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House Democrats say they'll meet later today to continue work on resolving disputes over President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan.

An atheist who challenged the inclusion of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance says he's going to ask a federal appeals court in San Francisco to rehear the case.

Authorities say a bus that rolled on an Arizona freeway last week, killing six passengers and injuring 16 others, had problems with its brakes and its drivers.

A hotel owner in New Orleans is offering to host a prom for seniors at a Mississippi high school.

A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center is going before a judge.

A former aide to John Edwards is returning to court just days after a North Carolina judge nearly sent him to jail over his handling of a videotape purportedly showing the two-time presidential candidate in a sexual encounter.

A Toyota executive says the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck, causing the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.

Nearly half of the public schools in Kansas City, Missouri will be closing because of financial problems.

Officials and counterterrorism experts say the Christmas airline plot and last November's shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, may have shown al-Qaida that smaller-scale attacks can prove just as unsettling as complex and riskier ones.

Customs officials say Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating federal law enforcement agencies along the southwest border, and those charged with weeding them out say they don't have the money to catch every corrupt agent.