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Democrats vow to close Medicare 'doughnut hole' (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:45 AM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2008, file photo, a shopper walks toward the pharmacy at a Little Rock, Ark., Wal-Mart store. It's an annual ordeal for many seniors living on a budget. Medicare's coverage gap for prescription drugs, $3,610 next year, has steadily gotten bigger since the benefit's inception. But if Democrats have their way on health care overhaul, the dreaded 'doughnut hole' will shrink by $500 right away and go away altogether by 2019. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - It's an annual ordeal for many seniors living on a budget. Medicare's coverage gap for prescription drugs — $3,610 next year — has steadily gotten bigger since the benefit's inception. But if Democrats have their way on health care overhaul, the dreaded "doughnut hole" will shrink by $500 right away and go away altogether by 2019.

AP-GfK Poll: Gains for Obama, not his Afghan plans (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:48 AM PST

US President Barack Obama will plunge into the thick of the Copenhagen summit Friday, arguing he has transformed US global warming policy and seeking verification guarantees in any new climate pact.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AP - Budget deficits are in the stratosphere. Unemployment has hit 10 percent. The health care overhaul is incomplete.

Mexican navy kills top cartel kingpin in shootout (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:59 PM PST

In this undated handout image from Mexico's Attorney General's Office, Arturo Beltran Leyva is seen. A Mexican navy official said alleged drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout with sailors Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009. The official says Beltran Leyva and three other suspected members of his cartel were killed in a shootout with sailors at an apartment complex in the city of Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Mexico Attorney General's Office)AP - Two hundred sailors raided an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed Mexican drug cartel chief in a two-hour gunbattle, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon's drug war.

Brian Moynihan to succeed Ken Lewis as BofA CEO (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:37 AM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 picture, Brian Moynihan, bank of America president of consumer and small business banking, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the role of the federal government in the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, Bank of America says the retail banking head will replace Ken Lewis as CEO on Jan. 1, 2010. The bank's naming of an internal executive on Wednesday follows unsuccessful attempts to hire an outside star banker for the top job. Those negotiations were stymied by pay restrictions imposed by government pay czar Kenneth Feinberg. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Bank of America's new CEO says he doesn't expect to lead a major shift in strategy at the nation's largest bank when he takes over from Ken Lewis on Jan. 1. But with loan losses continuing to mount amid double-digit unemployment rates, it remains to be seen whether investors will embrace staying the course.

Brazil doctors to try to remove needles from boy (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:10 AM PST

In this frame taken from a TV Globo video, a person points at a X-ray of a 2-year-old boy showing needles inside his body in a hospital in Ibotirama, northern Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. A 2-year-old Brazilian boy has as many as 50 metal sewing needles inside his body and a doctor treating the boy said they were apparently stuck there one by one. (AP Photo/Agencia O Globo)AP - Surgeons hope to remove most of the 50 metal sewing needles inserted into a 2-year-old boy in Brazil but have warned that some are too close to vital organs to pull out.

Texas parents, school tangle over boy's long locks (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:13 AM PST

AP - Taylor Pugh has been suspended from pre-kindergarten because he likes his hair a little on the floppy side.

Citi to suspend foreclosures for 30 days (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:34 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2009 file photo, Citigroup headquarters is seen in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - Citigroup Inc. will suspend foreclosures and evictions for 30 days in a temporary break for about 4,000 borrowers during the holiday season.

On day like no other, 2 Cy Young winners swapped (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:31 PM PST

New Philadelphia Phillies baseball pitcher Roy Halladay, right, poses for photographs with Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. during a baseball news conference in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Halladay was traded to the Phillies on Wednesday in part of a four-team trade that sent Cliff Lee to the Seattle Mariners. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - On a day like no other in baseball history, two Cy Young Award winners in their primes changed teams.

US to expand eyes in the sky over Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:28 PM PST

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force)AP - The U.S. military is adding more drones and expanding its video surveillance in the skies over Afghanistan to meet the needs of American forces as 30,000 more troops head into the war zone, a top Air Force general said Wednesday.

Single-payer health care plan dies in Senate (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 08:48 PM PST

U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) talks to a reporter as he walks through the U.S. Capitol after meetings about the health care reform bill that is currently being debated in the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 15, 2009. Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate are struggling to move ahead on a sweeping healthcare overhaul sought by President Barack Obama in the face of opposition from a frequent irritant -- Joe Lieberman. REUTERS/Benjamin J. Myers (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH)AP - The liberals' longtime dream of a government-run health care system for all died Wednesday in the Senate, but Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont vowed it will return when the realization dawns that private insurance companies "are no longer needed."

Copenhagen climate talks in trouble (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:47 AM PST

Smoke emits from cooling towers of a power plant in Yingtan, Jiangxi province December 16, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Prospects for a strong U.N. climate change deal grew more remote on Thursday at the climax of two years of talks, with developed and developing nations deadlocked on sharing cuts in greenhouse gases.

Bernanke confirmation seen passing first hurdle (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:27 PM PST

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens to opening statements before testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington July 22, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is likely to pass the first hurdle in winning Senate confirmation to serve another term on Thursday but will face unusually strong opposition as his nomination moves ahead.

Mexican forces kill drug lord Beltran Leyva (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:30 AM PST

Navy special forces stand guard during a navy operation in Cuernavaca, in the Mexican state of Morelos December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Margarito PerezReuters - Mexican security forces tracked down and killed drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, one of the most wanted traffickers in Mexico and the United States, in a victory for President Felipe Calderon's drug war.

Obama heads to Copenhagen as climate talks falter (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

A Greenpeace activist wearing a mask to represent U.S. President Barack Obama takes part in a protest against U.S. policies on climate change in front of the U.S. embassy in Mexico City December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Eliana AponteReuters - President Barack Obama heads to Copenhagen on Thursday to help secure a U.N. climate pact, staking his credibility on an as yet elusive deal that has ramifications for him at home and on the world stage.

Guantanamo may close by summer: U.S. official (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:07 PM PST

A view of Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah GembaraReuters - Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday the U.S. government's purchase of a prison in Illinois to hold some Guantanamo Bay detainees will help close the facility in Cuba, perhaps by summer.

Iran missile test draws Western condemnation (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:49 PM PST

A photo posted by a group Twitter from Teheran University, captioned Reuters - Iran's hard-line rulers sent uncompromising signals to foes at home and abroad on Wednesday, warning of possible legal action against opposition leaders and testing an upgraded missile that could reach Israel.

Bernanke named Time magazine's Person of the Year (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 01:59 PM PST

TIME magazine has named Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke its 2009 Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was named Person of the Year by Time magazine on Wednesday, giving him a high-profile boost as he tries to fend off proposals that might weaken the Fed's independence.

U.S. ramps up aerial spying for Afghan surge (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:49 PM PST

Reuters - The United States will deploying new "eyes in the sky" surveillance technology next year in Afghanistan to back President Barack Obama's surge of 30,000 additional forces, a top Air Force official said on Wednesday.

UN climate talks face uphill battle (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:40 PM PST

A woman gestures next to a giant globe at the Bella Center in Copenhagen. UN climate talks move into the final two-day straight on Thursday blighted by bitter wrangling that could wreck efforts to draw up a sweeping pact to combat global warming.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - UN climate talks move into the final two-day straight on Thursday blighted by bitter wrangling that could wreck efforts to draw up a sweeping pact to combat global warming.

Pakistan faces turmoil after Zardari amnesty blow (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:58 PM PST

File photo of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. Pakistan faced fresh upheaval Thursday after a court annulled an amnesty protecting Zardari and ministers from corruption charges, a move that could threaten his political survival.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Pakistan faced fresh upheaval Thursday after a court annulled an amnesty protecting President Asif Ali Zardari and ministers from corruption charges, a move that could threaten his political survival.
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