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Government health insurance option appears doomed (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:09 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks to a crowd about health care reform at Leisure World, a senior living community in Silver Spring, Md. Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP - Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other measures to rein in private insurers.

Video links Pakistan Taliban to deadly CIA bombing (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST

In this image taken from undated video made available from Taliban sources on Saturday Jan. 9, 2010, purportedly showing Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, right, reading a statement to camera vowing revenge for the death of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, while sitting next to the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud. Jordanian doctor Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, is identified by news organizations to be the man who killed seven CIA employees in a suicide attack in Afghanistan on Dec. 30. The authenticity of this video is unconfirmed. (AP Photo/Taliban video via APTN) TV OUTAP - In a video broadcast after his death, the Jordanian suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees sits cross-legged on the floor next to the new chief of the Pakistani Taliban, confirming the group was behind the brazen attack in eastern Afghanistan.

China overtakes Germany as biggest exporter (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:49 AM PST

FILE - A worker stands in front of containers at the newly open Yangshan deep water port in this Dec. 10, 2005 file photo taken in Shanghai, China. China has overtaken Germany as the world's biggest exporter after December exports rose 17.7 percent despite weak global demand. Chinese state media said Sunday Jan. 10, 2010 the country's total 2009 exports were $1.2 trillion. That was just above the 816 billion euros ($1.17 trillion) in exports forecast last month by Germany's national foreign trade association for 2009. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - China overtook Germany as the world's top exporter after December exports jumped 17.7 percent for their first increase in 14 months, data showed Sunday, in another sign of China's rise as a global economic force.

6.5 quake shakes buildings on California coast (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:18 AM PST

In this photo provided by the Ferndale Enterprise, Steve Sterback of Poppa Joe's cleans up after an earthquake, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in Ferndale, Calif. (AP Photo/Ferndale Enterprise) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALESAP - A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California Saturday afternoon, damaging buildings, knocking out power in several coastal communities and leaving a trail of broken windows and dishes south of the Oregon border.

Cold stuns Floridians, causes deaths elsewhere (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:30 PM PST

This image provided by Daytona International Speedway shows crew members of the Chip Ganassi Racing Grand-Am team taking photos of snowmen they built in the pits at Daytona International Speedway after a rare Florida snowfall during winter testing at the track on Saturday, January 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Brian Cleary - Daytona International Speedway)AP - Mark and Barbara Willard were at home in Wickford, England two weeks ago checking the weather forecast on the Internet before packing for their trip to Orlando — sunny and 70 degrees.

3 die when snowmobiles go through ice on Vt. lake (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:57 PM PST

AP - Three snowmobiles crossing a frozen Vermont lake plunged through the ice Saturday, killing a man, his 24-year-old daughter and 3-year-old granddaughter, police said.

Reid to Obama: Sorry for 'no Negro dialect' remark (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:38 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2006 file photo, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, is joined by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he prepares to outline the Democrat agenda for reform in the wake of the scandal involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff in Washington. In a White House statement released Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, President Barack Obama said he accepted Reid's apology Saturday for comments he made about Obama's race during the 2008 presidential bid because '... I know what's in his heart.' (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid apologized on Saturday for saying the race of Barack Obama — whom he described as a "light skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one" — would help rather than hurt his eventual presidential bid.

NYC man charged with getting al-Qaida training (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 09:58 PM PST

In this courtroom sketch, Assistant United States Attorney James Loonam, left, is seen with defense attorney Robert Gottlieb, center, and Gottlieb's client, defendant Adis Medunjanin, during Medunjanin's arraignment at the federal courthouse in New York City, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. Medunjanin pleaded not guilty to charges of receiving military training from a foreign terrorist organization and conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)AP - A New York City man under investigation for his links to a terror suspect pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges that he flew to Pakistan to get military training from al-Qaida.

Charlie Sheen tapes first show since felony arrest (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 06:25 PM PST

FILE- This May 21, 2006 file photo, shows actor Charlie Sheen as he arrives for the screening of the film 'Platoon,'at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France. A Colorado judge has ruled, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, that Sheen must appear in person at a hearing in Aspen on allegations he threatened his wife with a knife. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - Charlie Sheen is back at work at "Two and a Half Men," and his producer said Saturday that the audience at the actor's first show taping since his arrest on felony and other charges was "incredibly supportive."

Cowboys beat Eagles 34-14, end long playoff skid (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:33 PM PST

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Anthony Spencer (93) celebrates after making a tackle in the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)AP - Jerry Jones exclaimed, "demons are GONE!" Keith Brooking pretended to pull a monkey off coach Wade Phillips' back.

Obama launches new push for healthcare overhaul (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 04:24 PM PST

An outbound passenger (L) and a Transportation Secrurity Administration officer watch as US President Barack Obama speaks on the news at Washington Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC. Boosted airport security measures will be at the top of US lawmakers' agenda when they return to Congress next week, amid intelligence failures exposed by the botched Christmas Day attack.(AFP/Jim Watson)Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his pitch for final congressional passage of a U.S. healthcare overhaul and promised Americans they will begin reaping the benefits soon after he signs a bill into law.

Zazi associate charged in New York bomb plot (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 06:51 PM PST

Reuters - A former high school classmate of a man accused of plotting an al Qaeda-inspired bomb attack in New York pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of murder conspiracy and receiving training by a terrorist organization.

Convent school, fifth church attacked in Malaysia (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 08:57 PM PST

Police monitor activities outside the torched Metro Tabernacle church in Kuala Lumpur January 9, 2010. REUTERS/Bazuki MuhammadReuters - Arsonists in Malaysia struck at a convent school and a fifth church on Sunday amid rising tensions between majority Muslims and Christians over the use of the word "Allah" to describe the Christian God.

CIA bomber video calls for attacks on U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 03:08 PM PST

Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud (L) sits beside a man who is believed to be Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal Al-Balawi, the suicide bomber who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan, in this still image taken from video released January 9, 2010. A Pakistan television station showed on Saturday what it said was the suicide bomber double agent who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan sitting with the Pakistani Taliban leader, and reported he shared U.S. and Jordanian state secrets with militants. REUTERS/Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan via Reuters TVReuters - The suicide bomber who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan had made a video calling on militants to avenge the death of the Pakistani Taliban leader by carrying out attacks in and outside the United States, al Jazeera said.

Deadly ambush weighs on top Africa soccer event (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 07:07 PM PST

Togo's national team (Back L-R) Kodjovi Dodji Obilale, Senah Mango, Mohammed Abdel Kader Toure, Thomas Dossevi, Dare Nibombe, Emmanuel Adebayor, (Front L-R), Euloge Ahodikpe, Assimiou Toure, Serge Akakpo, Jacques Romao, Moustapha Salifou pose for a photograph before their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Morocco at the Kegue stadium in Lome, in this September 6, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Noel Kokou Tadegnon/FilesReuters - Africa's biggest soccer tournament starts in Angola on Sunday, overshadowed by an ambush by separatist rebels on the Togo team bus that killed three people and wounded seven.

Afghans agree to take over U.S. prison at Bagram (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:42 AM PST

Watchtowers along the perimeter of Bagram prison in Afghanistan. NATO is to hand over control of the prison at Bagram airbase near Kabul to Afghan authorities.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)Reuters - Afghan officials agreed on Saturday to take over responsibility for the U.S. military's Bagram prison north of Kabul, a move that could close a chapter in the troubled history of U.S. detentions since 2001.

Blast outside Greek parliament, no one hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 01:45 PM PST

Police investigators search for evidence in front of the tomb of the unknown soldier outside the Greek parliament in Athens January 9, 2010. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Urban guerillas exploded a makeshift bomb outside Greece's parliament on Saturday evening causing no injuries and minor damage, police said.

Iceland poll shows most plan to vote against Icesave deal (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 07:05 AM PST

Reuters - Six out of 10 Icelandic voters plan to reject a bill on repayment of more than $5 billion owed to Britain and the Netherlands in a referendum on the so-called Icesave deal, according to a poll published by an Icelandic daily on Saturday.

Togo football team must come home: government (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:55 AM PST

Angolan police patrol in the Olympic city of Cabina. Togo's government is sticking by its decision to recall the national football team from the African Nations Cup after a deadly attack, despite the players' wish to play, a government minister said Sunday.(AFP/Issouf Sanogo)AFP - Togo's government is sticking by its decision to recall the national football team from the African Nations Cup after a deadly attack, despite the players' wish to play, a government minister said Sunday.

CIA director defends agency against criticism (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:33 PM PST

File photo of CIA Director Leon Panetta. Panetta revealed that a Jordanian doctor who killed seven agency operatives was about to be searched before he blew himself up at a US military base in Afghanistan.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)AFP - CIA Director Leon Panetta, in an article published Sunday, revealed that a Jordanian doctor who killed seven agency operatives was about to be searched before he blew himself up at a US military base in Afghanistan.
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