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Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)

#60;p>AP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation with showdown votes loom...

Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress...

Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders (AP)

AP - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust f...

Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout (AP)

#60;p>AP - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an al-Qaida member and accused of killing a gu...

Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge (AP)

AP - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words under God in the Pledge of Allegiance and In God We Trust on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.

Democrats block investigation of possible Massa cover-up (AP)

AP - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa.

Sen. Reid's wife, daughter injured in accident (AP)

AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday mdash; the wife with a broken back and neck mdash; after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, auth...

Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school (AP)

AP - Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a day after the Itawamba County school board did just th...

Betty White to host 'Saturday Night Live' (AP)

AP - The Internet has gotten its way: Betty White will host Saturday Night Live.

AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters (AP)

AP - Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday.