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Comes word from Capitol Hill Friday morning that Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat who represents a broad swath of Northern Michigan, will retire at the end of his term.

A Republican congressman from Texas on Monday admitted he shouted “baby killer” from the House floor as Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak defended his change of position on health care legislation.

Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington - Unsatisfied with Toyota Motor Corp.'s statements that internal testing has ruled out electronics problems as the cause for sudden acceleration, two top lawmakers Friday asked the company to provide results from those tests and make employees with "personal knowledge" of the testing available for congressional interviews.