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Obama, Hu show cooperation, but divisions remain (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:52 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama meets audience members after speaking at a town hall-style event with Chinese youth at the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long bedeviled the two powers.

Business foes of health care revamp ramp up effort (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:07 AM PST

AP - Business foes of health care overhaul legislation are outspending supporters at a rate of 2-to-1 for TV ads as they grow increasingly nervous over a final bill.

Lingering effects of Baghdad blasts on Iraqis (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:04 AM PST

In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, Iraqis works in front of the destroyed building of Baghdad's Provincial Administration, in Iraq, The building is one of three government institutions that were destroyed by the twin suicide car bombs that exploded on Oct. 25, 2009. Recent bombings that hit government buildings in downtown Baghdad killed more than 250 people and wounded hundreds more. The blasts also had a wider effect: slowing down the government services Iraqis use on a daily basis. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Sadiya Khadem Rashid just needed a stamp. One stamp from Baghdad's city hall so she could receive $850 in compensation given to displaced Iraqis who return home. But before she could get there, the building was blown up.

SPIN METER: Did Obama grovel? (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:31 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2009, photo U.S. President Barack Obama bows as he is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, not pictured, upon arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Obama's awkward encounter with Akihito - bows are not meant to accompany physical contact - is not even the first time the president, a Democrat in office less than a year, has been criticized for his greeting of a foreign leader: Critics accused him of genuflecting to Saudi King Abdullah at a G-20 summit earlier this year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - Some conservative commentators seized on President Barack Obama's deep bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito over the weekend, accusing the U.S. commander in chief of groveling before a foreign leader.

AP IMPACT: Tobacco execs quickly find tax loophole (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:34 AM PST

Scott Bendett poses at his Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe in Albany, N.Y., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, with packages of pipe tobacco. After the Obama administration levied a a 2,000 percent tax increase on tobacco this April, roll-your-own tobacco brands like Criss Cross and Farmers Gold came off the shelves almost overnight, replaced by pipe tobacco with the same names, seen above. 'They tried to make a product within the elements of the law that they could, in fact, market as pipe tobacco,' said Bendett. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - With a simple marketing twist, tobacco companies are avoiding hundreds of millions of dollars a year in taxes by exploiting a loophole in President Barack Obama's child health law.

Body of missing NC girl found; 2 facing charges (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:00 AM PST

This undated photo provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows Shaniya Nicole Davis. Authorities searched along a highway Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 for the body of a missing 5-year-old girl but said they still hoped they might find her alive. (AP Photo/National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) NO SALESAP - When 5-year-old Shaniya Davis of North Carolina went missing, suspicion turned to a man described as her mother's boyfriend. As he was let go, police targeted another man spotted on hotel surveillance footage holding the child. Then, authorities arrested the girl's mother and accused her of offering her daughter for prostitution.

New mammogram advice raises questions, concerns (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:11 AM PST

HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL 5 p.m. EST; graphic shows the use of mammography among women 40 and older by ageAP - For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experiences.

Twins joined at head successfully separated (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:15 PM PST

In this August 2009, image provided by the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, 2-year-old Bangladeshi orphan, Krishna, is seen at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne in Australia. A team of Australian surgeons were working Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, on a delicate and complicated surgery to separate Krishna from her conjoined twin sister, Trishna, who are joined at the top of the head. (AP Photo/Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne)AP - A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain tissue.

The semifinals are on! 4 compete on `Dancing' (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 08:32 PM PST

AP - Mya is tops among semifinalists on "Dancing with the Stars."

Cleveland Rocked: Ravens blank hapless Browns 16-0 (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:31 AM PST

Cleveland Browns running back Chris Jennings (34) is tackled by Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis in the third quarter of an NFL football game Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AP - Even after Baltimore had punished Brady Quinn, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis got in one more vicious hit on Cleveland's quarterback.

Obama prods China on yuan but Hu silent on issue (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 12:33 AM PST

President Obama speaks during a town hall meeting with future Chinese leaders at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum in Shanghai, November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged a reluctant China to let its yuan currency rise in value at a summit where strains over trade between the two giants crept into proclamations of goodwill.

New U.S. guidelines: routine mammograms start at 50 (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST

Reuters - Sweeping new U.S. breast cancer guidelines released on Monday recommend against routine mammograms for women in their 40s, but several groups immediately rebelled against the recommendations.

Guantanamo detainee move not security risk: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:22 PM PST

Reuters - Moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a largely unused prison in this hamlet would create much-needed jobs, said officials who toured the rural prison on Monday, dismissing widespread concern about risks to security from America's sworn enemies and their allies.

Fed eyes dollar drop, but hews to low-rate pledge (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 05:54 PM PST

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke speaks at the Federal Reserve Conference on Key Developments in Monetary Policy in Washington October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a rare comment on the U.S. dollar's value, on Monday acknowledged the currency's slump was causing some prices to rise, but said other factors restraining inflation were winning the day.

Obama announces jobs forum date, economic tour (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 06:24 PM PST

A job seeker picks up a copy of the Washington Job Guide at a job fair in a Washington hotel, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a forum on job creation with U.S. business leaders on December 3 and then embark on a cross-country tour to discuss economic recovery, the White House said on Monday.

IAEA sees risk Iran hiding more nuclear activity (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 01:22 PM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) welcomes International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (L) during an official meeting in Tehran October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb HomavandiReuters - The United Nations' nuclear watchdog is concerned that Iran's belated revelation of a new uranium enrichment site may mean it is hiding further nuclear activity, an agency report said on Monday.

Palin says presidency "not on my radar screen" (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 12:26 PM PST

This photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 and released Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by Harpo Productions, Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, second from right, with former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her daughters, Willow, right, and Piper, left, during the taping of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in Chicago. The show will air on Monday, Nov. 16. (AP Photo/Harpo Productions, Inc., George Burns) MANDATORY CREDIT: Harpo Productions, George Burns. NO SALESReuters - Sarah Palin said a run for the White House in 2012 is "not on my radar screen right now" as the Republican carefully did not close the door to a possible candidacy in an interview that launched her big book tour.

One in seven Americans short of food (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 02:24 PM PST

Reuters - More than 49 million Americans -- one in seven -- struggled to get enough to eat in 2008, the highest total in 14 years of a federal survey on "food insecurity," the U.S. government said Monday.

Obama vows 'positive, cooperative' ties with China (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 10:42 PM PST

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) following a statement to the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The United States and China on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on a host of issues from climate change to North Korea as Obama pledged positive and comprehensive ties with Beijing.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The United States and China on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on a host of issues from climate change to North Korea as US President Barack Obama pledged positive and comprehensive ties with Beijing.

Britain's Brown defends Afghan role (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 09:30 PM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his official residence in central London. Foreign forces in Afghanistan are AFP - Foreign forces in Afghanistan are "disrupting and disabling" Al-Qaeda's leadership, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, in a strong defence of Britain's involvement in the conflict.
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