AP 2010-03-28

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1. Senate Republicans have found minor¹ glitches² in the health care bill, forcing it back to the House. The two minor provisions that have problems are with Pell Grants for low-income students. Democrats³ expect the provisions to be formally removed from the bill today. The Senate has scheduled passage of the health bill for this afternoon.

2. President Barack Obama is asking Congress for 2.8 billion dollars in emergency funding for the reconstruction⁴ effort in Haiti. The request comes a week before a UN donors⁵ conference. Haitian officials plan to ask for 11.5 billion in reconstruction assistance.

3. Toyota faces a federal court hearing today on whether dozens of lawsuits⁶ over recent safety issues will be consolidated⁷ before a single judge. A panel of federal judges in San Diego will choose whether to combine the more than 100 suits and where to send them. Toyota has been hit by an avalanche⁸ of suits after recalled more than eight million vehicles.

4. Nadya Suleman is working with People for the Ethical⁹ Treatment of Animals in an attempt to keep her home. Suleman is on the verge¹⁰ of foreclosure. So she has put a sign in her front yard reading, "Don't let your cat or dog become an 'Octomom'. Always spay or neuter." PETA is paying Suleman 5,000 dollars for the sign.