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• No guarantees on Senate health bill's public plan (AP)
• Gov't may say recession over but not job losses (AP)
• Al-Qaida linked group claims Baghdad attacks (AP)
• Long-term care insurance program gains in House (AP)
• New safety worry: Laptops, devices in the cockpit (AP)
• Police: Pakistan army officer, mother attacked (AP)
• Study: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger (AP)
• Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight (AP)
• Joke's on Bill Cosby as Seinfeld, Rock pay tribute (AP)
• A Jackson jig: Eagles roll, beat Redskins 27-17 (AP)
• Senate panel kicks off climate bill drive (Reuters)
• Obama tells troops he will not rush Afghan decision (Reuters)
• Iran hints at acceptance of atom deal with powers (Reuters)
• Bankers' group defends practices, faces down protesters (Reuters)
• Qaeda-linked group claims Baghdad bomb attacks (Reuters)
• Chinese military backs closer U.S. ties (Reuters)
• Economic reports point to bumpy recovery (Reuters)
• Obama vows not to rush Afghan troop decision (AFP)
• Karadzic genocide trial set to resume (AFP)

No guarantees on Senate health bill's public plan (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:41 AM PDT AP - The focus of the health overhaul debate now shifts to whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can persuade a handful of moderate senators to get behind his new proposal for a government-sponsored insurance plan.

Gov't may say recession over but not job losses (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:16 AM PDT AP - It's about to become official: The recession is over — but not the pain.

Al-Qaida linked group claims Baghdad attacks (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:02 AM PDT AP - Al-Qaida's umbrella group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in Baghdad that killed at least 155 people this week.

Long-term care insurance program gains in House (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:30 AM PDT AP - House health care legislation expected within days is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help seniors and disabled people stay out of nursing homes, senior Democrats say.

New safety worry: Laptops, devices in the cockpit (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:55 AM PDT AP - Two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew 150 miles past their destination because they were focused on laptop computers instead of cockpit displays may have opened a new avenue of concern for safety regulators — distracting personal electronic devices on the flight deck.

Police: Pakistan army officer, mother attacked (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:19 AM PDT AP - A gun attack on a senior army officer and his mother caused no casualties but rattled Pakistan's capital Tuesday, just days after a similar strike killed a military official and signaled Islamist militants are turning more to assassination tactics.

Study: Amtrak loss comes to $32 per passenger (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:35 AM PDT AP - U.S. taxpayers spent about $32 subsidizing the cost of the typical Amtrak passenger in 2008, about four times the rail operator's estimate, according to a private study.

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:46 AM PDT AP - NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.

Joke's on Bill Cosby as Seinfeld, Rock pay tribute (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:12 AM PDT AP - Someone had to hold Bill Cosby back to keep him from crawling over a balcony and joining fellow comedians on stage as the stars lined up to pay tribute to his life's work.

A Jackson jig: Eagles roll, beat Redskins 27-17 (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:23 PM PDT AP - DeSean Jackson scored on a 67-yard run and a 57-yard reception, both in the first half. His night might have been perfect if his tender right ankle hadn't messed up his touchdown tap dance.

Senate panel kicks off climate bill drive (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:39 AM PDT Reuters - A Senate committee on Tuesday launches three long days of hearings on a Democratic climate bill in a bid to further convince an international summit in December that Washington is serious about tackling global warming.

Obama tells troops he will not rush Afghan decision (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama, accused by some of dithering over a new strategy for Afghanistan, vowed on Monday not to be rushed into a decision over whether to send more U.S. troops to the war zone.

Iran hints at acceptance of atom deal with powers (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 02:10 PM PDT Reuters - Iran said on Monday it could endorse a U.N. deal for it to send potential nuclear fuel abroad for processing, the first official indication that Tehran could respond positively to the outline agreement.

Bankers' group defends practices, faces down protesters (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 12:22 PM PDT Reuters - A top banking industry group on Monday defended the practices of traditional banks while facing protesters who railed against Wall Street abuses.

Qaeda-linked group claims Baghdad bomb attacks (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 12:52 AM PDT Reuters - An al Qaeda-linked group has said it carried out the twin suicide bombings that killed 155 people in Baghdad on Sunday and revived doubts about security in the run-up to Iraq's elections in January.

Chinese military backs closer U.S. ties (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 02:25 PM PDT Reuters - China's military sought to assure the United States on Monday that its arms buildup was not a threat and said Beijing wanted to expand cooperation with the Pentagon to reduce the risk of future conflicts.

Economic reports point to bumpy recovery (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 08:26 PM PDT Reuters - Regional economic reports on Monday suggested the U.S. economy has clambered back to levels associated with the end of recession, but recovery will be patchy and may prove fleeting.

Obama vows not to rush Afghan troop decision (AFP) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 07:02 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama vowed that despite criticism that he is dithering, he will not rush a fateful decision on whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan.

Karadzic genocide trial set to resume (AFP) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 07:05 PM PDT AFP - The genocide trial of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic is set to resume in The Hague on Tuesday amid much uncertainty as to the impact of his planned second day of boycott.

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