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Vote set for health overhaul in Senate committee (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:34 AM PDT

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. enters an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. announced that the Finance Committee will vote next week on the health care bill. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama's plan to remake the nation's health care system is about to take its biggest step yet toward becoming reality.

Clinton in talks with Russians about Iran (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:42 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a ceremony for receiving foreign ambassadors' credentials in the Kremlin, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at right. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to Russia on Monday hoping to win Moscow's backing for a strong stance on Iran's nuclear program and looking for progress on a new arms control pact. (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was meeting with Russian leaders on Tuesday to urge their support in pressuring Iran to prove its nuclear program is peaceful.

US wants bunker-buster fast, denies Iran is reason (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:19 AM PDT

This undated artist's rendering provided by Boeing Co. shows a 'massive ordinance penetrator' or MOP bomb made by Boeing Co. is undergoing testing and is slated to come on line by mid-2010, to become the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal. The bomb is approximately 20.5 feet long, has a 31.5-inch diameter and a total weight of slightly less than 30,000 pounds. The weapon will carry over 5,300 pounds of explosive material and will deliver more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor, the BLU-109. Guided by global positioning system navigation, the MOP will be carried aboard Air Force B-2 bombers. (AP Photo/Boeing Co.)AP - The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded by 10,000 pounds of reinforced concrete.

AP IMPACT: Obama's travels carry a touch of blue (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:18 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama addresses the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh. Obama to the nation's largest labor organization in a packed Pittsburgh ballroom. Days before, Biden was at a Labor Day parade there and praised the reliably Democratic union members. Obama was back a week later, this time to meet with the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies, whom he had invited to the one-time steel city that the White House sees as a barometer of its political standing. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)AP - For President Barack Obama, it's almost as if the election campaign never ended. Just look at his travel schedule.

Russia, China sign deals worth $3.5 billion (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:23 AM PDT

AP - Russia and China signed agreements worth $3.5 billion Tuesday, but the former rivals-turned-strategic partners were still working on a major energy deal, a top Russian official said.

Afghan leader accused of meddling in fraud probe (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:24 AM PDT

Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai a member of the Electoral Complaints Commission of Afghanistan Independent Election Commission speaks during announcing his resignation at a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. One of the two Afghans on a U.N.-backed commission looking into vote fraud in the August presidential election resigned Monday, citing interference by foreigners. Officials acknowledged that errors and miscommunication have plagued the investigation into alleged cheating in the August ballot. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - A campaign official for the runner-up in Afghanistan's disputed election has accused President Hamid Karzai of engineering the resignation of a fraud investigator to throw doubt on the process.

MLK's children settle lawsuit over estate (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:13 AM PDT

AP - After more than 14 hours of discussion, the heirs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reached a settlement late Monday that will keep the family from a public jury trial.

Calif. wildfire-area communities prepare for rain (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:35 AM PDT

Workers with the City of Glendale Parks, Recreation & Community Services set sand bags at the Deukmejian Wilderness Park overlooking the foothill communities of La Crescenta and Tujunga, in Glendale, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Southern California communities near wildfire burn areas are preparing for the possibility of mudslides as a strong Pacific storm remains on course for the West Coast. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - An unusually strong October storm is bearing down on California, prompting residents in areas burned by recent wildfires to prepare for heavy rain that could send mud and debris flowing into canyon and foothill neighborhoods.

Howard, Phillies rally in 9th to reach NLCS (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:29 AM PDT

Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard watches his two-run double in the ninth inning of Game 4 against the Colorado Rockies in a National League baseball division series in Denver on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. The Phillies won 5-4 to advance to the NL championship series. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - Chase Utley ducked near second base. The rest of the Philadelphia Phillies never flinched.

Wildcat helps Dolphins beat Jets 31-27 (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:31 AM PDT

Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne (7) hands off to running back Ronnie Brown during the third quarter of an NFL football game against the New York Jets Monday, Oct. 12, 2009 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP - With 10 seconds left and the game on the line, the Miami Dolphins went with the wildcat. It worked again. Running back Ronnie Brown took the snap and scored on a 2-yard keeper up the middle on third down, and Miami came from behind three times in the fourth quarter to beat the New York Jets 31-27 on Monday night.

U.S. healthcare overhaul poised for big step forward (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 10:19 PM PDT

Internal medicine specialist Dr. Ingrid Chung (R) checks for blood pressure of a patient during a medical exam at her practice in Chantilly, Virginia, July 30, 2009. REUTERS/Hyungwon KangReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's push for sweeping healthcare reform was poised to clear a key Senate hurdle on Tuesday, opening a new phase in the raging debate over his top domestic priority.

Report: North Korea readying to fire more missiles (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 06:38 PM PDT

This undated handout photo released by the Korean Central News Agency in January 2009 shows a missile-firing drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea test-fired five short-range missiles off its east coast Monday and banned ships from the area from October 10-20, a South Korean official said.(AFP/KCNA/KNS/File)Reuters - North Korea may be preparing to launch more short-range missiles a day after it fired a barrage off its east coast, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, quoting a government source.

Clinton to press Russia over sanctions on Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 04:40 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles as she leaves her meeting with political leaders at Stormont Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland, October 12, 2009. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will press Russia on Tuesday to back sanctions against Iran if international talks over Tehran's nuclear program fail.

China's super-rich bounce back from financial crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:51 PM PDT

Reuters - China's super-rich have bounced back from the financial crisis with a vengeance, and China now has more known dollar billionaires than any other country bar the United States, according to a new report released on Tuesday.

U.S. recession over, unemployment seen at 10 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 04:00 PM PDT

Job seekers wait in a line for a turn to speak with a recruiter at a job fair in San Francisco, California September 15, 2009. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - The worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression has ended, but weak household spending as the labor market struggles to create jobs will slow the pace of the economy's recovery, according to a survey released on Monday.

Rights groups: Honduran abuses rampant after coup (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 06:12 PM PDT

Angel David Osorio Rodriguez rests in a bed at Children Hospital in Tegucigalpa, October 12, 2009. REUTERS/Oswaldo RivasReuters - Suspicious deaths. Beatings. Random police shootings. Life under the de facto government of Honduras at times feels uncannily like Latin America's dark past of military rule.

A Nobel first: economics prize goes to a woman (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 12:49 PM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. academic who proved that communities can trump state control and corporations became the first woman to win the Nobel prize in economics on Monday, sharing it with an expert on how companies make decisions whose work could influence post-crisis regulation.

Putin to meet China's Wen for major talks (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 11:12 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, pictured, who is set to meet his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Beijing for talks expected to result in a raft of lucrative trade and energy agreements.(AFP/Pool/RIA/File/Alexey Druzhinin)AFP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was set to meet his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Beijing on Tuesday for talks expected to result in a raft of lucrative trade and energy agreements.

Clinton in Russia for talks on Iran (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:19 AM PDT

An Iranian short-range missile (Tondar) is test-launched during war games in Qom, in September. The United States, Russia, China, Britain, France -- the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- plus Germany, or the P5-plus-1 want Iran to halt its disputed uranium enrichment programme.(AFP/Fars News/File/Shaigan)AFP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday praised the improvement in US ties with Russia, as she visited Moscow in a bid to win Russian help in curbing Iran's nuclear programme.
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