CBS News | Inconsistent messages on Obama's stimulus package Los Angeles Times Confused about President Obama's stimulus package? The administration may not be the place to find clarity. The White House leadership has made statements about the stimulus that often are inconsistent -- and at odds with facts put out by the ... US t » |
Washington Post | In Military Campaign, Pakistan Finds Hint of 9/11 New York Times In the past, the Pakistani army has fared poorly in South Waziristan, the southernmost region of the lawless tribal areas where the Taliban and Al Qaeda have operated at will. Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, ... Pakistan's Death Toll From Peshawar Bomb Rises to 117 Pakistan Finds Passport of » |
New York Daily News | Four charged in Richmond High rape case San Jose Mercury News Four teenagers face potential life sentences in connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance at Richmond High School, Contra Costa County prosecutors said Wednesday. ... 5 now in custody in Richmond High gang rape Friend of gang rape victim blasts school officials California: 5 Held on Rape Charges in Attack on Girl |
Straits Times | Taliban Attack on Kabul Guesthouse Kills 5 UN Workers Voice of America By VOA News A United Nations spokesman in Afghanistan says militants have killed at least five UN workers and wounded nine others during an attack on an international guesthouse in the capital, Kabul. Many of the victims are believed to be foreigners. ... Militants Attack UN Guest House in Kabul, Killing Five Six UN Workers Killed by Militants in Afghan Capital Insurgents Attack Hotels Housing UN Workers in Kabul |
Los Angeles Times | Senate to add 'public option' to healthcare bill Los Angeles Times Senate Democrats, bolstered by polls and party support, shape a provision that would let states opt out. Republicans criticize the idea. “While the public option is not a silver bullet, I believe itÂ's an important way to ensure competition and to ... Harry Reid, shopping for reelection insurance Reid Says Bill Will Have Public Plan |
Telegraph.co.uk | Iraq car bombings kill 147 Los Angeles Times Assailants strike just outside the Green Zone, near the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad provincial council building. Shocked Iraqis, blaming politicians, fear more violence as Jan. 16 election nears. By Liz Sly and Usama Redha Reporting from Bagdad ... Bombings rock Iraq's political landscape Obama Condemns Deadly Twin Suicide Bombings in Baghdad Deadly Blasts Rock Baghdad |
Washington Post | Global events mark magic number on climate change The Associated Press NEW YORK â€" Activists held events around the world Saturday to mark the number they say the world needs to reach to prevent disastrous climate change: 350. The number represents 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere that ... global c » |
Boston Globe | Optional public option enters health care talks CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday night with White House officials to consider including a government-funded public health insurance option, along with a provision » |
New York Times | Pelosi explores for more economic fuel Washington Post It won't be c » |
New York Times | Investors, more than banks, open checkbooks for Obama Washington Post President Obama raised between $2 million and $3 million for Democrats during a swing through Manhattan on Tuesday night, easing some qualms that the economic downturn might spook major donors at a time when the ... Obama scolds W » |
guardian.co.uk | Afghan Leader Said to Accept Runoff After Election Audit New York Times Musadeq Sadeq/AP By SABRINA TAVERNISE and HELENE COOPER KABUL, Afghanistan â€" Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short of a first-round victory in the nation's disputed ... Clinton says Karzai set to announce his intentions Karzai 'to answer poll criticism' US Prods Karzai to Accept Runoff |
Los Angeles Times | US Lawmakers Question Afghanistan Strategy Voice of America As President Barack Obama held the fifth in a series of meetings with advisors and military officials on Afghanistan, US lawmakers were raising more questions about US strategy in the country. A congressional hearing also examined the ... Obama Focuses on Civilian Effort in Afghanistan Strategy Review Obama 'may unveil Afghan surge' Obama talks US nonmilitary efforts in Afghanistan |
CBS News | Obama, health care, and the insurance industry, down to the wire USA Today And consider the reaction to what the insurance industry did on the eve of that vote: Release a study saying the proposed committee bill will wind up costing more than advertised. The White House and other » |
FOXNews | Gay Rights Marchers Press Cause in Washington New York Times Gay rights demonstrators march past the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue during the National Equality March, Sunday in Washington. By JEREMY W. PETERS WASHINGTON â€" Impatient and discouraged by what they see as a certain detachment by President Obama ... Gays and lesbians r » |
New York Times | President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win mocked in GOP fundraising letter New York Daily News Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele signed a fundraising letter mocking President Obama (below) for winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The step-grandmother of the President of the United States, Sarah Obama, reads a local ... Russians praise, GOP mocks, Obama's peace prize Reader Question: Obama's Prize Money Obama's Unusual Nobel Peace Prize Just Right for Unusual Times |
New York Times | Arab world hopes for more from Obama Los Angeles Times The Nobel prize-winning American president is given credit for reaching out to Muslims rhetoric » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Astor's son convicted of looting her $200M fortune The Associated Press NEW YORK â€" Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son was convicted Thursday of exploiting his philanthropist mother's failing mind and helping himself to her nearly $200 million fortune. Anthony Marsh » |
guardian.co.uk | Agency predicts health care bill will cost $829 billion CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A compromise health care proposal widely seen as having the best chance to win Democratic and Republican support would cost $829 billion over the next 10 years, nonpartisan budget analysts concluded Wednesday. From left: Sens. ... US Senate health bill cost put at $829 billion Baucus healthcare bill estimated to cost $829 billion over 10 years CBO: Senate Finance Health Plan Trims Deficit By $81B |
Times Online | President Obama tries to heal rifts over war strategy in Afghanistan Times Online President Obama turned to leading figures in Congress yesterday for advice on his Afghanistan war strategy as concerns grew that he has » |
