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GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
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....

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard
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....

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday....

Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana....

Prosecutors plan commission case in Cole bombing
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Military prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek new charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole....

FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights....

Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years....

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:...

Recalls: cantaloupes, chilled side-dish products
The following recalls have been announced:...

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it....