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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. House leaders are willing to interrupt their recess to pass a healthcare reform bill if the Senate acts soon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.

ISSAQUAH, Wash., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Authorities in King County, Wash., said they have identified a person of interest in the disappearance of an area boy 41 years ago.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Indiana corrections officials prepared Thursday to hold the state's first execution in two years.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A 17-year-old girl in Anchorage, Alaska, who allegedly was stabbed at least 29 times by her ex-boyfriend, is recovering from her injuries, her family says.

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Climate change initiatives and Afghanistan involvement were discussed Thursday by U.S. President Barack Obama and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

ATLANTA, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A 12-year-old boy accused of killing his infant cousin outside a suburban Atlanta store was badgered into saying he bashed her head, a judge says.

LANCASTER, Ohio, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- An Ohio judge has ruled a 4-month-old boy who died of suspected abuse can be laid to rest, denying a motion by his aunt to preserve the body.

LEHI, Utah, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A 52-year-old man was in critical condition following the crash of a small airplane near a Utah interstate highway, a hospital spokesman said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Tennessee Valley Authority President Tom Kilgore said it would cost at least $1 billion to improve safety at 10 of the corporation's coal-fired utility plants.

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A Florida woman, who admits arranging the molestation of a 4-year-old relative by her boyfriend, faces a possible 30-year prison term, court records show.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- European leaders in the NATO alliance have not planned adequately for the civilian effort needed for political reconstruction in Afghanistan, a scholar said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators Thursday announced a plan to form an 18-member panel to recommend ways to reduce the federal deficit.

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A 61-year-old woman was seriously hurt in Coventry Township, Ohio, when she was shot by her husband, who said he thought she was a burglar, authorities said.

NASHVILLE, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The facilities supervisor at Tennessee's state Capitol in Nashville said the site's Christmas tree was toppled by heavy winds.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declined comment on the arrests of the five U.S. nationals in Pakistan for alleged links to terror groups.