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Scientists halt brain disease with new gene therapy
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated version of the AIDS virus, a study published on Thursday showed.
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US House backs healthcare reforms
The US House of Representatives narrowly backs a key healthcare bill in a step towards reforms pledged by President Obama.
Swiss Muslims open mosque doors
Swiss mosques open their doors to the public - ahead of a vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets.
US launches 'Twin Towers' warship
The USS New York, a warship built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, goes into service.
 
Job losses keep going and going . . .
Pretty much any way you look at it, we're in the worst job market this country has seen in 26 years. The unemployment rate hit 10.2% in October, and silver linings are hard to find. Steve Henn reports.
Would Russian bonds be worth the risk?
A lot of people lost their shirts 11 years ago when Russia defaulted on its debt. So some eyebrows have been raised by the Russian finance minister's talk of issuing almost $18 billion in bonds next year. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
Every penny counts in online retail wars
Wal-Mart, Target and Amazon are continuing their online pricing battles. The subject of this week's contest? DVDs. And the back-and-forth is down to the penny. Jeremy Hobson reports.
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A computer model shows that speed was a major factor in a crash that claimed the lives of four teenagers in Clarence on Sunday. Erie County Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. Scott Joslyn says eyewitnesses have also testified seeing the car driven by 18-year-old Viktor Shapiro run the stop sign on Strickler Road at County Road.
Governor Paterson has called state legislators back to Albany for another special session, primarily to deal with his plan to cut state spending by more than $3 billion to ease a deficit. The other big issue on the agenda is the politically touchy issue of gay marriage, which has twice passed in the Assembly by large margins. Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, a strong backer of gay marriage calls the matter "a simple issue of fairness and equity."
Assailed by heavyweight conservatives Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, Republican Assembly member Dede Scozzafava turned the tables on her critics by withdrawing from the race in New York's 23rd Congressional District. Scozzafava then threw her support behind Bill Owens, vaulting him to a narrow victory over conservative candidate Doug Hoffman and giving New York's North Country its first Democratic Congressman in 150 years.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was "absolutely confident" the Senate would follow the lead of the House of Representatives in passing legislation to overhaul the healthcare system.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting.
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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.
Business
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday stressed the necessity of keeping global economic stimulus in place until recovery is assured and opposed the utility of a tax on financial transactions as a way to dampen risky bank behavior.
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