Kamis, 17 September 2009

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New health proposal is industry's favorite so far (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:22 AM PDT

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D- Mont. leaves his health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - The latest health overhaul plan circulating on Capitol Hill gives health insurers, drug makers and large employers reasons to heave sighs of relief, sparing them the higher costs and more burdensome rules included in other Democratic-written alternatives.

Deep divisions over long-awaited health care plan (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:24 AM PDT

Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, gestures as he discusses the healthcare reform bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill, September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Hyungwon KangAP - President Barack Obama's call for an overhaul of the nation's health care system gained fresh momentum with the introduction of long-delayed Senate legislation to rein in spiraling medical costs and require nearly everyone to be carry health insurance.

Medical examiner says Yale student was suffocated (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:46 AM PDT

This undated photo released by New Haven Police Dept., shows Yale graduate student Annie Le who disappeared on Sept. 8, 2009. The Connecticut medical examiner says the student found dead in her lab building was killed by asphyxiation caused by neck trauma. Dr. Wayne Carver's office released the results Wednesday Sept. 16, 2009, three days after her body was found. (AP Photo/New Haven Police Dept.)AP - Police were awaiting the results of DNA tests on evidence taken from a Yale University animal research technician before determining whether to charge him with killing a graduate student who worked in the same lab.

Afghan president defends vote, admits some bias (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:54 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is pictured at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. According to preliminary results Karzai has won 54.6 percent of the vote in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election.(AFP/POOL/Omar Sobhani)AP - Afghanistan's president defended the integrity of last month's election Thursday, but said some government officials "were partial toward me."

PROMISES, PROMISES: Much lobbyist help undisclosed (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2006 file photo, Jack Abramoff leaves Federal Court in Washington. Few members of Congress are disclosing the fundraising help they get from lobbyists despite a new law that is supposed to make it easy for the public to track campaign connections between lawmakers and the people hired to influence them, an Associated Press review found. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, FILE)AP - Few members of Congress are disclosing that lobbyists are helping them raise campaign cash despite a new law that was supposed to shed light on the ties between lawmakers and the capital's influence brokers, an Associated Press review found.

AP sources: US to reveal Euro missile defense plan (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:28 AM PDT

AP - The Obama administration is expected to announce Thursday that it will shelve many of the components of a European missile defense plan that has been a major irritant in relations with Russia.

First-time jobless claims expected to rise (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 11:06 PM PDT

A customer washes his windshield at a gas station in Springfield, Ill. Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Retail sales jumped in August by the largest amount in more than three years, spurred by widespread gains beyond the expected increases of auto sales from the government's Cash for Clunkers program. Gas station sales rose 5.1 percent, as prices at the pump rose. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)AP - The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits likely rose last week, evidence that jobs remain scarce.

4 suspected militants killed in Indonesian raid (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:30 AM PDT

Armed Indonesian policemen are pictured in Central Java in August 2009. Indonesian police Wednesday night opened fire on a house in Central Java in an apparent raid on a militant hideout, an AFP correspondent said.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AP - Police hunting for suspects in Jakarta hotel bombings raided a hideout in central Indonesia, sparking gunfire and an explosion Thursday that left four suspected militants dead, officials said. Three alleged terrorists also were captured.

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72 (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 15, 2006 file photo, Mary Travers of the trio Peter, Paul and Mary arrives at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York. Travers, who had battled leukemia for several years, died Wednesday Sept. 16, 2009. She was 72. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)AP - Mary Travers, one-third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who were perhaps best known for their hit "Puff (The Magic Dragon)," died in a Connecticut hospital after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72.

Rockies beat Giants 4-3 to extend wild-card lead (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 11:25 PM PDT

Colorado Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki, right, is welcomed to the plate by teammate Brad Hawpe (11) after hitting a home run off San Francisco Giants' Matt Cain during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Jorge De La Rosa pitched eight scoreless innings to win his sixth straight start against San Francisco and Troy Tulowitzki homered to help the Colorado Rockies avoid a three-game sweep against the Giants with a 4-3 victory Wednesday night.

Obama to reassure G20 on Wall Street reform (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:27 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, September 15, 2009. At right is President of the AFL-CIO John J. Sweeney. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama will pledge U.S. action on financial regulatory reform at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh and underscore the need for global coordination on the issue, a senior aide said on Wednesday.

Afghan leader says election fraud exaggerated (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:46 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai after casting his vote at a polling station in Kabul on August 20. Karzai denied Thursday that major electoral fraud took place last month and urged foreign allies not to interfere over investigations into mounting allegations of vote-rigging.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday he believed reports of fraud in the country's presidential election had been exaggerated and he firmly believed in the integrity of the process.

U.S. to shelve Europe missile shield plans: report (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:14 AM PDT

Reuters - The White House will shelve U.S. plans to build a missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, a move likely to ease tensions with Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:09 AM PDT

Reuters - The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the country's most populous state is now training his sights on sugar-sweetened drinks.

Senator's plan joins heated healthcare debate (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:33 PM PDT

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) talks to the media after the Senate's Reuters - Senator Max Baucus unveiled a long-awaited healthcare overhaul on Wednesday that would dramatically revamp insurance rules but does not include a government-run option backed by liberal Democrats.

FBI question Colorado man linked to NY raid (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 07:49 PM PDT

Reuters - Federal agents conducting an anti-terrorism probe on Wednesday questioned a suspected al Qaeda sympathizer whose recent visit to New York City preceded a series of law enforcement raids there earlier in the week.

U.S. says seeking 60-day delay in Guantanamo trials (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 12:56 PM PDT

Flags fly above the sign for Camp Justice, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba July 15, 2009, in this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/PoolReuters - The Obama administration said on Wednesday it would seek a two-month delay for all military trials for terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay while Congress weighs new rules for the proceedings and the White House considers trying them in U.S. courts.

Bright start for Japan's new PM as economy improves (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 11:03 PM PDT

Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during his first news conference as premier at his official residence in Tokyo September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Japan's new prime minister got some good news on his first full day in office on Thursday as the central bank said the struggling economy was showing signs of recovery from its worst recession since World War Two.

Afghan president denies major vote fraud (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:36 AM PDT

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai denied Thursday that major fraud had taken place in landmark elections, which he is on track to win, despite mounting allegations of vote-rigging.(AFP/Pool/Omar Sobhani)AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai denied Thursday that major electoral fraud took place last month and urged foreign allies not to interfere over investigations into mounting allegations of vote-rigging.

Terror mastermind said among 4 dead in Indonesia raid (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:23 AM PDT

File photo of a man walking past a large wanted poster showing the face of Malaysian Islamist fugitive Noordin Mohammed Top, at a plaza in Malang, East Java. Indonesian police strongly suspect Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin was among four people killed in a raid in Central Java.(AFP/File)AFP - Armed Indonesian police stormed an Islamic militant hideout early Thursday in a raid strongly suspected to have left terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top dead, police said.
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