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Fewer New Yorkers approve of governor’s performance: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just over half of New Yorkers approved of Gov. David Paterson’s performance in November, a decline from the previous month, that reflects the sliding economy and a “bitter budget battle,” a poll said Wednesday.
U.S. teen lives 118 days without heart
MIAMI (Reuters) - An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday.
Regulators demand safety checks on Boeing 737s
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency safety mandate to check fuel pumps on more than 560 Boeing Co 737 airliners flown by U.S. airlines, the agency confirmed on Wednesday.
Suit forces eHarmony to offer gay dating service
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online dating service eHarmony has agreed to create a new website for gays and lesbians as part of a settlement with a gay man in New Jersey, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said on Wednesday.
Big Pharma seeks to shape U.S. health plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major drug makers want their voices heard as U.S. Democrats, traditionally critics of the industry, start crafting plans to expand health insurance coverage and cut the escalating costs of care.
U.S. woman posed as teen online, teased girl: attorney
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday in a trial that is being closely watched by the burgeoning social networking industry.
U.S. National Book Awards go to slave, outlaw books
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A book about a slave family with ties to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and novel about a notorious Florida outlaw were among the winners at America’s 59th annual National Book Awards on Wednesday.
California court to hear gay marriage ban case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California’s Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a legal challenge against the state’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage and let the ban stand in the meantime.
U.S. small businesses feel Wall Street’s pain
BOSTON (Reuters) - Wall Street’s pain is rippling through U.S. small businesses, as bankers who once pulled in million-dollar bonuses lose their jobs and cut back spending on everything from parties to home improvements.
U.S. Postal service honors Bob Hope with stamp
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Hope already has been named an “honorary veteran” by the U.S. government, but on Wednesday the Postal Service said it will give the late comedian another honor — a commemorative stamp.
White community adapts to Obama reality
WESTMINSTER, Maryland (Reuters) - Worried by racial tensions churned up by the U.S. presidential election, teachers at one U.S. high school braced for the worst in their majority white community the morning after Barack Obama was elected the country’s first black president.
California bent on rebuilding despite wildfire risk
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twice in the span of a month, wildfires have ravaged the same northeast corner of greater Los Angeles, destroying hundreds of homes and the good life offered by California’s scenic beauty at the city’s edge.
Spacewalkers tackle station repair work
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two shuttle Endeavour astronauts on Tuesday finished the first of four spacewalks outside the International Space Station, part of a plan to eventually restore full power to the growing outpost.
GE recalls 244,000 wall ovens due to fire hazard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co is recalling about 244,000 wall ovens under the GE, GE Profile, Monogram and Kenmore brands because of a fire and burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.
White community adapts to Obama reality
WESTMINSTER, Maryland (Reuters) - Worried by racial tensions churned up by the U.S. presidential election, teachers at one U.S. high school braced for the worst in their majority white community the morning after Barack Obama was elected the country’s first black president.
Astronauts leave space station for repair work
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Tuesday to begin repairs on a long-standing problem with the outpost’s power system.
Bush says holiday air space to be expanded
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday said the U.S. government will open up air space over the Midwest, Southwest and West Coast for holiday travel, similar to action taken last year when the military allowed civilian flights in its airspace to ease congestion over the East Coast.
Many doctors plan to quit or cut back: survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
Gift card sales seen down 6 percent this holiday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of once-hot gift cards are expected to fall nearly 6 percent this holiday season as shoppers try to stretch their dollars by buying discounted merchandise, according to a survey released by the National Retail Federation on Tuesday.
Will Detroit’s cash crisis kill the electric car?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Call it an economic and environmental murder mystery in the making: Will a cash-strapped Detroit kill the electric car — again?
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