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Obama to announce Afghanistan surge next week

Times Online - Tim Reid - ‎2 hours ago‎
President Obama will next week announce a surge of at least 25000 new US troops to Afghanistan in a speech to the nation, according to US officials today.

Who's confused by Palin parody?

Los Angeles Times - ‎45 minutes ago‎
When we wrote that OR Books, publishers of the Sarah Palin parody "Going Rouge," might be hoping to confuse buyers looking for "Going Rogue" with their evil-twin cover and typo-switcheroo title, we didn't imagine that the media would be caught up in ...

Paterson pushes lawmakers to act

Buffalo News - Tom Precious - ‎25 minutes ago‎
ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson asked lawmakers today to either pass his $3.2 billion deficit reduction plan or give him an unusual, one-time legal authority to make spending cuts on his own.

Philippines massacre: State of emergency declared, but will Arroyo pursue justice?

Christian Science Monitor - Donald Kirk - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Philippines massacre of 46 people on Monday prompts President Gloria Arroyo to declare a state of emergency in the affected province.

How US has investigated Iraq war

BBC News - ‎18 minutes ago‎
As the UK begins a public inquiry into the Iraq war, the BBC News website examines how the US - which led the 2003 invasion - has conducted its own investigations.

Diplomats: Big powers prepare Iran resolution

The Associated Press - George Jahn - ‎19 minutes ago‎
VIENNA - Iran said Tuesday it was not prepared to ship most of its enriched stockpile out of the country, effectively rejecting a plan designed to delay its ability to build a nuclear weapon.

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Obamas' First State Dinner -- 'Bigger than the Biggest Wedding'

ABC News - Karen Travers - ‎5 hours ago‎
The state dinner tonight at the White House, the first of the Obama administration, is the hottest ticket in town and the most highly anticipated social event of the year.

President Lou Dobbs? Ex-cnner says he's considering a run

Washington Post (blog) - ‎1 hour ago‎
Updated 10:53 am By Garance Franke-Ruta Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is considering a bid for the presidency. "I don't think I've got the nature for it," he told Washington-area radio station WTOP Monday in remarks first noted by Politico.

South Carolina's governor begins impeachment defense

USA Today - ‎1 hour ago‎
COLUMBIA, SC - Hours before a panel of House legislators gather to begin debating whether to recommend impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford, the governor's lawyers are arguing that Sanford's actions this summer are not impeachable offenses.

Swedish Buyer Drops Deal to Buy Saab

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
By THE NEW YORK TIMES General Motors confirmed Tuesday that the deal to sell its loss-making Saab Automobile unit in Sweden was off.

Are Home Prices Rising?

Atlantic Online - Daniel Indiviglio - ‎16 minutes ago‎
Today, the S&P/Case-Shiller Index came out (.pdf) for the third-quarter. It reports that home prices are increasing. Yet, just yesterday, the National Association of Realtors released its October data (.pdf), indicating that, despite more home sales, ...

FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Dn To Negative Territory

Wall Street Journal - Jessica Holzer - ‎19 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The government insurance fund that protects more than $4.5 trillion of US bank deposits slipped into the red at the end of September, after fifty banks collapsed during the third quarter.

Plan for human mission to asteroid gains speed

msnbc.com - Leonard David - ‎18 hours ago‎
BOULDER, Colo. - Call it Operation: Plymouth Rock. A plan to send a crew of astronauts to an asteroid is gaining momentum, both within NASA and industry circles.

Lawmakers Probe Climate Emails

Wall Street Journal - Keith Johnson, Gautam Naik - ‎1 hour ago‎
Congressional Republicans have started investigating climate scientists whose hacked emails suggest they tried to squelch dissenting views about global warming.

Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams

The Associated Press - Alexander G. Higgins - ‎13 minutes ago‎
GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe.

Adam Lambert 'Went With The Spirit' During Controversial AMA Performance

MTV.com - Jocelyn Vena - ‎1 hour ago‎
Adam Lambert certainly had everyone buzzing after his risqué, sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards on Sunday night.

'New Moon' Star Taylor Lautner Shows Amazing Grape-Catching Abilities On ...

MTV.com - Jocelyn Vena - ‎43 minutes ago‎
Sure, there's been loads of talk about Taylor Lautner's toned body in "New Moon." But it seems the real headline has been hidden until now: Lautner has an uncanny and almost superhero-like ability to catch grapes in his mouth from very, ...

Why we used to love 'Jon & Kate Plus 8'

msnbc.com - Ken Tucker - ‎1 hour ago‎
“I feel like it's been taken from us, from me and the kids.” Kate Gosselin was talking about “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” the TV series that ended this week after five seasons due to the disagreements between Jon and Kate.

NFL moves Vikings/Cardinals to prime time

Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎32 minutes ago‎
New York, NY (Sports Network) - The NFL has finalized its schedule for Week 13 and has moved the matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals to prime time.

Paper reports Notre Dame's Clausen punched outside restaurant

USA Today - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Chicago Tribune and a Chicago radio station are reporting that Fighting Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen was punched in an altercation outside a South Bend, Ind.

Source: Justice gets $6M bonus

ESPN - ‎11 minutes ago‎
PHILADELPHIA -- Right tackle Winston Justice has signed a four-year contract extension with the Philadelphia Eagles. ESPN.com's Matt Mosley writes about all things NFC East in his division blog.

Small batch of swine flu vaccines pulled in Canada

The Associated Press - Meera Selva - ‎1 hour ago‎
LONDON - Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions among recipients, but there are no similar reports from other countries, pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline ...

UNAIDS announces reduction in new HIV infections worldwide

Pediatric SuperSite - ‎13 minutes ago‎
Worldwide, new HIV infections may have decreased by 17% in the past eight years, according to findings in a recent UNAIDS and WHO report.

A difference of opinions on mammograms

Washington Post - ‎10 hours ago‎
Last week, the US Preventive Services Task Force published new guidelines that recommended against routine mammography screening for women in their 40s and less-frequent screening for older women at average risk of developing breast cancer.

Spanx for dudes? T-shirt promises instant six-pack

msnbc.com - Jim Ray - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
What it claims to do: A T-shirt on steroids, RipTFusion claims to be a “body-sculpting undershirt designed to support your core, shave inches off your belly and enhance your posture.

Dialysis Unit Closing Hits Illegal Immigrants Hard

New York Times - Kevin Sack - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
ATLANTA - Each had crossed the border years before, smuggled across the desert by a coyote, never imagining the journey would lead to a drab and dusty clinic on the ninth floor of Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital.

Understanding China

Los Angeles Times - Martin Jacques - ‎Nov 22, 2009‎
The West has gotten it wrong on China for decades -- even as it embraces a market economy, it has shunned Western-style freedoms. And its power is only growing.

Kennedy abortion debate puts politics, religion back in spotlight

CNN Political Ticker - Tom Cohen - ‎15 hours ago‎
Washington (CNN) -- A dispute over abortion between the only remaining Kennedy in Congress and his Roman Catholic bishop has highlighted the political volatility of the issue and the challenge it presents to the nation's Catholics.

Raymond Carver's Life and Stories

New York Times - Stephen King - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Raymond Carver, surely the most influential writer of American short stories in the second half of the 20th century, makes an early appearance in Carol Sklenicka's exhaustive and sometimes exhausting biography as a 3- or 4-year-old on a ...
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