Healthcare bill faces first Senate test - Reuters

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:12:21 GMT+00:00

Healthcare bill faces first Senate test
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate will cast its first crucial test vote on healthcare reform on Saturday, with Democrats close to reaching the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican opposition and open debate. ...
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Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy - BBC News

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:18:35 GMT+00:00

Telegraph.co.uk

Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy
BBC News
The eu's first permanent president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, is a camera-shy man who has been catapulted from relative obscurity. After his selection at a Brussels summit, he stressed his credentials as a consensus politician and made ...
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Attorney: Court hearing for Fort Hood suspect to be held in hospital - CNN

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:35:32 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

Attorney: Court hearing for Fort Hood suspect to be held in hospital
CNN
Suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, has a hearing Saturday about pretrial confinement. NEW: Saturday's hearing is to take place in Maj. Nidal Hasan's room in intensive care Retired Army Col. John Galligan says he'll argue proceedings ...
Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspectSacramento Bee
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U.N. Official Seeks Global Action on Iran - Wall Street Journal

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:34 GMT+00:00

Novinite.com

U.N. Official Seeks Global Action on Iran
Wall Street Journal
BERLIN -- Mohamed ElBaradei, the departing chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency, said Iran's continued refusal to accept tighter scrutiny of its nuclear activities would likely force the ...
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UC Berkeley students end occupation - San Francisco Chronicle

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:00:50 GMT+00:00

New York Times

UC Berkeley students end occupation
San Francisco Chronicle
(11-20) 21:44 PST BERKELEY, CALIF. -- Forty protesters who barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall for 11 hours Friday didn't win back the 38 custodial jobs they demanded, nor did they persuade the UC regents to rescind their decision to increase ...
Calif. college student fees on the riseWashington Post
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Palin memoir a big seller in Tri-Cities - TheNewsTribune.com

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:53:00 GMT+00:00

guardian.co.uk

Palin memoir a big seller in Tri-Cities
TheNewsTribune.com
It took Janet Stull about 10 seconds to find what she was looking for: Sarah Palin's Going Rogue. It took her fianc, Chad Huhn, even less time. The pair visited Barnes & Noble Booksellers at the Columbia Center mall in Kennewick to buy the book in ...
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Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent - Reuters

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:47 GMT+00:00

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Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday. ...
Obama's approval below 50 percentNew York Post
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Senate panel reprimands Burris - Chicago Sun-Times

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:48 GMT+00:00

MiamiHerald.com

Senate panel reprimands Burris
Chicago Sun-Times
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris was reprimanded Friday by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics for his "inconsistent, incomplete and misleading" testimony before Springfield lawmakers about his appointment by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the seat ...
Ethics Panel Admonishes Obama Senate ReplacementNew York Times
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New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step - New York Times

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:31 GMT+00:00

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New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was ...
1 million stimulus jobs? House panel investigatesLos Angeles Times
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Rudy Giuliani for Senate? He'd make a big race bigger. - Christian Science Monitor

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:24:49 GMT+00:00

Boston Globe

Rudy Giuliani for Senate? He'd make a big race bigger.
Christian Science Monitor
Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor and a Republican, is said to be weighing a Senate bid. Will his mayoral credentials help or hurt him? By Ron Scherer | Staff writer/ November 20, 2009 edition The US Senate is full of mavericks: John mccain, ...
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