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Fact check: Shaky health care job loss estimate

Republicans pushing to repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand. But the widely cited estimate by House GOP leaders is shaky. It's the latest creative use of statistics in the health care debate.

Obama wants to shed rules that hurt job growth

President Obama on Tuesday ordered a review of federal regulations with an eye toward getting rid of those that stifle job creation and hurt economic growth, a move aimed at both soothing anger over the government's reach and mending Obama's relationship with the business community.

GOP candidates lining up for Hutchison seat

GOP candidates lining up for Hutchison seat

Former President George H.W. Bush is wasting no time deciding who he thinks should succeed Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, as  the 2012 field already takes shape. 



Sargent Shriver, a Peace Corps founder, dies at 95

Robert "Sargent" Shriver, the father of former California first lady Maria Shriver, a founder of the Peace Corps and the force behind...

Chronicle 1.18.11 4:00 AM

Brazilian soldiers to help reach mudslide areas

Brazil's army sent 700 soldiers Monday to help establish a lifeline to desperate neighborhoods that have been cut off from food, water...

Chronicle 1.18.11 4:00 AM

'Baby Doc' Duvalier shakes up Haiti with visit

His victims remember "Baby Doc" Duvalier. The long periods in hiding, friends who simply vanished, activists who went into the Fort...

Chronicle 1.18.11 4:00 AM

Obama lays bold plans for Chinese leader's visit

Chinese President Hu Jintaois coming to town this week, and U.S. officials say that President Obama will be taking a far more...

Chronicle 1.18.11 4:00 AM

Ehud Barak, centrists leave Israel's Labor Party

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak bolted from the Labor Party on Monday to form a new centrist faction in the governing coalition...

Chronicle 1.18.11 4:00 AM

Sarah Palin backs civility, vows not to 'shut up'

Sarah Palin said in a television interview Monday evening that she agreed with bipartisan calls for civility in the wake of the...

Chronicle 1.18.11 4:00 AM

Gary Johnson's plate of choice cuts

Gary Johnson, former Republican governor of New Mexico and likely 2012 presidential candidate, is serious when he says he wants to end...

Chronicle 1.18.11 4:00 AM

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