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If Mother Nature cooperates some Oregon ski resorts could open much earlier than normal.

President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions.

Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis, and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.