Wednesday, December 23, 2009

How Harry Reid shepherded healthcare reform through the Senate - Los Angeles Times


Times Online


How Harry Reid shepherded healthcare reform through the Senate

Los Angeles Times


The Democratic leader's unusual grasp of the institution and of colleagues' individual needs enabled him to bargain and smooth the path to victory. By Noam N. Levey and janet hook Reporting from Washington - Rahm Emanuel was agitated. ...


US Senate on verge of passing healthcare bill

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How will Senate vote affect health premiums?

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Brittany Murphy leaves estate to mother Sharon Murphy - New York Daily News


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Brittany Murphy leaves estate to mother Sharon Murphy

New York Daily News


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Monday, December 21, 2009

US airlines can face big fines for long delays - Reuters


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US airlines can face big fines for long delays

Reuters


WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - US airlines could face stiff fines for stranding passengers aboard grounded planes for more than three hours, according to a regulation that officials said on Monday was aimed at upholding passenger rights ...


Flight Delays Get a Three-Hour Curb Under New Federal Rule

BusinessWeek


U.S to airline passengers: you are free to depart

MarketWatch


US Limits Tarmac Waits for Passengers to 3 Hours

New York Times


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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Senate pushes to pass health care before holiday - CNN


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Senate pushes to pass health care before holiday

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Obama says US healthcare takes step forward - Reuters


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Obama says US healthcare takes step forward

Reuters


WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday praised a compromise that cleared the way for US Senate passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul, his top legislative priority. "Today is a major step forward for the American people," ...


Senate health bill alters company taxes, profits

Washington Post


Health-Care Bill Set for Passage With Nelson's Vote

Bloomberg


Democrats Get Their 60 Votes for Health Care. Now What?

Atlantic Online


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Friday, December 18, 2009

From dinner to desperation: The 24-hour race for a deal in Copenhagen - guardian.co.uk


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From dinner to desperation: The 24-hour race for a deal in Copenhagen

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The Copenhagen climate change summit had been meticulously planned to produce a streamlined agreement. Instead, it turned into an epic struggle over the shape of a future world economic order US president, Barack Obama (right) sits down for a 55-minute ...


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Thursday, December 17, 2009

TV ad, grassroots battles stalk healthcare debate - Reuters


Los Angeles Times


TV ad, grassroots battles stalk healthcare debate

Reuters


LINCOLN, Nebraska (Reuters) - The healthcare reform debate raging in the US Senate has turned Nebraska and a handful of other states into the kind of political hotbeds more usu »


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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Copenhagen climate conference: ministers plan new summit - Telegraph.co.uk


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Copenhagen climate conference: ministers plan new summit

Telegraph.co.uk


World leaders could put off major decisions on global warming for another six months time amid a warning from Gordon Brown that at the Copenhagen climate conference is threatened wirth “deadlock”. By James Kirkup, and Louise Gray in Copenhagen The ...


Copenhagen day of mass protest passes without major incident

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Climate talks deadlocked as clashes erupt outside

The Associated Press


Danish police hold 240 climate protesters

Reuters


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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009

Obama presses heads of largest banks to lend more - Washington Post


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Obama presses heads of largest banks to lend more

Washington Post


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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Copenhagen summit: 600 arrested at climate change protest - Times Online


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Copenhagen summit: 600 arrested at climate change protest

Times Online


More than 600 people have been arrested at a demonstration against climate change in Copenhagen today. What started as a peaceful demonstration c »


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Friday, December 11, 2009

Immigration sweep nets 280 with criminal records - The Associated Press


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Immigration sweep nets 280 with criminal records

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LOS ANGELES â€" Immigration agents say they have arrested 280 people in California in what authorities c »


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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Barack Obama rewrites war and peace for Nobel audience - Times Online


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Barack Obama rewrites war and peace for Nobel audience

Times Online


President Obama turned the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony today into a professorial address on why and when the United States was prepared to use force. There was, he admitted in the Oslo City H »


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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

'Public Option' Keeps Toehold in Senate Deal on Health Bill - New York Times


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'Public Option' Keeps Toehold in Senate Deal on Health Bill

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" The “broad agreement” that Senator Harry Reid announced Tuesday night on the proposed overhaul of the health care system was less a comprehensive accord among Democrats than an effort by the party's leaders to keep ...


Democrats: private Medicare plans waste billions

Reuters


Best of the Web Today: The Mystery of Harry Reid

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

US Gen Stanley McChrystal backs US surge in Afghanistan - BBC News


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US Gen Stanley McChrystal backs US surge in Afghanistan

BBC News


The top US commander in Afghanistan has said there are "no silver bullets" for success there, but the troop surge will help reverse the Taliban's momentum. Testifying to US Congress, Gen Stanley McChrystal said President Barack Obama's deployment of ...


US Commander in Afghanistan: Obama's Strategy Achievable

Voice of America


McChrystal promises to turn Afghanistan tide within year

Times Online


Top US diplomat, military commander in Afghanistan back troop plan

Washington Post


CNN International -Bloomberg -Los Angeles Times


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Monday, December 7, 2009

Media mixed on climate summit - BBC News


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Media mixed on climate summit

BBC News


Divergent opinion as to what can be achieved by the highly-anticipated UN climate summit in Copenhagen is reflected across much of European and US media. The opening day of the summit has drawn a range of views, from deep scepticism to hopeful optimism ...


EPA Said to Issue Carbon-Emissions Rule, Giving Obama New Tool

Bloomberg


Europe turns on US and China over weak emission targets

Times Online


Global climate summit opens with c »


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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Obama's Climate Summit Trip to Be 'Most Productive' - Bloomberg


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Obama's Climate Summit Trip to Be 'Most Productive'

Bloomberg


Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will delay his trip to a climate-change summit in Copenhagen until Dec. 18, the close of the sessions, when his participation will be “most productive,” an ...


Obama to join climate summit on its final day

Los Angeles Times


Obama Determined to Get America Back to Work

Voice of America


A Jobs Sigh of Relief

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Friday, December 4, 2009

Almost Creating Jobs! - Forbes


New York Daily News


Almost Creating Jobs!

Forbes


WASHINGTON -- By most measures, the economy is growing again, but the labor market has yet to turn the corner. Friday's unemployment report provides hope that December will be the first month of job growth in two years. Only 11000 jobs were lost in ...


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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Obama Sets Faster Troop Deployment to Afghanistan - New York Times


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Obama Sets Faster Troop Deployment to Afghanistan

New York Times


Dario Lopez-Mills/AP American troops from a bomb-detection unit on duty in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, watched passing aircraft on Monday. By DAVID E. SANGER and PETER BAKER WASHINGTON â€" President Obama has decided to expedite the deployment of 30000 ...


Obama's Troop Increase Means He 'Owns' Afghan War

Bloomberg


Marines to be first wave in new Afghanistan plan

The Associated Press


Obama taking reins of Afghan war

CNN International


Washington Post -Reuters -Telegraph.co.uk


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Monday, November 30, 2009

Hunt for suspect in police shootings leads to Seattle home - CNN


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Hunt for suspect in police shootings leads to Seattle home

CNN


Lakewood, Washington (CNN) -- The suspect in the fatal shooting of four police officers kept authorities at bay early Monday -- seven hours after a massive manhunt tracked him to a house in an east Seattle neighborhood. Authorities had been looking for ...


Washington Cop Shooting Suspect Maurice Clemmons Cornered by Police

ABC News


Worst day for Lakewood's five-year-old police force

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Seattle police killer suspect 'shot and possibly dead'

BBC News


Times Online -WLOS -Seattle Times


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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Pakistan must step up action against al Qaeda-Brown - Reuters


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Pakistan must step up action against al Qaeda-Brown

Reuters


LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has c »


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