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Delays litter long road to vehicle rearview rules

By LISA LEFFAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In the private hell of a mother's grief, the sounds come back to Judy Neiman. The SUV door slamming. The slight bump as she backed up in the bank parking lot. The emergency room doctor's sobs as he said her 9-year-old daughter Sydnee, who

Delays litter long road to vehicle rearview rules

By LISA LEFFAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In the private hell of a mother's grief, the sounds come back to Judy Neiman. The SUV door slamming. The slight bump as she backed up in the bank parking lot. The emergency room doctor's sobs as he said her 9-year-old daughter Sydnee, who

Syrian minister leaves Beirut for fear of arrest

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's wounded interior minister cut short his treatment at a Beirut hospital Wednesday and returned home for fear of being arrested by Lebanese authorities, while Syria's chief of military police defected to the opposition, becoming one of the

GOP willing to bend on issues after election

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - For years, Republicans have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after an electoral