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Vehicle repossessions are up 10 percent this year, a result of tough economic times and sky-high fuel prices over the summer. Analysts predict about 1.6 million vehicles around the country will be repossessed in 2008. But much like the trend with home foreclosures, many lenders are trying to avoid repossessing vehicles.

"It's an awfully good job," Caroll Spinney says, of the more than 40 years he has spent on Sesame Street. A new documentary tells the story of the octogenarian man playing a 6-year-old bird.

If enacted, President Obama's deficit-reduction plan would increase tax revenues by about $1.5 trillion over the coming decade. The wealthiest taxpayers could see significantly higher taxes, but the vast majority of Americans would pay less, at least through 2012.

The Department of Health and Human Services will make 296,000 doses available in the coming weeks, and expects a total of 1.6 million doses to be available in the U.S. by the end of the year.

Mark Finchem was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and is a longstanding member of the right-wing extremist group the Oath Keepers.

The Story County Sheriff's Office in Ames, Iowa, received multiple 911 calls about shots being fired outside of Cornerstone Church at about 6:51 p.m., it said.

Questions remain about who -- if anyone -- is responsible for the weekend death of a 6-month-old baby killed by a falling tree limb in New York's Central Park. Was the weekend accident, which also seriously hurt the baby's mother, just a freak occurrence? Or was it the result of negligence?

The underwater temblor, which had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6, collapsed buildings in the coastal city of Padang, in Southern Sumatra province and briefly triggered a tsunami alert. Indonesian officials said at least 200 people were killed.

A Colorado sheriff said Friday there's no indication a family with previous reality TV experience was carrying out a hoax when they reported their 6-year-old son was in a helium balloon that floated away from their home. After a massive rescue effort, the child was found hiding in the family's garage.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils plans to require all Californians to have health insurance and to extend coverage to more than 6 million state residents who have no insurance.