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DC AIDS activist among new Rhodes scholarsWashington Post - - 46 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 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 Muslim soldier at Fort Hood says Army, Islam share common valuesDallas Morning News - - 8 hours ago KILLEEN, Texas - Sgt. Fahad Kamal awoke before dawn the morning after the attack. In his Army uniform, he stood before his prayer mat, the one his mother bought him in Houston. |
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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.
India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins US visit
BBC News - 50 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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Reading between the lines of Palin's itinerary
Washington Post - 56 minutes ago
Reality or just a T-shirt slogan? As Sarah Palin fans line up to get their copies of her book signed, analysts are divided over whether the former Alaska governor is planning to run for president next time around.
Palin in 2012? – by Alan Dowd FrontPage Magazine
Patrick Kennedy, RI bishop trade jabs over communion ban
Boston Herald - - 51 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
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
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 ...
Reliance Bids for LyondellBasell to Expand Overseas
Bloomberg - - 11 minutes ago
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Reliance Industries Ltd., owner of the world's largest oil-refining complex, bid for bankrupt chemicals and fuel maker LyondellBasell Industries AF, in what may be the biggest acquisition by an Indian ...
India's Sensex gets lift from Reliance deal news MarketWatch
Thai Recession Eases Amid Nascent Global Recovery
Bloomberg - - 56 minutes ago
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand's economy contracted less than estimated last quarter as a nascent global recovery and government spending began to pull the nation out of its first recession in a decade.
Atlantis astronaut's wife gives birth 220 miles below
CNET News - - 8 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 Change Skeptics Get to Say 'I told you so!'
The Epoch Times - - 50 minutes ago
Climate change scientists have been manipulating and fixing data according to bloggers that are spreading information contained in hundreds of hacked emails.
Confidential Climate Change E-mails hacked ahead of Copenhagen Meeting International Business Times
IPCC Researchers Admit Global Warming Fraud The New American
Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
The Associated Press - 14 hours ago
LONDON - An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.
The book that forever changed the way we think Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson Win Big at AMAs
People Magazine - - 31 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
Women also mooning over the teen-vampire romance 'Twilight'
USA Today - - 4 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
'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.
After overtime, penalty kicks Real Salt Lake wins MLS Cup
USA Today - - 36 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 - - 13 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 - - 44 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.
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.
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.
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.
Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for 'global collapse'
Telegraph.co.uk - - Nov 18, 2009
Société Générale has advised clients to be ready for a possible "global economic collapse" over the next two years, mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction.