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Obama, Democrats court women on health overhaul (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:52 AM PDT

House Speaker Pelosi of Calif. takes part in her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The White House and top Democrats, intensifying their push to build support for their party's health overhaul proposals, are increasingly targeting women, a politically crucial group with strong opinions on health care that polls suggest has yet to be sold on the changes.

Philippine mudslides, floods kill estimated 100 (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT

A Filipino boy pushes a luggage bag along muddied roads in Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Several towns are still muddy while others remain submerged two weeks after tropical storm Ketsana ravaged the country leaving hundreds of people dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Dozens of landslides in the rain-soaked mountains of the northern Philippines killed an estimated 100 people, as a lingering storm and excess water from dams turned a portion of one province into "one big river," officials said Friday.

Troop request could be topic of meeting with Obama (AP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:38 AM PDT

Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, left, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrive at the Pentagon, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. after a meeting at the White House to discuss` Afghanistan and Pakistan.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The latest in a series of top-level White House meetings about the war in Afghanistan could provide a venue for the first discussion of the troop request submitted by the U.S. commander there.

Watchdog doubts goals of Obama loan relief plan (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:50 PM PDT

File - Congressional Oversight Panel Chairwoman Elizabeth Warren asks a question of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a hearing in this April 21, 2009 file photo taken on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Congressional Oversight Panel, charged with making regular assessments of the $700 billion financial rescue fund enacted last year, said in a report to be made public Friday Oct. 9, 2009 the Treasury Department should consider whether to improve the current $50 billion program or adopt new programs to meet an expected rise in foreclosures fed by increased unemployment. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The Obama administration's effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping 3 million to 4 million borrowers and may simply delay mortgage defaults for many, a government watchdog group says.

Moonstruck: Making one giant thud for mankind (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 10:58 PM PDT

This still image from the 1902 silent film 'Le Voyage Dans La Lune', written and directed by Georges Méliès, shows 'the man in the moon' with a bullet-shaped space capsule lodged in his eye. For as long as man has looked up, the moon has inspired romance, poetry and songs. Man also likes blowing things up. Now we get to do both. (AP Photo)AP - For as long as man has looked up, the moon has inspired romance, poetry and songs. Man also likes blowing things up. Now we get to do both — in the name of science.

Astor's son convicted of looting her $200M fortune (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT

Anthony Marshall and wife Charlene exit the courtroom following the verdict at Manhattan State Supreme Court,Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, in New York.Marshall, Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son was convicted Thursday of exploiting his philanthropist mother's failing mind and helping himself to her nearly $200 million fortune. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son was convicted Thursday of exploiting his philanthropist mother's failing mind and helping himself to her nearly $200 million fortune.

Hunter homers, Lackey pitches Angels past Red Sox (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:33 PM PDT

Los Angeles Angels' Torii Hunter high-fives his way through the dugout after hitting a three-run home run against the Boston Red Sox in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the American League division baseball series Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Right when Torii Hunter's three-run homer hit the rock pile beyond center field at Angel Stadium, two bursts of fireworks shot up from the artificial boulders. The moment hardly needed the pyrotechnic punctuation. After several years of playoff frustrations against the Boston Red Sox, the Angels finally have a breakthrough.

AP sources: FBI eyes terror suspect's travel talk (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:46 PM PDT

FILE - This Sept. 17, 2009 file photo shows Najibullah Zazi arriving at the offices of the FBI in Denver for questioning. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)AP - An Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terror attack in New York City contacted accomplices there while making a cross-country drive from Denver, raising concerns among investigators that he was sending instructions to purchase more bomb-making chemicals, officials familiar with the case said.

Police stop more than 1 million people on street (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:47 PM PDT

George Lucas, left, and Courtney Bennett, stand near Lenox Avenue and 142nd Street in Harlem, New York, Friday Sept. 4, 2009. It's a location where Bennett has been stopped and searched by police, a policing tactic both men have experienced on multiple occasions. Nationwide, more than a million people, mostly black and Hispanic men, are stopped, questioned and frisked annually by police. Nearly all are innocent of any crime, according to figures from departments around the country. The numbers are rising even as crime rates drop. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - A teenager trying to get into his apartment after school is confronted by police. A man leaving his workplace chooses a different route back home to avoid officers who roam a particular street. These and hundreds of thousands of other Americans in big cities have been stopped on the street by police using a law-enforcement practice called stop-and-frisk that alarms civil libertarians but is credited by authorities with helping reduce crime.

Swine flu put many hospitalized patients into ICU (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:48 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the Ohio Department of Health, a worker holds a package of H1N1 flu vaccine in the nasal-spray form Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009, in Columbus. The state health agency received and repackaged 61,500 doses of the vaccine to more than 100 local health departments and hospitals across the state. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Health)AP - One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests. That's a little higher than with ordinary seasonal flu, several experts said.

Bernanke sees tighter policies as economy heals (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT

U.S. Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke speaks about a year of economic turmoil at the Brookings Institution in Washington, September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve must continue to prop up the economy for an extended period but can't do so indefinitely for fear of triggering an inflationary surge, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Thursday.

General wants 40,000 more U.S. troops for Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:59 PM PDT

Members of U.S. Marines from 8th Marine Regiment walk during a patrol in Khorakoh village near Garmsir district in Helmand province, October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa WaguihReuters - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has recommended an increase of 40,000 troops as the minimum necessary to prevail, two sources familiar with his recommendations said on Thursday.

Clinton to talk Iran, Afghanistan on Russia trip (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 10:02 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responds to a question about Afghanistan as she and New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully talk with reporters following their meeting at the State Department in Washington October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Iran and Afghanistan will dominate talks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week on a trip to Britain and Russia that could also spur progress on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Moscow.

Blast in Pakistan's Peshawar kills 30: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:41 AM PDT

A man, helping to construct a boat, walks along it's side at a boat yard in Karachi's Fish Harbour October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)Reuters - A car bomb blew up on Friday next to a bus in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killing 30 people, a provincial government minister said.

U.S. healthcare reform gathers steam in Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:29 PM PDT

U.S. Senate Finance Committee members review documents during a hearing on healthcare reform on Capitol Hill in Washington October 1, 2009 REUTERS/Richard ClementReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform gathered steam on Thursday as a Senate panel scheduled a key vote for next week and Democrats in the House of Representatives moved closer to unveiling a bill.

Top Indian diplomat in Afghanistan after blast (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:38 AM PDT

Afghan policemen secure the site of a bomb blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul October 8, 2009. A large bomb exploded near the Indian embassy in the centre of the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing 12 people and wounding 83, the Interior Ministry said. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - A top Indian diplomat arrived in Kabul on Friday to inspect the site of a huge bomb attack on the Indian embassy a day earlier that killed 17 people and renewed focus on India's tense relations with Pakistan.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets Western diplomats (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 10:51 PM PDT

Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured here on a protester's placard during a rally in Tokyo, discussed sanctions against military-ruled Myanmar in a rare meeting with Western diplomats Friday, the US embassy in Yangon said.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)Reuters - Myanmar's ruling junta allowed detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with Western diplomats on Friday, a week after she asked for talks about sanctions on the isolated country.

Father of New York bomb plot suspect is indicted (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:34 PM PDT

Reuters - The father of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting one of the most serious security threats to the United States since the September 11 attacks was indicted on Thursday on charges of lying to the FBI, federal prosecutors said.

At least 20 dead in Pakistan bomb blast: police (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:45 AM PDT

A Pakistani police commando stands alert near provincial assembly building in Peshawar. A powerful explosion killed up to ten people after a bomb ripped through a crowded bazaar in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, a minster said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)AFP - A car bomb ripped through a crowded bazaar in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday leaving at least 20 people dead, police officials said.

US hints may put Al-Qaeda, not Taliban, in crosshairs (AFP)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 12:06 AM PDT

US Marines search a house during Operation Germinate in Farah Province, southern Afghanistan. The Taliban poses less of a threat to US security than Al-Qaeda, the White House said, raising speculation that President Barack Obama may not opt for a vastly increased counter-insurgency force in Afghanistan.(AFP/David Furst)AFP - The Taliban poses less of a threat to US security than Al-Qaeda, the White House said, raising speculation that President Barack Obama may not opt for a vastly increased counter-insurgency force in Afghanistan.
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