WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House yesterday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote.....more>>
EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. — Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.
The region mopped up yesterday following a bout with high wind and heavy rains that uprooted trees, downed power lines and flooded some creeks and rivers. Five people died in storm-related accidents and hundreds of thousands were without electricity.
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