Health bill on verge in Senate Baltimore Sun WASHINGTON â€" - With Senate Democrats poised to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, Republicans sought Wednesday to frame the bill as a tarnished product of backroom deals and ... Is the White House Trying to Keep a Congressman Quiet on the Health Care Bill ... Senate and House in search of health-care compromise In Senate Vote on Health Care Overhaul, New Partisan Vitriol |
Telegraph.co.uk (blog) | Simon Monjack Seen as 'Bad News" to Some, Loving Husband to Others FOXNews One Hollywood insider says Monjack was "bad news," while a friend of the couple says he was anything but. As the initial shock from 32-year-old actress Brittany Murphy's sudden death on Sunday recedes, more information about her ... What Went Wrong With Brittany Murphy? Brittany Murphy's Husband, Simon Monjack, Finds Himself In Media Spotlight Simon Monjack speaks out about wife Brittany Murphy's death |
Reuters | Obama Praises Senate for Advancing Health Care Bill ABC News President Obama hailed Senate Democrats' advancing the $871 billion health care bill as a "big victory for American people," even as the legislation lost many of the components he had pushed. ... Historic Health Vote Looms |
Daily Nation | US Offer of Long-Term Aid Pushes Climate Talks Forward New York Times Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the World Climate Conference in Copenhagen on Thursday. By JOHN M. BRODER and TOM ZELLER Jr. COPENHAGEN â€" With time running out on the st » |
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Washington Post | Window closing for healthcare reform: Biden Washington Post WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the US Congress fails to agree on a healthcare bill soon, the opportunity for a sweeping overhaul of the $2.5 trillion system will be lost for a generation, Vice President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday. ... Obama to work to solidify support for health bill Obama Hosts Senate Democrats For Health Care Huddle mccaskill and her "no" vote on the year-end budget bill |
Telegraph.co.uk | Time Is Running Out for Climate Change, US Negotiator Says FOXNews The rift between rich and poor nations remains a major sticking point, US officials say. The chief negotiator for the US at the climate summit in Copenhagen says leaders have made some progress, but that it is not enough and time ... Progress made in Copenhagen talks, sticking points remain: Chinese official Tensions Flare in Copenhagen |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | Long-Term Care Is Latest Issue in Health Care Debate New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Embedded in sweeping health legislation passed by the House and being debated on the Senate floor is a major new federal insurance program for long-term care intended to help people like Anne M. Rader. ... Senators Doubt Medicare Compromise |
guardian.co.uk | Copenhagen climate meeting a split-screen event Los Angeles Times Not only are there protesters in the streets and delegates inside, but the real negotiations are going on apart from the conferees' public pronouncements. There are five things to keep in mind. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Copenhagen - Outside, ... Copenhagen talks stagnate as protests turn violent Hundreds detained in Copenhagen protests 968 detained at climate r » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Change in the air with Woods' future uncertain ESPN (blog) It's a question that has been consistently asked during the past 13 years, from the time Tiger Woods turned professional and timidly proclaimed, "I guess, hello world," through his 14 major championship titles and near-decade-long grip on the world's ... Despite immediate pain, Tiger's sabbatical best for » |
Globe and Mail | Medical groups balk at Medicare 'buy-in' USA Today By Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP By John Fritze, USA TODAY WASHINGTON â€" Hospital and doctor groups that have gener » |
Telegraph.co.uk | No Firm Plans for a US Exit in Afghanistan New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The Obama administration sent a forceful public message Sunday that American military forces could remain in Afghanistan for a long time, seeking to blunt criticism that President Obama had sent the wrong signal in his ... Afghanistan surge: What can it accomplish in 18 months? Barack Obama's deadline to bring troops home from Afghanistan starts to slip US Officials: No Swift Exit from Afghanistan |
Reuters | Senate debates health care, rejects GOP amendment CNN Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Nebraska, (pictured last month) moved to send the bill back to committee. Washington (CNN) -- Senate Republicans failed Saturday to eliminate $42.1 billion in cuts to Medicare home health care service in the health care bill. ... Senate healthcare debate stretches through weekend Senate Vote Clears Way for Home Health Care Cuts Dems Working Furiously Toward Public Option Compromise |
Times Online | Family of Amanda Knox vows to continue the fight Seattle Times Friends and relatives of Amanda Knox squeezed onto a sofa in a sm » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama Vows to Fight Al Qaeda 'Cancer' New York Times WASHINGTON â€" President Obama announced Tuesday night that he will begin to draw American forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011, even after sending some 30000 more United States troops there by mid-2010 because “it is in our vital ... Obama Orders 30000 Troops to Afghanistan; Withdrawal to Begin July 2011 Barack Obama's Afghanistan plan draws mixed reaction Separate Afghan war funding bill likely: lawmaker |
guardian.co.uk | Barack Obama's US policy on Afghanistan has drifted, writers say CNN International (CNN) -- US President Barack Obama has waited too long to address the instability in Afghanistan, putting at risk the efforts to stabilize the troubled country, a pair of authors said Monday. Historian Simon Schama and journalist George Packer told ... Europe unlikely to respond fully on Afghan troops The political stakes of Obama's Afghanistan war speech Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan |
CBC.ca | New information from Ed Troyer: TheNewsTribune.com It appears one of the slain officers fought with the gunman. The struggle started inside the coffee shop and went just outside the door, Troyer said. The officer was able to fire his weapon. It's not known if the suspect was injured. ... Lakewood Police Department created just 5 years ago One of four cops shot dead struggled with their killer Man who killed 4 Lakewood officers may be wounded |
