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More work ahead on housing market: Treasury

The Obama administration has more work to do to help struggling U.S. homeowners, despite signs of a stabilizing housing market, a senior Treasury official said on Monday.

Regulators close banks in four states

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U.S. bank regulators closed four banks in as many states on Friday, bringing the number of failures so far this year to 26 as deteriorating loans continued taking a toll on financial institutions.

NASA's GOES-P weather satelite enters space

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NASA on Thursday launched the latest in its family of meteorological satellites, adding to a number of spacecraft that watch storm development and weather conditions on Earth.
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Biologist: Sea World Killer whale was probably 'bored'

A killer whale viciously attacked and killed a trainer at SeaWorld park in Florida on Wednesday, but a marine biologist says the whale probably did it because it was bored as killer whales don't normally kill humans in the wild.
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SeaWorld committed to using whale after third killing

A killer whale viciously attacked and killed a trainer at Sea World park in Orlando, Florida, making it the third time this whale has killed a human in the past decade, yet Sea World has no plans in removing the whale from their show.
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Obama announces new fund to address housing woes

President Barack Obama used a campaign push for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday to announce a new fund to support homeowners in five states hit hardest by the U.S. housing crisis.
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In Nevada, Obama pushes for more housing help

President Barack Obama will use a campaign stop for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday to announce a new initiative to help support homeowners in five states hit hardest by the U.S. housing crisis.
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See America by Train

American trains have long had a strong hold on the popular imagination, inspiring countless songs, stories, scandals and legends.
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Toyota eyes U.S. output cutbacks after recalls

Toyota Motor Corp has decided to cancel production at two U.S. plants for a total of two weeks in anticipation of a drop in sales in the wake of its massive recalls, Japan's Chunichi Shimbun reported on Tuesday.
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Ford to launch new Mercury small car in 2011

Ford Motor Co will launch a new small car for its Mercury brand in early 2011, based on the automaker's new global compact car platform, Ford President of the Americas Mark Fields said on Sunday.
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Floridians protest offshore oil drilling

Thousands of Floridians demonstrated against moves to allow offshore oil drilling on Saturday along the east and west coasts of the state in a protest dubbed Hands Across the Sand.
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Fitful recovery tests consumer goods makers in 2010

The world's biggest food companies and household products makers face a selective return to consumer spending in 2010, testing their resolve to avoid promotions and suggesting more industry mergers to come.
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Astronauts install space station's last hub

The shuttle Endeavour crew bolted the last connecting module onto the International Space Station on Friday, completing more than a decade of major construction on the outpost.
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Poisonings point to holes in supplement oversight

In 2008, users of Total Body Formula and Total Body Mega Formula started losing their hair and began suffering from fatigue, diarrhea, nausea and other symptoms; some doubled their dose of the liquid supplement in response.
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Dealers see short-term hit from Toyota

Toyota Motor Corp's safety recalls will hurt U.S. dealer sales in the first quarter but payments from Toyota for the repairs will offset any dealer losses over the rest of the year, two major U.S. auto dealership groups said on Thursday.

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