Obama’s new jolt
Trumpeting a “made in America” message in small-town Wakarusa, Ind., President Obama on Wednesday unveiled a national investment in electric cars as the latest effort to rebuild an economy that keeps shedding jobs.
Abortion coverage
Health care legislation before Congress would allow a new government-sponsored insurance plan to cover abortions, a decision that would affect millions of women and recast federal policy on the divisive issue.
Suspect a player
The man accused of causing a bomb scare that shut down LaGuardia Airport Saturday is described as a “brilliant” classical pianist. Scott McGann was a frequent visitor at Beethoven Pianos in New York City, where he rented a piano for $15 an hour.
Mixed blessings
Iraq is encouraging Sunnis and Shiites to get married. Muhanad Talib, a Sunni Muslim from Baghdad, and his wife are among more than 1,700 newlywed couples that have accepted $2,000 cash payments from a government program that encourages the marriages.
Taliban leader’s wife killed
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed a wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud at his father-in-law’s house Wednesday in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, intelligence and military officials said.
Canada’s burning
Firefighters saved the town of Lillooet in British Columbia from a raging wildfire as they continued Wednesday to battle blazes that have forced more than 5,000 people to flee their homes in the region.
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$2.4 billion
Buffeted by the recession and the popularity of e-mail and electronic bill payment, the Postal Service lost this much from April through June, officials said Wednesday.
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