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Today's Top Stories: House OKs $819B stimulus bill with GOP opposition Gov't to report on jobless claims as layoffs rise More than a million wait in icy darkness across US Ill. governor wants to speak at impeachment trial Postmaster General: Mail days may need to be cut Peanut recall grows as feds find problems at plant LAPD: Dad in family's murder-suicide awash in debt Bernard Madoff paper trail leads to NYC warehouse Mickey Rourke won't rumble with WWE superstar Safina into Australian Open final; Serena up next Obama wins House passage of economic stimulus Fed says prepared to buy debt to aid economy Struggling Republicans to pick new party chief Obama says tough decisions soon on Iraq, Afghan wars Geithner: hope to unveil recovery plan soon U.S. peanut firm expands salmonella recall U.S. investigates CIA sex allegations in Algeria Blagojevich asks to argue before impeachment trial Gaza truce under fire as US envoy meets Abbas France faces 'Black Thursday' strike chaos House OKs $819B stimulus bill with GOP opposition Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:35 pm PST AP - In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night with spending increases and tax cuts at the heart of the young administration's plan to revive a badly ailing economy. The vote was 244-188, with Republicans unanimous in opposition despite Obama's frequent pleas for bipartisan support. Full Story Top Gov't to report on jobless claims as layoffs rise Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:36 pm PST AP - The government will provide a snapshot of the battered labor market Thursday when it reports how many people filed first-time claims for jobless benefits last week. Full Story Top More than a million wait in icy darkness across US Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:36 pm PST AP - Well over a million people shivered in ice-bound homes across the country Wednesday, waiting for warmer weather and for utility crews to restring power lines brought down by a storm that killed 23 as it took a snowy, icy journey from the Southern Plains to the East Coast. Full Story Top Ill. governor wants to speak at impeachment trial Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:38 pm PST AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked to make a statement at the impeachment trial he has so far avoided, but still refuses to answer questions from the lawmakers who will decide whether to remove him from office, the Illinois Senate president announced Wednesday. Full Story Top Postmaster General: Mail days may need to be cut Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:41 pm PST AP - Massive deficits could force the post office to cut out one day of mail delivery, the postmaster general told Congress on Wednesday, in asking lawmakers to lift the requirement that the agency deliver mail six days a week. If the change happens, that doesn't necessarily mean an end to Saturday mail delivery. Previous post office studies have looked at the possibility of skipping some other day when mail flow is light, such as Tuesday. Full Story Top Peanut recall grows as feds find problems at plant Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:45 pm PST AP - The salmonella outbreak spawned one of the largest ever product recalls Wednesday by a Georgia peanut plant where federal inspectors reported finding roaches, mold, a leaking roof and other sanitary problems. Full Story Top LAPD: Dad in family's murder-suicide awash in debt Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:42 pm PST AP - Awash in debt, behind on his mortgage and recently fired from his job at a hospital, Ervin Lupoe was planning on leaving California. Full Story Top Bernard Madoff paper trail leads to NYC warehouse Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:44 pm PST AP - The paper trail in the Bernard Madoff fraud case has led investigators to a warehouse containing boxes and file cabinets stuffed with documents that could reveal more clues about what may be the largest Ponzi scheme ever, a government official said Wednesday. Full Story Top Mickey Rourke won't rumble with WWE superstar Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:47 pm PST AP - A spokeswoman for actor Mickey Rourke says he won't be taking his role as a professional wrestler into a real-life ring after all. Full Story Top Safina into Australian Open final; Serena up next Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:08 pm PST AP - Serena Williams finally hit form to oust Olympic champion Elena Dementieva and move into her fourth Australian Open final. Now one more Russian, Dinara Safina, stands between Williams and a 10th Grand Slam title. Full Story Top Obama wins House passage of economic stimulus Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:01 pm PST Reuters - President Barack Obama scored his first major legislative victory on Wednesday with passage of an $825 billion economic stimulus package by a sharply divided U.S. House of Representatives on a 244-188 vote. Full Story Top Fed says prepared to buy debt to aid economy Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:26 pm PST Reuters - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday inched closer to buying U.S. government bonds in a new front in its fight against the credit crisis and signaled unease over the risk of deflation with the economy weakening. Full Story Top Struggling Republicans to pick new party chief Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:33 pm PST Reuters - When Republican Party insiders pick a new leader on Friday, he will have to be more than just a nuts-and-bolts manager by rallying the faithful after two disastrous elections that transformed U.S. politics. Full Story Top Obama says tough decisions soon on Iraq, Afghan wars Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:57 pm PST Reuters - The United States must make tough decisions soon about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday after receiving his first briefing from the heads of the U.S. armed forces. Full Story Top Geithner: hope to unveil recovery plan soon Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:19 pm PST Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday the Obama administration was working on a plan to repair the battered financial system and boost recovery that should be ready fairly soon. Full Story Top U.S. peanut firm expands salmonella recall Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:43 pm PST Reuters - A company at the center of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 500 people was broadening its recall of peanut products, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday. Full Story Top U.S. investigates CIA sex allegations in Algeria Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:50 pm PST Reuters - The United States is looking into allegations the CIA station chief in Algeria raped at least two Muslim women after lacing their drinks with a drug, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Blagojevich asks to argue before impeachment trial Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:31 pm PST Reuters - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich told lawmakers on Wednesday he wants to deliver a closing argument at his impeachment trial where he faces likely removal from office amid charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Full Story Top Gaza truce under fire as US envoy meets Abbas Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:47 pm PST AFP - Spiralling violence near Gaza threatened on Thursday to shatter ceasefires that ended a war in the Hamas-run enclave as US envoy George Mitchell headed for talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. Full Story Top France faces 'Black Thursday' strike chaos Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:37 pm PST AFP - France headed into a "Black Thursday" of mass strikes called by all of the country's major unions to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's handling of the economic crisis. Full Story Top

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