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Senators voice optimism on public optionBoston Globe - - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON - Buoyed by their weekend victory on a vote beginning the health care debate, several Senate Democrats expressed optimism yesterday they could find a way to keep a government-run insurance plan in the sweeping bill. Negotiations begin anew over health bill USA Today For GOP, Health Is Only One Battle on Road to '10 Elections Wall Street Journal Fort Hood suspect paralyzed from chest down, lawyer saysWashington Post - - 2 hours ago BELTON, TEX. -- Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., is paralyzed from the chest down and doctors believe his paralysis will be permanent, Hasan's lawyer said Sunday. Muslim soldier at Fort Hood says Army, Islam share common values Dallas Morning News India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins US visitBBC News - 43 minutes ago Indian PM Manmohan Singh has begun a visit to the US for talks expected to be dominated by Afghanistan, climate change and nuclear energy cooperation. India PM starts visit to US Aljazeera.net |
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Brazil's President Elbows US on the Diplomatic Stage
New York Times - - 4 hours ago
BRASÍLIA - Brazil's ambitions to be a more important player on the global diplomatic stage are crashing headlong into the efforts of the United States and other Western powers to rein in Iran's nuclear arms program.
Abbas to postpone PA elections
Jerusalem Post - - 3 hours ago
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is set to formally announce the postponement of the presidential and parliamentary elections that he called for January 24, a PA official in Ramallah said on Sunday.
Romanian President, Opposition Leader to Meet in Run-off Poll
Bloomberg - - 7 hours ago
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Romanian President Traian Basescu will face opposition leader Mircea Geoana in a Dec. 6 run-off election that will determine who selects the next government and helps pull the nation out of recession.
Runoff to wrap up Romania elections Aljazeera.net
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DC AIDS activist among new Rhodes scholars
Washington Post - - 39 minutes ago
A University of Virginia graduate who runs a program that trains athletes to be HIV/AIDS educators for youths in the District has been named a Rhodes scholar for 2010.
Rhodes scholars include 2 Chicago-area residents, U. of C. grad Chicago Tribune
Swimmers, poets among 2010 Rhodes Scholars from US The Associated Press
BART police again face use-of-force questions
San Francisco Chronicle - - 2 hours ago
(11-22) 18:59 PST OAKLAND -- BART police are again defending an officers' use of force after a YouTube video was posted of a glass-shattering altercation that bloodied an officer and a patron on the West Oakland platform Saturday evening.
BART officer, passenger injured in scuffle caught on video CNN International
BART officer and suspect injured during arrest Los Angeles Times
Patrick Kennedy, RI bishop trade jabs over communion ban
Boston Herald - - 45 minutes ago
Rhode Island's top Roman Catholic leader issued a scathing remonstrance of US Rep. Patrick Kennedy yesterday after his bombshell admission that the bishop barred him from receiving communion because of his pro-choice stance.
Congressman Kennedy Told Not to Receive Communion in 2007 Catholic Online
Reliance Industries Makes Offer for Bankrupt LyondellBasell to Grow Abroad
Bloomberg - - 14 minutes ago
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Reliance Industries Ltd., India's most valuable company, bid for bankrupt chemicals and fuels maker LyondellBasell Industries AF, in what could be the South Asian country's biggest acquisition in two ...
India's Sensex gets lift from Reliance deal news MarketWatch
Microsoft, News Corp. In Early Talks On Web Deal
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
News Corp. has held discussions with Microsoft Corp. about a partnership that could result in News Corp. removing its newspaper content from Google Inc.'s search engine while continuing to feature it on Microsoft's ...
Bullard Says Fed Should Keep Asset Purchase Program Past March
Bloomberg - - 31 minutes ago
By Michael mckee and Steve Matthews Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank should retain the flexibility to respond to any weakening in the economy by extending beyond March its authority ...
WORLD FOREX: Dollar Falls Vs Euro, Yen On Bullard's Comments Wall Street Journal
Atlantis astronaut flying high over baby's birth
Register - 6 hours ago
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik ventured out on his first spacewalk on Saturday, just hours before his daughter was born 220 miles below.
Video: Baby Born While Astronaut Dad Spacewalks
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Astronaut's baby daughter born as he circles Earth The Associated Press
Climate Change Skeptics Get to Say 'I told you so!'
The Epoch Times - - 43 minutes ago
Climate change scientists have been manipulating and fixing data according to bloggers that are spreading information contained in hundreds of hacked emails.
IPCC Researchers Admit Global Warming Fraud The New American
Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling The Associated Press
Darwin toilet book expected to sell for $100000
The Tech Herald - - 16 minutes ago
Generally speaking, scanning for potential reading material while perching on someone else's porcelain throne leads to the perusal of tatty, dog-eared newsstand magazines, it rarely leads to the discovery of hugely ...
Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf The Associated Press
The book that forever changed the way we think Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson Win Big at AMAs
People Magazine - - 24 minutes ago
How hot is Taylor Swift right now? The country star dominated the American Music Awards on Sunday night - and she wasn't even there.
Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist The Associated Press
'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend
The Associated Press - - 3 hours ago
LOS ANGELES - The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
'Twilight' Dawns Bright at the Box Office New York Times
Adam Lambert Delivers On Promise Of 'Sexy' AMA Performance
MTV.com - - 1 hour ago
"It's gonna be sexy, I think," he told MTV News last week about the event, praising the wardrobe (barely) worn by his five male and female dancers.
Adam Lambert at the AMAs: Simulated fellatio, bikini-area snapping, and ... Entertainment Weekly
After overtime, penalty kicks Real Salt Lake wins MLS Cup
USA Today - - 29 minutes ago
By Harry How, Getty Images By Beau Dure Real Salt Lake, a small-market expansion team that dealt with a harsh political landscape to survive in Utah and scraped into the MLS playoffs, won the MLS Cup 2009 final on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw before ...
Real Salt Lake beats LA to win MLS Cup The Associated Press
MLS Cup final photos BBC Sport
McNabb, Eagles beat Bears 24-20
The Associated Press - - 7 minutes ago
CHICAGO - Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles found a way to pull out a close win. They also hurt the Chicago Bears in the process.
Phil Sheridan: Eagles almost didn't accept Bears' gift Philadelphia Inquirer
Bears' outlook bleak after loss to Eagles Chicago Tribune
Jeff Burton settles for second in Ford 400
MiamiHerald.com - - 37 minutes ago
Tony Stewart, right, drives alongside Jeff Burton on turn four during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 race on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead.
Notebook: No disappointment for Martin SportingNews.com
A Few Tight Spots, but Johnson Wins Fourth Title New York Times
Behind Cancer Guidelines, Quest for Data
New York Times - - 2 hours ago
A few years ago, an independent group that issues guidelines on cancer screening decided to review its recommendations for breast cancer.
Local doctors don't agree with changes in screening Parkersburg News
Flu kills four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
CNN - - Nov 21, 2009
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims crowd the roads toward the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. Mecca, Saudi Arabian (CNN) -- A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, ...
65? Back of the Line for the Swine Flu Vaccine, Pal
New York Times - - Nov 21, 2009
TRIAGE Young children, here playing near where swine flu shots will be given in Texas, are one of the high-risk groups. By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Getting a Flu Shot May Double Your Risk of Catch the Swine Flu Alternative Health Journal
Flu clinic at Shrine Auditorium Monday, November 23 Billings Gazette
Visceral Has Its Value
New York Times - - Nov 21, 2009
She's back on the trail, with the tumbling hair and tumbling thoughts. The queen of the scenic strip mall known as Wasilla now reigns over thrilled subjects thronging to a politically strategic swath of American strip malls.
The man behind the netbook craze
CNN - - Nov 20, 2009
A few years ago rivals mocked Jonney Shih, chairman of Asustek, and his purse-size laptop computers. Millions of netbooks later, Shih is having the last laugh.
Feds Crack Down on Call Center Scheme
CBS News - - Nov 20, 2009
Companies that help people with hearing problems use the phone are subsidized with government money. But, as Armen Keteyian reports, some of this money may be winding up in the pockets of swindlers.
Abstinence Makes the Heart ... Oh, You Know
New York Times - - Nov 19, 2009
The big tease turns into the long goodbye in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” the juiceless, near bloodless sequel about a teenage girl and the sparkly vampire she, like, totally loves.
The End of HSAs
Wall Street Journal - Nov 20, 2009
About the best that can be said about the Senate health-care bill that Harry Reid revealed this week is that it's marginally less destructive than the House monster.