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Chrysler sales for 2010 troubling, experts say

CNN Top Stories - 1 hour 26 min ago
2010 has been a difficult year for Chrysler, experts say, with sales off 3 percent and half of those sales to fleet customers, a fact that could hurt the company later.
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Actor Corey Haim dies

CNN Top Stories - 1 hour 29 min ago
Actor Corey Haim, who appeared in a number of movies during the 1980s, died early Wednesday of a possible drug overdose after being taken to a hospital, Los Angeles police said.
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Rollins: 'Hurt Locker' Oscar timely

CNN Top Stories - 2 hours 10 min ago
This past weekend, Iraq had a real election and in spite of threats and bombings, millions of voters participated in record numbers. It is a giant step forward in Iraq's road to democracy and has the potential to be a beacon for others in this battle-scarred region.
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IRS: $1.3 billion unclaimed for '06

CNN Top Stories - 2 hours 27 min ago
Some people who didn't file a federal tax return for 2006 have more than 1 billion reasons to reconsider, but they need to do it fast, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
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Tearful Marie Osmond back on stage

CNN Top Stories - 2 hours 41 min ago
With tears in her eyes and her voice shaking at times, Marie Osmond donned her bravest face Tuesday night as she took to the stage for the first time since the death of her son for a show that she dedicated to him.
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Pa. woman faces terror charges

CNN Top Stories - 2 hours 47 min ago
A Pennsylvania woman has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country, the Justice Department said.
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Church: Excluding lesbians' kids correct

CNN Top Stories - 4 hours 37 min ago
The archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, is defending its decision not to re-enroll two children in a Catholic school in Boulder next year because their parents are lesbians.
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U.S. hikers held in Iran call home

CNN Top Stories - 4 hours 45 min ago
Three U.S. hikers who were detained in Iran have spoken by phone with their relatives for the first time since authorities jailed them more than seven months ago, the hikers' families said Wednesday.
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BofA to cut overdraft fee

CNN Top Stories - 5 hours 2 min ago
Bank of America said Wednesday that it plans to ditch overdraft fees on debit card purchases this summer.
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Answers sought in bulldozer death

CNN Top Stories - 5 hours 29 min ago
American Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003 as it razed homes in a Palestinian camp. On Wednesday, her parents seek answers in an Israeli court.
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Oscar interrupter: I was wronged

CNN Top Stories - 6 hours 5 min ago
A documentary producer who interrupted a director's Oscar acceptance speech Sunday night says she was the one who was "big-footed" on stage.
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Dutch bishops launch child abuse probe

CNN Top Stories - 7 hours 10 min ago
Catholic bishops in the Netherlands have announced an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by clergy, widening a scandal that already touches countries including the United States, Ireland, Germany and Austria.
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Jury urges death for 'Bachelor No. 1'

CNN Top Stories - 7 hours 52 min ago
A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on "The Dating Game" be executed for the murders of four women and a child.
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Gates vows friendship with Afghans

CNN Top Stories - 8 hours 21 min ago
America's defense chief thanked Afghanistan's soldiers for their service during a tour of a training camp Wednesday as Iran's hardline president arrived in Kabul with a pledge to purge "occupying forces" from the troubled land.
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Grads rally for fired teachers

CNN Top Stories - 9 hours 23 min ago
Graduates of a Rhode Island school vilified for low performance descended upon campus Tuesday to support the school's fired teachers. They also had a message for President Obama: Don't bash our school.
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Jobless benefits, tax cuts race clock

CNN Top Stories - 9 hours 25 min ago
A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34.
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Lawmaker foe of gay rights: I'm gay

CNN Top Stories - 9 hours 35 min ago
Why would a gay politician vote against gay rights?
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Sheen plans return to '2 and a Half Men'

CNN Top Stories - 10 hours 2 min ago
Charlie Sheen is set to return to the set of his sitcom "Two and a Half Men," his publicist said.
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Man pleads guilty in N.J. airport scare

CNN Top Stories - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 21:42
A New Jersey man who breached security to give his girlfriend a kiss, causing scores of flight delays, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defiant trespass, his lawyer said.
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Man pleads guilty in Letterman case

CNN Top Stories - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 21:37
A CBS news producer accused of trying to blackmail comedian David Letterman pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny at a hearing Tuesday.
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