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Senate panel to review Toyota recalls

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By KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. faces more questions from U.S. lawmakers over its troubled safety record when top company officials testify Tuesday at a Senate hearing on the automaker’s...

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Scientists try to break fat-and-disease link

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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key. In the quest to prove it,...

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O.J. Simpson’s ‘acquittal suit’ to be donated

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By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent SANTA MONICA, California (AP) - With O.J. Simpson giving his agreement from prison, a judge approved a plan Monday to donate the suit the former NFL star was wearing when he was acquitted...

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Helicopter used to search for 2 Oregon climbers

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By TIM FOUGHT Associated Press Writer GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon (AP) - Searchers used a helicopter Sunday to look for two missing climbers on Oregon’s Mount Hood and were preparing to take rescue and medical teams back to the area...

26 operations, 13 kidneys: hope to few with little

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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors have just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too...

No class, no cash: ‘Slumdog’ kids miss school

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By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press Writer MUMBAI, India (AP) - The slum kid stars of “Slumdog Millionaire” want a lot of things in life – new houses, a car, trips to London and Paris – but they aren’t too...

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