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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: U.S. Americans hit the road again as gas prices fall March 6, 2009 at 9:24 pm GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - Denise Blackerby is hitting the road again. When retail gas prices scaled historic peaks above $4 a gallon last year, she found she could no longer make monthly trips from the Dallas area to Houston in her Ford Explorer SUV to visit her family. U.S. regulators close Freedom Bank of Georgia March 6, 2009 at 7:04 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators closed Freedom Bank of Georgia bank on Friday, the 17th U.S. bank to fail this year as the struggling economy and falling home prices take their toll on financial institutions. Dean under consideration for surgeon general: report March 6, 2009 at 6:33 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Howard Dean, a practicing physician before entering politics, was under consideration by the Obama administration for the post of U.S. surgeon general, CNN reported Friday. Armenian sentenced to 22 years in NY for arms deals March 6, 2009 at 6:26 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Armenian convicted of conspiring to smuggle Russian military arms into the United States including rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other weapons was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Friday. NY National Guard unit ends pregnancy test rule March 6, 2009 at 6:20 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - A unit of the New York State National Guard has scrapped a requirement that guardswomen must submit to routine pregnancy tests and face discharge if they are pregnant, a civil liberties group said on Friday. NYC mayor: Worker furloughs to cut costs unlikely March 6, 2009 at 3:52 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City probably will not be able to put some of its 300,000-plus workers on furloughs -- or unpaid forced holidays -- to save money, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday, though other cities, states and companies around the nation are using this strategy. Madoff expected to plead guilty to fraud next week March 6, 2009 at 3:36 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bernard Madoff, accused mastermind of a $50 billion investment fraud, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week, three months after his arrest shocked his customers worldwide. Recession means even tougher sledding for Iditarod March 6, 2009 at 3:34 pm ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The U.S. recession has reached even Alaska's snowbound Iditarod Trail, taking a toll on competitors, organizers and sponsors of the world's most famous dog-sled race, which starts in Anchorage on Saturday. Dead goat left on New York legislator's doorstep March 6, 2009 at 3:31 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dead goat was left outside the home of a New York state assemblyman who has sponsored bills to crack down on inhumane dog breeding practices and the illegal sale of African bushmeat, the lawmaker said on Friday. Judge throws out long-running Enron investor case March 6, 2009 at 3:19 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed Enron investors' long-running legal claims against three big financial firms over their dealings with the collapsed energy trader. NY police get life sentences for killing for mafia March 6, 2009 at 3:17 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two retired New York detectives were sentenced to life in prison on Friday after being convicted of murdering for the mafia. U.S. moves to rescind healthcare "conscience" rule March 6, 2009 at 3:12 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration moved formally on Friday to rescind a Bush administration rule to protect health workers who refuse to provide services and information on moral grounds, which had inflamed abortion-rights advocates. U.S. airlines pin hopes on summer vacation travel March 6, 2009 at 3:05 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - As business travel bookings plummet in the economic recession, U.S. airlines are looking hungrily at the summer vacation travel season for a bump in their leisure bookings. Supreme Court dismisses accused al Qaeda agent's case March 6, 2009 at 2:41 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ended accused al Qaeda operative Ali al-Marri's challenge to his indefinite military imprisonment, a week after President Barack Obama ordered him moved into the U.S. justice system to face newly filed criminal charges. Americans hit the road again as gas prices fall March 6, 2009 at 2:35 pm GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - Denise Blackerby is hitting the road again.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.