommendations for fewer women\'s health tests could mean rationed health care under bill');
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are seizing on this week\'s recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama\'s proposed health care overhaul. "This is how rationing starts," declared Jon Kyl of Arizona, the party\'s second-in-command in the Senate, during a news conference. "This is what we\'re going to expect in the future." 
