The Associated Press | Man holds 5 hostage in Virginia post office CNN (CNN) -- An armed disabled man was holding five people hostage nearly four hours after his takeover of a Virginia post office on Wednesday, the town's mayor said. The man entered the Wytheville, Virginia, post office about 2:30 pm and fired a shot, ... Hostages Taken at Post Office in Virginia |
Reuters | Senate Health, Debt-Ceiling Votes Set for Thursday W » |
Times Online | Nelson Decision to Vote for Health Reform Met With Joy, Outrage Back Home FOXNews With the Nebraska senator's decision to back the Democratic health care bill, the partisan sea in his state has parted, with Democrats applauding him for saving the bill on one side and Republicans assailing him on the other. Sen. ... FAQs about health care reform Concessions lawmakers won in the health bill Senate Dems eye finish line for health bill |
Los Angeles Times | US Senate health bill alters company taxes, profits Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Proposed changes to the US Senate's pending healthcare reform bill include measures targeting industry profits and taxes, and a move to ensure health insurers spend a certain amount on medical care, ... Abortion coverage battle on health bill continues President Obama Hails Senate Health Care Bill as Ben Nelson Jumps on Board Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care |
Globe and Mail | Copenhagen cuts corners on climate Times Online Key safeguards on climate change were sacrificed yesterday in a desperate attempt by world leaders to achieve a compromise at the Copenhagen summit. Gordon Brown and some other leaders prepared to stay overnight as the final stages of the negotiations ... Climate Summit Ends With Deal |
Telegraph.co.uk | US Democrat rejects health bill compromise Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Democratic hopes for passing a broad healthcare overhaul in the US Senate took a hit on Thursday when a crucial party holdout, Ben Nelson, rejected a compromise on abortion funding aimed at winning his ... Franken shuts down Lieberman on Senate floor To pass health reform, Democrats threaten to vote on Christmas Letter: An insider's opinion of health care reform efforts |
Washington Post | White House Defends The Senate Bill, Rebuffs Dean's Criticism Atlantic Online (blog) The White House took to its blog today to beat back a criticism that liberals--specific » |
Boston Globe | 22 million missing Bush White House e-mails found Houston Chronicle AP sources: Obama summons Senate Dems to WH By PETE YOST AP Writer © 2009 The Associated Press Ron Edmonds AP FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2009 file photo, President George W. Bush speaks during a news conference in the pressroom at the White House in ... 22 million missing Bush White House e-mails found Millions of Bush administration e-mails recovered Millions of Lost Bush Administration E-Mails Are Recovered |
Reuters | Dems Pass $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill Sunday ABC News The Senate voted to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill that rolled six bill into one large package, as Congress tries to wrap up its appropriations work for fiscal year 2010, which is already ... Senate Passes Federal Spending Bill Senate Roll C » |
Reuters | Hundreds of Protesters Arrested at Climate Talks New York Times Protesters converged in a Copenhagen square Saturday to urge conference delegates to reach a global climate agreement. By TOM ZELLER Jr. COPENHAGEN â€" Tens of thousands of demonstrators from around the globe took to the streets here Saturday for the ... Copenhagen police detain 900 in climate change r » |
Boston Globe | House to vote on letting judges modify mortgages MarketWatch By Ronald D. Orol, marketwatch WASHINGTON (marketwatch) -- A controversial amendment to » |
Reuters | WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Short stay miffs Norwegians The Associated Press OSLO â€" President Barack Obama's decision to break with tradition and not follow the lead of past Nobel Peace Prize winners bewildered some Norwegians. Others thought he was being impolite. Obama had quite a whirlwind day Thursday â€" he signed the Nobel ... Obama says nations have to fight just wars At Nobel prize ceremony, Michelle Obama keeps her husband in line blogtalk: A Nobel Prize and Climate Skeptics |
Boston Globe | mcchrystal: Uprooting bin Laden and Taliban key to winning in Afghanistan CNN International Gen. Stanley mcchrystal said the next 18 months will be "critical," but he is confident of success in Afghanistan. mcchrystal: "I don't view July 2011 as a deadline." Washington (CNN) -- Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a ... General: Pakistani Help Could Defeat Afghan Gang Afghanistan: Stanley McChrystal says troops surge will defeat Taliban Troop surge will halt Taliban, McChrystal says |
Newsweek | Barack Obama's deadline to bring troops home from Afghanistan starts to slip Times Online President Obama's July 2011 date to begin pulling troops out of Afghanistan appeared to be slipping yesterday after senior US officials conceded that the deadline was not to be set in stone and that American and Nato forces will remain there for at ... US Officials: No Swift Exit from Afghanistan War costs, while high, are a sm » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Verdict in Italy, but American's Murder Case Isn't Over New York Times PERUGIA, Italy â€" Tensions and cultural misunderstandings ran high on Saturday after an American college student was found guilty here of murdering her British housemate. Rather than clarifying the saga of what prosecutors said was a ... Exclusive: Amanda Knox's Family Says Judge Couldn't Look Them in the Eyes Amanda Knox prosecutor: We had a strong case US Student Sentenced to 26 Years in Italy Murder |
The Associated Press | US Senate boosts preventive care for women Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The US Senate backed a plan on Thursday to make it easier for women to get preventive health screenings such as mammograms as it cast its first votes on a sweeping healthcare overhaul. ... Senate Roll C » |
Times Online | Afghan Reaction Mixed Toward New US Strategy Voice of America While the Afghan government responded positively to President Obama's plan, the reactions from ordinary Afghans in Kabul were mixed. Photo: AP US President Barack Obama has announced his new strategy for Afghanistan, which has military and civilian ... Barack Obama facing backlash over Afghanistan troop surge Obama speech: kicking the can down the road in Afghanistan un chief Ban welcomes Obama's Afghanistan strategy |
guardian.co.uk | Obama 'to lay out Afghanistan exit plan' BBC News President Barack Obama is to tell the American people that US troops will start to leave Afghanistan within three years, a senior official has said. He will outline the rough withdrawal plan in a speech to the nation, when he will also announce a rapid ... Obama to Announce New Afghan War Plan Obama: 30000 new troops to Afghanistan within 6 months Will Obama's war become his Vietnam? |
guardian.co.uk | Britain to Send 500 More Troops to Afghanistan New York Times LONDON â€" Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday that Britain will send 500 additional troops to Afghanistan in early December, raising the number of British troops there to 10000. Mr. Brown made his statement on the eve of ... Anti-War Left Protests Obama's Afghanistan War Strategy UK to send 500 extra troops to Afghanistan Obama War Speech to Outline Costs, Limits for US |
CBC.ca | Tiger Woods breaks silence on 'embarrassing' car crash - but still refuses to ... New York Daily News Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren refused to talk about the car accident again on Sunday. Rachel Uchitel, the » |
