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Negotiations begin anew over health billUSA Today - - 25 minutes ago WASHINGTON - It took months of deliberation, presidential prodding and a last-minute, $300 million deal to start Senate debate on the health care bill. For GOP, Health Is Only One Battle on Road to '10 Elections Wall Street Journal Public option at center of debate Washington Post Indian PM Becomes President Obama's First State GuestVoice of America - - 5 hours ago India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh becomes US President Barack Obama's first state guest during a three-day visit to Washington beginning November 23. China families protest mine disaster, toll hits 104Reuters - - 8 minutes ago HEGANG, China, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine ... Video: Gas explosion in Chinese mine 
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Abbas to postpone PA elections
Jerusalem Post - - 1 hour 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.
Brazil's President Elbows US on the Diplomatic Stage
New York Times - - 2 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.
Iran begins air-defense drills to protect nuclear sites Los Angeles Times
Romanian President, Opposition Leader to Meet in Run-off Poll
Bloomberg - - 5 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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Weighing Jobs and Deficit
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON -- The White House is lukewarm about proposals by congressional Democrats to introduce broad legislation to create jobs, instead favoring targeted measures that would be less likely to inflate the deficit, ...
Green stimulus growing few jobs Washington Times
US Officials Consider Illinois Prison to House Detainees
Voice of America - - 1 hour ago
When President Barack Obama announced he planned to close the US military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that raised the question -- where to send the facilities' terrorist suspects.
Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3000 jobs The Associated Press
Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man, 18, Near Queens Park
New York Times - - 48 minutes ago
An 18-year-old Queens man was fatally shot by the police late Saturday after he pointed a loaded pistol toward three plainclothes officers who were pursuing him, the authorities said.
ME: Teen killed by NYC police was shot 11 times The Associated Press
Bullard Says Fed Should Keep Asset Purchase Program Past March
Bloomberg - - 24 minutes ago
Nov. 22 (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 ...
Fed Bullard: Wants Asset Buying Program Kept Alive After 1Q 2010 Wall Street Journal
Group Protests to End Federal Reserve Bank NewsChannel5.com
Microsoft, News Corp. In Early Talks On Web Deal
Wall Street Journal - - 9 minutes 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 ...
EBay Search Glitch Damps Sales
Wall Street Journal - - 3 hours ago
A search glitch at eBay Inc.'s main e-commerce sites over the weekend damped sales in the run-up to the crucial holiday shopping season.
Atlantis astronaut's wife gives birth 220 miles below
CNET News - - 7 hours ago
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston--Astronaut Randy Bresnik carried out a spacewalk Saturday awaiting word of the birth of his second child.
Video: Baby Born While Astronaut Dad Spacewalks
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Climate Emails Stoke Debate
Wall Street Journal - - 9 minutes ago
The scientific community is buzzing over the thousands of emails and documents, posted on the Internet late last week after being hacked from the computer of a prominent climate-change research center, which some say raise ethical ...
IPCC Researchers Admit Global Warming Fraud The New American
Hacked mails raise doubts over warming Philadelphia Metro
A first edition of Charles Darwin's Origin Of Species, which was kept on a ...
BBC News - 10 hours ago
It is hoped the book, which was bought about 40 years ago in a West Country shop for a few shillings, will reach £60000 in Tuesday's sale.
The book that forever changed the way we think Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Former bathroom book may sell for $99000 United Press International
2009 American Music Awards: Grading the performances
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
Janet Jackson. So, supposedly the American Music Awards were going to open with a performance from Janet, and that's technically what happened.
Women also mooning over the teen-vampire romance 'Twilight'
USA Today - - 2 hours ago
By Fred Prouser, Reuters By Maria Puente, USA TODAY It has been three days since The Twilight Saga: New Moon opened, and it's increasingly obvious that adult - even mature - women are making as much noise as teen girls over this tale of a great love ...
'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend The Associated Press
Michael Jackson's glove sells for $350000 at auction
Reuters - - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225000.
Michael Jackson's white glove brings in $350000 at auction Los Angeles Times
Michael Jackson's White Moonwalk Glove Sells For $350000 BallerStatus.com
Notebook: No disappointment for Martin
SportingNews.com - - 30 minutes ago
HOMESTEAD, Fla.—In their first season as teammates, a deep mutual respect developed between Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson. Johnson, however, would probably take issue with an assertion Martin made after Sunday's Ford 400.
A Few Tight Spots, but Johnson Wins Fourth Title New York Times
The Hot Pass: Johnson not content coasting to title FOXSports.com
Instant Replay: Snelling stands out in topsy-turvy day
ESPN - - 1 hour ago
Injuries continue to be the story during the month of November. Ladell Betts was this week's notable victim, as you'll read below.
Giants Win in Overtime to End Losing Streak at Four New York Times
Falcons' secondary no match for Eli Atlanta Journal Constitution
Patriots Crush Jets' Slim Playoff Hopes
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
Stephan Savoia/AP Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez lands on the turf after being sacked by a New England Patriots linebacker on Sunday.
Brady, Welker lead victory over Jets Boston Globe
Behind Cancer Guidelines, Quest for Data
New York Times - - 36 minutes ago
A few years ago, an independent group that issues guidelines on cancer screening decided to review its recommendations for breast cancer.
Breast guidelines scorned The Tribune-Democrat
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, ...
Braving flu threat, Muslim faithful descend on Mecca Channel News Asia
Health care fight swells lobbying efforts in Washington
USA Today - - 27 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Companies and groups hiring lobbying firms on health issues nearly doubled this year as special interests rushed to shape the massive revamp of the nation's health care system now in its final stretch before ...
Health care bills target wealthy taxpayers Chicago Tribune
John Salazar: Health care reform good for state Steamboat Pilot
The Pit Bull in the China Shop
New York Times - - Nov 21, 2009
AT last the American right and left have one issue they unequivocally agree on: You don't actually have to read Sarah Palin's book to have an opinion about it.
Deadly Labor Wars Hinder India's Rise
Wall Street Journal - - Nov 20, 2009
COIMBATORE, India -- This ancient city has turned itself in recent years into a manufacturing dynamo emblematic of India's economic rebirth.
Aerosmith Members Say Steven Tyler 'Needs Help'
People Magazine - - Nov 19, 2009
As Steven Tyler's bandmates ponder the future now that he has decided to take a two-year break from Aerosmith, they are also expressing concerns about the singer's well-being.
Who Fears a Free Mikhail Khodorkovsky?
New York Times - - Nov 19, 2009
Mikhail Khodorkovsky arriving at his trial in Moscow with his ever-present entourage of prison guards. More Photos > By ANDREW MEIER Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once his country's richest man, has resided in “gulag lite,” as he calls the Russian penal system ...
After spending billions, state remains hampered by outmoded, unreliable ...
Los Angeles Times - - 11 hours ago
An embarrassing legacy of cost overruns, botched upgrades and failed networking projects has left California to rely on decades-old technology and jury-rigged software systems.