WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three American detained in Iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.

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DETROIT (Reuters) – A Michigan appeals court on Wednesday granted a stay requested by Toyota Motor Corp that delays testimony by two top U.S.

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Michigan court delays Toyota executive testimony

Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country’s president.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that New York City has the right to use the name “Tavern on the Green” for its landmark Central Park restaurant, rejecting arguments by the restaurant’s outgoing operators that they owned the name.

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NYC wins fight over "Tavern on the Green" name

DETROIT (Reuters) – Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones signed a contract Wednesday to play with the WNBA’s Tulsa Shock in a bid to revive her athletic career.

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The Kansas City school board is facing a stark choice: close nearly half its public schools or face a potential bankruptcy.

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Kansas City School Board to Vote on Closures

Athletics superstar Usain Bolt has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the second year running.

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Bolt scoops second Laureus award

Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It’s a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees.

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Bank of America Ends Overdraft Fees on Debit Cards

The self-described “Jihad Jane” who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden is a rare case of an American woman aiding in foreign terrorism and shows the evolution of the global threat.

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‘JihadJane’ a Sign of the Evolution of Terrorism Threat?

The Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating a restricted airspace violation by a small plane that came within 30 miles of the nation’s capital.

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FAA Investigating D.C. Air Space Violation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with plotting to kill a Swedish man and trying to recruit fighters via the Internet to commit violent attacks overseas, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent drug overdose, police said on Wednesday. He was 38.

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Corey Haim dies of overdose

Cindy Hickey had rehearsed what she would say to her son when she finally got to talk to him months after he was detained in Iran.

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3 Americans Held in Iran Phone Home for First Time

Challenges ahead for new president in quake-hit Chile

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Tough task