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US Lowers Cutoff for Lead Poisoning in Young Kids

Mike Stobbe AP Medical Writer

05/16/2012 03:39 pm PDT


ATLANTA (AP) -- For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.

Defense Rests Without Calling Edwards, Mistress

Michael Biesecker The Associated Press

05/16/2012 01:33 pm PDT


GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- John Edwards' defense team rested Wednesday without calling the two-time Democratic presidential candidate or his one-time mistress to the witness stand, a sign of confidence after presenting little more than two days of testimony and evidence.

Mortgage Delinquencies Drop to Four-Year Low

Les Christie

05/16/2012 10:29 am PDT


NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The percentage of borrowers who have dropped behind on their mortgage payments fell to a four-year low in the first three months of 2012, a bankers' group said Wednesday.

Records Detail George Zimmerman's Medical Injuries

05/16/2012 09:37 am PDT


MIAMI (AP) -- Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

California City Pays $1 Million for Police Beating Death

CNN Wire Staff

05/16/2012 09:14 am PDT


(CNN) -- The City of Fullerton, California, has reached a $1 million settlement with the mother of a mentally ill homeless man who died last year after a beating he received at the hands of police officers.

JPMorgan's Dimon Gets His $23 Million Pay Package

Charles Riley, CNN

05/15/2012 03:15 pm PDT


NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Even as he apologized for a $2 billion trading loss, shareholders approved JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's $23 million pay package Tuesday at the bank's annual meeting.

Many Blacks Shrug Off Obama's New View on Gays

Errin Haines and Jesse Washington The Associated Press

05/15/2012 01:43 pm PDT


ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) -- Like many black Americans, Dorsey Jackson does not believe in gay marriage, but he wasn't disillusioned when Barack Obama became the first president to support it. The windows of his suburban Philadelphia barbershop still display an "Obama 2012" placard and another that reads "We've Got His Back."

Strauss-Kahn Countersues Maid for at Least $1 Million

CNN Wire Staff

05/15/2012 10:01 am PDT


(CNN) -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, is filing a countersuit for at least $1 million against the Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault.
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