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Obama urges lawmakers to remember history (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says Congress should ignore the politics around his health care overhaul and remember that the unpopular proposals that created Medicare and Social Security passed with lawmakers' courage.
Fri Mar 19 10:33:11 -0500 2010
The big yellow billboard that could take your kid to school (AP)

In this Feb. 9, 2010 photo, Marc Horner, fleet manager for Jeffco Public Schools, walks next near school busses with advertisements on their sides at the school's bus maintenance facility in Lakewood, Colo. About half a dozen states already allow bus advertising — including Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation.


Fri Mar 19 06:19:34 -0500 2010
California kids stay calm, help deliver mom's baby (AP)

This Tuesday, March 16, 2010 picture shows the Sanders family, from left, Alana, Faith, 11, Geoffrey, newborn Joseph, Jabari, 9, and Janelle, 2, in Fremont, Calif. Jabari and Faith helped their mother Alana deliver their baby brother Joseph at home on March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Bay Area News Group - The Contra Costa Times, Anda Chu) ** MANDATORY CREDIT: BAY AREA NEWS GROUP - THE CONTRA COSTA TIMES, ANDA CHU; MAGS OUT **AP - "The baby's coming now!" Jabari told the dispatcher as his mom screamed in the background.


Fri Mar 19 08:31:02 -0500 2010