Reuters | Health bill on verge in Senate Baltimore Sun WASHINGTON â€" - With Senate Democrats poised to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, Republicans sought Wednesday to frame the bill as a tarnished product of backroom deals and ... How Reid got the 60 needed for health bill How Harry Reid shepherded healthcare reform through the Senate Senate and House in search of health-care compromise |
My Fox Boston | Mass. private school burns down Boston Globe WESTON, Mass.â€"Firefighters are battling a four-alarm blaze at a private school in Weston. The fire at The Gifford School was reported at about 6 am Wednesday. It is unclear if anyone was inside. Television images show a large building on the 26-acre ... Fire rips through Weston's Gifford School Three-Alarm Fire Tears Through Local School Weston school catches fire, snarls traffic |
ABC News | No to health bill Buffalo News Health reform was supposed to rein in the explosive costs of health care in this country, deliver better results and cover more people. It was always going to be difficult, but it wasn't impossible. Instead, under current plans, Americans are likely to ... US senators prepare for next vote on health bill 3 Stocks Soaring on Health-Care Bill Reid Campaign Touts Health Care Bill in New E-Mail |
ABC News | Senate Democrats get 60 votes to move healthcare bill along Los Angeles Times It's the first of three major hurdles in the Senate en route to an anticipated vote by Christmas. Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, greets Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., after the vote. ... Health-care bill clears crucial vote in Senate, 60 to 40 Senate Health Bill Moves Ahead In Initial Procedural Vote |
Globe and Mail | Senate healthcare bill set to pass by Christmas Los Angeles Times Democrats' compromise on abortion with Nebraska's Ben Nelson gives them the 60 votes to fight off GOP filibusters. Obama c » |
Reuters | Climate Change Agreement 'Noted,' Not Yet Adopted Voice of America The nearly 200 countries attending the Copenhagen conference agreed only to 'take note' of the non-binding accord negotiated by US President Barack Obama, f » |
Reuters | Obama Joins World Leaders at Climate Talks Voice of America White House says President Obama will meet on the sidelines with his counterparts from Brazil, China, Denmark and Russia. Photo: AP US President Barack Obama has joined other world leaders for a final day for of talks at the climate change conference ... No deal on CO2 cuts as climate talks enter final day Obama arrives at Copenhagen talks Chinese Leader Skips Session as Obama Seeks Climate Deal |
CBC.ca | Leaders Sour on Copenhagen Climate Talks Voice of America Environment ministers on Thursday were still far apart on how to cap greenhouse gas emissions and verify that each nation is doing its part. Photo: AP The climate change talks in Copenhagen remain deadlocked with top officials losing faith that the ... China active in fight against global warming Hopes Are Fading for Climate Accord at Copenhagen Scientific Goals May Be Missed in Copenhagen Accord |
Globe and Mail | Obama Confident of Reaching Global Warming Deal Voice of America United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen begins three final days of negotiations on a potential agreement to fight global warming. Photo: AP The United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen begins three final days of negotiations Wednesday on ... Protesters march on Copenhagen summit Copenhagen braces for mass protests Danish Police Brace for Protests |
MiamiHerald.com | Al Qaeda's Yemen Connection May Be Dead CBS News (CBS) The man responsible for executing part of al Qaeda's strategy to move the terrorist groups' Arab militant fighters out of the Afghanistan-Pakistan region to Yemen may be dead, senior Pakistani security officials and Arab ... Al-Qaida denies killing civilians in Pakistan Taliban denies report of al-Qaeda commander killed in Pakistan Arrests in Pakistan show terror groups' growing ambitions |
New York Daily News | SC first lady files for divorce from cheating gov msnbc.com First lady Jenny Sanford said her husband's extramarital affair hurt her but did not rob her of her self-esteem. June 24: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admits to an affair. See the Obama family's frisky new Portuguese water dog pup, Bo, ... SC first lady files for divorce from cheating gov With impeachment drama behind him, Sanford returns to work Gov. Mark Sanford's wife to file for divorce |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama defends war at Nobel Peace Prize ceremony AFP OSLO â€" US President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, uncomfortably acknowledging his role as a leader at war while insisting that conflict can be mor » |
Times Online | More children to get free meals says pre-Budget report BBC News Another half a million primary school children in England will get free school lunches, Alistair Darling said in his pre-Budget report. And the chancellor said spending on schools in the UK would not only be protected but continue to increase above ... Chancellor announces boiler scrappage scheme in pre-budget report Sterling Little Changed On UK Pre-Budget Report |
Globe and Mail | Toll in Baghdad blasts rises to at least 118 dead Washington Post AP BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police and hospital officials say the coordinated series of attacks against government buildings in Baghdad killed at least 118 people and wounded 261. Three bomb-rigged cars exploded in quick succession Tuesday, ... Coordinated Bombings in Baghdad Kill at Least 121 Car-Bombs Kill Over 100, Wound Dozens in Baghdad Scores Killed as Blasts Shake Baghdad |
CBC.ca | Climate Talks in Copenhagen -- Milepost or Turning Point? New York Times By LISA FRIEDMAN of climatewire It has taken nearly 20 years to bring the world to this pivotal moment in climate change politics. A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. Along the roller-coaster ride toward an international agreement ... Copenhagen climate summit: talks kick off Hopes are high for Copenhagen Pachauri Defends UN Climate Science After Leaked E-Mail Flap |
ABC News | Obama to meet with Senate Democrats to push health care CNN President Obama r » |
CBC.ca | Verdict in Italy, but American's Murder Case Isn't Over New York Times PERUGIA, Italy â€" Tensions and cultural misunderstandings ran high on Saturday after an American college student was found guilty here of murdering her British housemate. Rather than clarifying the saga of what prosecutors said was a ... Meredith Kercher murder: guilty verdicts put spotlight on Italian justice Family Sees 'Disappointed, Upset' Amanda Knox in Jail After Conviction Amanda Knox prosecutor: We had a strong case |
BBC News | Murder scene: Meredith Kercher's Italian flat BBC News British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy , on 2 November 2007, the victim of a vicious attack. The 21-year-old from Coulsdon, Surrey, had been sexu » |
CBC.ca | Al Qaeda No. 1 Target in Afghanistan War Despite Renewed Focus on Taliban FOXNews Despite » |
ABC News | ANALYSIS-Big risks for Obama in Afghanistan exit date Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's July 2011 date for the start of a US exit from Afghanistan is a calculated risk with two goals: to remind the Kabul government that support has limits and to reassure war skeptics at ... Gates: Failure in Afghanistan Would Mean a 'Taliban Takeover' of Country Key Anti-War Democrat Concedes Afghan Troop Surge Can't Be Stopped Defense Chief Gates Offers Reassurance on Afghan War Drawdown |
