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U.S. Top News Early Edition: Healthcare changes headed back to House

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Good Morning Aron, THU 25 Mar 2010 
 
Healthcare changes headed back to House
Israel awaits word but signs are no housing deal with U.S.
Jobless claims fall, buoy jobs recovery hopes
Vatican defends decision not to defrock U.S. priest
Bin Laden threatens Americans with execution
EU leaders warm to joint IMF-EU plan for Greece
U.S. to ask Canada for troops in Afghanistan: report
FBI probes threats over Democrats' healthcare vote
U.N. envoy meets Afghan insurgents in Kabul
Marijuana legalization will be on California ballot


Healthcare changes headed back to House
March 25, 2010 04:26 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A package of final changes to a landmark healthcare reform law must be approved again by the House of Representatives after the Senate parliamentarian eliminated two minor provisions on Thursday.

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Israel awaits word but signs are no housing deal with U.S.
March 25, 2010 09:20 AM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended a troubled U.S. visit on Thursday with no apparent resolution of a serious dispute with Washington over Jewish housing in occupied East Jerusalem.

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Jobless claims fall, buoy jobs recovery hopes
March 25, 2010 09:02 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance fell sharply last week, boosting hopes of recovery in the labor market.

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Vatican defends decision not to defrock U.S. priest
March 25, 2010 08:57 AM ET
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican did not discipline a Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing up to 200 deaf boys in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s as Church laws do not require automatic punishment, its spokesman said on Thursday.

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Bin Laden threatens Americans with execution
March 25, 2010 09:14 AM ET
DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden threatened al Qaeda would kill any Americans it takes prisoner if accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is put to death, according to an audiotape aired on al Jazeera on Thursday.

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EU leaders warm to joint IMF-EU plan for Greece
March 25, 2010 09:20 AM ET
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU leaders appeared to be nearing consensus on an aid mechanism for Greece based on strict German terms before a high-stakes summit on Thursday and Athens won a reprieve when the European Central Bank extended looser funding rules.

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U.S. to ask Canada for troops in Afghanistan: report
March 25, 2010 09:13 AM ET
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The United States will ask Canada to keep as many as 600 troops in Afghanistan after the Canadian military mission there ends in 2011, the Globe and Mail newspaper said on Thursday.

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FBI probes threats over Democrats' healthcare vote
March 24, 2010 09:55 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI and police are investigating attacks and threats against Democratic members of Congress who voted for healthcare reform, and a senior House of Representatives Democrat said on Wednesday his colleagues are at risk.

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U.N. envoy meets Afghan insurgents in Kabul
March 25, 2010 07:34 AM ET
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan met delegates from one of the country's main insurgent groups in Kabul on Thursday, the first Western diplomat to meet them since they arrived in the capital for peace talks with the government.

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Marijuana legalization will be on California ballot
March 25, 2010 06:51 AM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California voter initiative that would legalize possession and sale of marijuana has qualified for the November ballot, state election officials said on Wednesday, in what supporters called a "watershed moment" for their cause.

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