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Obama Urges Congress To Pass Health-Care Reform BillWall Street Journal - - 27 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--President Barack Obama urged the US House to pass far-reaching health-care overhaul legislation in a brief address at the White House Saturday, saying Americans "urgently" needed changes ... Video: On Health Care, Obama Says 'Time to Finish Job' 
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Terrorism or Tragic Shooting? Analysts Divided on Fort Hood MassacreFOXNews - 1 hour ago The shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and 38 wounded this week has sparked a debate about whether it was an act of terrorism. Video: Obama: Patience in Fort Hood Investigation
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Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence The Associated Press Jobless Rate Surges to 10.2 PercentABC News - - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount. Why won't Obama give you a job? Washington Post Unemployment rate rises to 10.2% Los Angeles Times |
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NATO Airstrike Killed 7 Afghan Soldiers, Officials Say
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan Defense Ministry and local officials in Badghis Province said on Saturday that seven members of the Afghan security forces had been killed in a NATO airstrike the day before that was part of an effort ...
Afghan officials say NATO airstrike killed soldiers, civilians Washington Post
Afghanistan: NATO Strike Kills 7 Afghan Security Members Voice of America
Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall
The Associated Press - - 50 minutes ago
BERLIN - Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.
Video: Reflecting on the fall of the Berlin Wall
Washington Post
Washington Post
With the Berlin Wall Just a Memory, German Divisions Fade New York Times
Afghanistan hits back at UN and foreign criticism
Reuters - - 6 hours ago
KABUL, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.
Afghanistan Rejects UN Criticism of Karzai Voice of America
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Suspect in Orlando office shooting held without bond
CNN - 2 hours ago
Jason Rodriguez, 40, was held without bond in an office shooting that killed one person and wounded five others. Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- The man accused of killing one person and wounding five others in a shooting at an Orlando office where he once ...
Video: Neighbor: Alleged Orlando Shooter "Odd Fellow"
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Palin rallies thousands of abortion opponents
Politico - - 2 hours ago
Palin rallied thousands of abortion opponents at a fund-raising banquet of Wisconsin Right to Life. Photo: Reuters WEST ALLIS, Wisc.
Palin lauds anti-abortion efforts in Wis. United Press International
Palin rallies state's abortion opponents Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Experts: Local issues decided upstate congressional race
Newsday - - Nov 5, 2009
ALBANY - Despite the national attention lavished on New York's 23rd Congressional District, Democrats won a surprise victory because of local concerns over jobs, the trashing of an assemblywoman by outsiders and Republican feuding, experts said.
In NY-23, a potentially troubling preview for the GOP Christian Science Monitor
G20 appendix on framework for sustainable growth
Reuters - 21 minutes ago
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Following is the text of an appendix to the communique issued by finance ministers and central bank governors at their meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland.
G20: EU Borg: Strong Argument For Stability Tax On Bank Assets Wall Street Journal
New round of bank closures to cost FDIC $1.5 billion
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A California-based bank that focused on the Chinese-American market was the largest of five failures on Friday that cost US taxpayers more than $1.5 billion.
Regulators close Gateway Bank, Prosperan Bank Washington Post
United Commercial Bank is shut down, sold to East West Bancorp Los Angeles Times
Broader Measure of US Unemployment Stands at 17.5%
New York Times - - 16 hours ago
For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession - until now.
Video: Jobless rate tops 10 percent
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Wood TV8
Jobless Rate Tops 10% Wall Street Journal
Slow start for the Motorola Droid?
CNET News - - Nov 6, 2009
Big lines didn't form outside most Verizon Wireless stores the day the new Droid hit the market. NEW YORK--The new Motorola Droid got a sleepy reception on Friday morning when it officially went on sale across the country in ...
Video: DROID Smartphone Launch Arrives at Verizon Wireless NYC
Santa Barbara Arts TV
Santa Barbara Arts TV
Why I'm Not Getting a Droid Today Wired News
Beatles Albums Removed From Download Site BlueBeat
eWeek - - 3 hours ago
Get back to where you once belonged: Judge approves a temporary restraining order for digital music site BlueBeat.com over sale of Beatles songs.
Beatles catalog is temporarily banned from music website BlueBeat Los Angeles Times
Judge stops 2 Web sites from selling Beatles songs The Associated Press
Reporters' Roundtable 9: The business of app stores
CNET News - - 18 hours ago
This week on the Roundtable: the App Store revolution. Something funny has happened to software. While the model we all grew up with for the distribution of software was mostly to buy it through retail channels or other resellers, ...
Rihanna: Chris Brown beat me 'like he had nothing to lose'
News & Observer - 1 hour ago
IDA MAE ASTUTE - ABC VIA AP Rihanna, right, speaks to Diane Sawyer in her first TV interview since she was beaten by then-boyfriend Chris Brown.
'A Christmas Carol' Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know
MTV.com - - Nov 6, 2009
Before you see a very animated Jim Carrey on the big screen, find out how it all came together. By Eric Ditzian Look at ol' Ebenezer Scrooge - now that's a mug not even a mother could love.
Video: Stars Switched on London's Christmas Lights CHRISTMAS CAROL
Santa Barbara Arts TV
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The many faces of Jim Carrey Los Angeles Times
Grant Heslov, George Clooney team up for 'The Men Who Stare at Goats.'
Los Angeles Times - - 17 hours ago
By Rachel Abramowitz >>> It all started with an unlikely pairing of two unknowns. Back in the '80s, a couple of struggling actors named Grant Heslov and George Clooney were in Milton Katselas' famed acting class.
The Men Who Stare at Goats Washington Post
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Stanzi leaves game after hard hit
ESPN - 47 minutes ago
AP IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi was taken to the locker room after being hit in the end zone in the second quarter of the No.
NU leads Iowa 14-10 at the half Chicago Tribune
Three Sheppard three horses finish in money at Breeders' Cup
Philadelphia Daily News - - 9 hours ago
AP ARCADIA, Calif. - Players in the Middle Atlantic have profited from Jonathan Sheppard's unique training skills for decades.
A Sign, Perhaps, in a Filly's Victory New York Times
Yankees savor raucous celebration
MLB.com - - 18 hours ago
NEW YORK -- The confetti fell from the sky like snow, roars echoed through the Canyon of Heroes as unintelligible fuzz, and down each street the Yankees were greeted by cheering faces as far as the eye dared to see.
NY Yankees notebook: This group may never be together again The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
More than 38 million vaccine doses available against swine flu
Los Angeles Times - - 17 hours ago
'As supplies increase things should go better,' says a CDC official, who adds that flu activity is widespread in 48 states and 'virtually everything is H1N1.
H1N1 vaccine distribution update WQOW TV News 18
Flu shots draw hundreds to Salem clinic Roanoke Times
Sick kitty was nothing to sneeze at
Chicago Tribune - - 2 hours ago
A 16-pound orange tabby in Ames, Iowa, did something last month that will now and forevermore have a lot of cat lovers taking care to sneeze into their sleeves.
Iowa Cat Diagnosed with Swine Flu dBTechno
H1N1 flu claims lives of 3 more Iowa adults DesMoinesRegister.com
Saudi won't bar hajj pilgrims over swine flu fears
The Associated Press - - 2 hours ago
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to take ...
Saudi minister gets H1N1 vaccine on TV to calm fears CNN International
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SI.com - Nov 3, 2009
The Browns are a certifiable train wreck now. That much we know, in the wake of the departure of general manager George Kokinis from the organization.
Charles Gasparino: Three Decades of Subsidized Risk
Wall Street Journal - - Nov 6, 2009
I recently sat down with legendary investor Ted Forstmann to discuss why, on the one-year anniversary of the financial meltdown, the press has largely ignored the role of government in creating the meltdown—and possibly setting the ...
Op-Ed Columnist The Best Allies Money Can Buy
New York Times - - Nov 3, 2009
In 2003, I was on a trip to Iraq and had arranged an appointment in the Green Zone with a member of the then-Iraqi Governing Council.
More walk away from homes, mortgages
USA Today - - Nov 2, 2009
By Eileen Blass, USA TODAY By Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY When Sharon Sakson was laid off recently from her job as a television writer and producer, she burned through her savings to pay the $2400 monthly mortgage on her home.
The Return of the Inflation Tax
Wall Street Journal - Nov 5, 2009
All of those twentysomethings who voted for Barack Obama last year are about to experience the change they haven't been waiting for: the return of income tax bracket creep.