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Trans fat doesn't stir much 'nanny state' debate

3:55 p.m. EST November 9, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — They are among our most personal daily decisions: what to eat or drink. Maybe what to inhale.

Obama says he sorry for 'You can keep it' declaration

7:25 p.m. EST November 7, 2013 WASHINGTON--President Obama said on Thursday that he is "sorry" that some Americans are losing their current health insurance plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act, despite his oft-repeated assurances that Americans could keep their health insurance plans if they like them.

NYC police say teens had human remains in bag

10:39 p.m. EDT October 17, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — A security guard on the lookout for shoplifters searched two teenage girls as they left a Manhattan lingerie shop Thursday afternoon and discovered one of them was carrying a fetus in her bag, police said.

Subway embraces Sriracha sizzling sauce trend

10:45 p.m. EDT November 1, 2013 About the only thing tougher than spelling — or pronouncing — Sriracha is finding a trendy restaurant that isn't serving the sizzling hot sauce. This weekend, even Subway is jumping on the Sriracha express.

Move own bill on debt and shutdown

10:41 a.m. EDT October 15, 2013 WASHINGTON -- House Republicans intend to pass their own plan to reopen government and avert an impending Thursday default deadline instead of waiting for Senate leaders who are nearing agreement on a competing budget offer.