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Democrats' plan to help 'uninsurables' questioned (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:34 AM PST

Jefferson Keel, Lt. Governor of the Chickasaw Nation and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. take part in a meeting with Native American leaders to discuss affordable health care, Wednesday, Nov. 4,2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - You're afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down. Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that President Barack Obama promises would immediately start serving patients with pre-existing medical problems. Wait a second. Read the fine print. You may have to be uninsured for six months to qualify.

Voters to pols: Give us jobs, results, not spats (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:35 AM PST

Governor elect Chris Christie answers a question as he stands with Lt. governor elect Kim Guadagno at the Robert Treat Academy charter school Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Newark, N.J., the day after he won over incumbent Jon S. Corzine. Christie said with the visit to the highly successful school, he wanted to highlight his plans to improve education. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Voters' memo to politicians: We're angry and fearful, mostly about jobs and the economy. We want tangible solutions, not partisan bickering or intraparty spats. And we'll vote either party out of office if we don't think you're listening.

Ecstasy in the Bronx! Yankees win title No. 27 (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST

The New York Yankees celebrate after Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York. The Yankees won 7-3. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - The New York Yankees bolted from the dugout even before the last grounder was scooped up. After waiting nine years for championship No. 27, no one would dare hold them back.

UN relocating about 600 staff after Afghan attack (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:28 PM PST

Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah at a press conference in Kabul on November 4. Abdullah said Hamid Karzai's re-election as Afghan leader was illegal, accusing his rival Wednesday of lacking a mandate to deliver on pledges of unity and reform.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - The United Nations said Thursday that it is temporarily relocating more than half its international staff in Afghanistan following last week's deadly Taliban attack against U.N. workers — the most direct targeting of its employees during decades of work in the country.

October sales promise a bit of relief to stores (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 09:33 PM PST

In this Oct. 22, 2009 photo, Dana Buchman merchandise is seen at a Kohl's department store in Jersey City, N.J. Dana Buchman, known for career clothes with touches of animal prints that had been a mainstay at upscale department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, has now been reinvented for more frugal shoppers at midbrow retailer Kohl's Corp., starting this past February. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - October sales reports from major retailers ranging from Target Corp. to Macy's Inc. are expected to offer more evidence of a spending recovery when they're released Thursday.

'Clunker' data show pickup-for-pickup trades (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:16 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2009 file photo, an old pickup truck is displayed outside a car dealership in Norwood, Mass. The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)AP - Billed as a way for the government to put more fuel-efficient vehicles on highways, the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program sold thousands of commuter-friendly cars, even hybrids, and more: Turns out, the most common deals replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press.

Analysis: Democrats have short memory on judges (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:39 AM PST

President Barack Obama walks back to his seat after speaking during an event in the East Room of the White House celebrating classical music, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Ten months into Barack Obama's presidency, Democrats are accusing Republicans of creating "a dark mark on the Senate" by delaying confirmation of his federal court nominees.

Congress set to clear aid to jobless, homebuyers (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:46 AM PST

Graphic shows the rate of unemployment benefit extension exhaustions by stateAP - Congress is one vote away from sending the president legislation that continues aid to more than a million jobless people and extends tax breaks to hundreds of thousands of prospective homebuyers and struggling businesses.

In Ohio, relatives ask how victims went unnoticed (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:30 AM PST

Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - The discovery of 11 bodies in one home in a run-down neighborhood here has relatives of the presumed victims wondering how such a gruesome scene could have gone unnoticed for perhaps years, and they charge that police ignored their missing person reports.

Group urges CW stations not to air 'Gossip Girl' (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:27 PM PST

FILE - In this image released by The CW, a controversial print advertisement for the second season of 'Gossip Girl,' is shown. (AP Photo/The CW, file) -- NO SALES --AP - On-air promos for a sexual threesome on an upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl" have spurred the Parents Television Council to ask affiliates of the CW network to pre-empt the show.

U.N. evacuates hundreds of staff from Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:16 AM PST

Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a news conference in Kabul November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Oleg PopovReuters - The United Nations said on Thursday it would temporarily evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for Western efforts to stabilize the country.

Senate approves aid for jobless, homebuyers (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to extend aid for jobless workers and broaden tax breaks for homebuyers and businesses in a bid to breathe life into the struggling U.S. economy.

Democrats wrestle with abortion on health bill (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 06:25 PM PST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures while speaking about health care during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Speaking on the steps of the Capitol, Pelosi said Congress was at a 'historic moment' with lawmakers 'on the cusp of delivering on the promise of making affordable, quality health insurance available to every American.' (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Reuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives scrambled on Wednesday to iron out lingering concerns over abortion in a healthcare reform bill that was headed to a close and potentially historic weekend debate.

Hezbollah denies link to arms ship seized by Israel (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:53 AM PST

Munitions are displayed at the port of Ashdod November 4, 2009. According to the military the arms were found on the Antigua-flagged Francop vessel, intercepted overnight in the Mediterranean Sea, 100 miles (160 km) from Israel. REUTERS/Amir CohenReuters - Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group denied on Thursday any connection with a shipment of weapons that Israel said it had intercepted on the high seas.

Myanmar election needs Suu Kyi involvement, U.S. says (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:49 AM PST

Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives for a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (L) at the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon November 4, 2009. A delegation of senior U.S. officials, pursuing a new dialogue, met with Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday in the highest-level talks with the reclusive junta in 14 years. The move by President Barack Obama's administration to engage the junta appeared focused on pushing for free and fair elections next year, although analysts said the rapprochement was as much about geopolitics and the growing regional influence of China. REUTERS/Aung Hla TunReuters - It would be "very hard" for next year's elections in Myanmar to be legitimate without the involvement of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a senior United States official said on Thursday .

Countrywide ex-CEO Mozilo must face SEC fraud case (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:24 PM PST

Reuters - A federal judge rejected a request by Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp, to dismiss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing him of securities fraud and insider trading.

Italy convicts former CIA agents in rendition trial (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 11:22 AM PST

Reuters - An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government.

UN to pull non-essential staff from Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 10:53 PM PST

A UN vehicle carries the coffin of a slain staff member during a ceremony at Kabul International Airport on November 3. Five UN staff were killed at the Bekhtar Guesthouse in a terrorist attack in Kabul on October 28. The United Nations is to pull all non-essential foreign staff out of Afghanistan temporarily(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - The United Nations is to evacuate its non-essential foreign staff from Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers, a spokesman said Thursday.

Hezbollah denies link to arms seized by Israel (AFP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 12:05 AM PST

A grenade and landmines are displayed among other weapons by the Israeli military at the port of Ashdod. Lebanon's Hezbollah on Thursday vehemently denied Israeli accusations that a huge shipment of arms seized by the Jewish state was destined for the militant group(AFP/David Buimovitch)AFP - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Thursday vehemently denied Israeli accusations that a huge shipment of arms seized by the Jewish state was destined for the militant group.
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