Rabu, 09 Desember 2009

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Progress in Senate Democratic health care talks (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:31 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is seen before his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Democrats say they are getting close to pushing President Barack Obama's health care bill through the Senate.

Bailout watchdog: Crisis response worked, somewhat (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:26 AM PST

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner listens at the opening of President Barack Obama's jobs summit, officially known as the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum, Thursday, Dec. 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The government's $700 billion bailout of the financial system helped prevent an all-out panic last fall but hasn't met many of the targets Congress set out, a watchdog panel says.

House panel considers college football playoffs (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:38 AM PST

In this Dec. 5, 2009, photo Alabama defensive back Rod Woodson (18), linebacker Jonathan Atchison, center, and defensive lineman Darrington Sentimore (94) celebrate after their 32-13 win over Florida in the NCAA college football SEC championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. A House panel will debate and vote on a bill on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, that would ban the promotion of a postseason NCAA Division I football game as a national championship unless it's the outcome of a playoff. The vote on the legislation by Texas Rep. Joe Barton, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, comes just three days after college football officials announced the BCS selections, including the Jan. 7 national title game between No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP - A top official of the Bowl Championship Series says there are more important things for Congress to worry about than pressing for a playoff system for college football.

Fierce winter storm hits Midwest with snow, wind (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:31 PM PST

Students brave the snow on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, as a winter storm travels through the region. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - A fierce winter storm hammered more than a dozen states Tuesday with dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds that threatened to create 15-foot drifts in parts of the Upper Midwest.

Kennedy special election puts GOP in spotlight (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:42 AM PST

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley greets supporters outside a polling place in Medford, Mass., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, the morning of the Democratic primary election in which she is a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)AP - A special election campaign to fill the late Edward M. Kennedy's Senate seat gives state Republicans something they've sorely missed for the past three years: a place in the political spotlight.

Philippine police seek 161 suspects in massacre (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:43 AM PST

Philippine National Police Chief Jesus Versoza, right, points at mug shots of suspected members of the government armed militia who allegedly participated in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province during a press conference at Camp Crame, police headquarters in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009. Philippine police identified 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Philippine police on Wednesday named 161 suspects in the massacre of 57 people last month, including government militiamen led by members of a powerful clan facing murder and rebellion charges.

Drug-import backers worry Obama may scuttle plan (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:47 AM PST

Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and John McCain, R-Ariz., are seen in an elevator following the tabling of an abortion amendment on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A long-running effort to allow the import of lower-cost prescription drugs faces a new twist — President Barack Obama's administration is raising safety concerns that could effectively scuttle it, even though Obama backed the plan as a senator.

GAO: FDA yet to make safety changes post-Vioxx (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:23 PM PST

AP - The Food and Drug Administration still hasn't restructured its staff to better monitor drug safety, more than three years after experts recommended key changes in the wake of the Vioxx scandal.

Granderson headed to Yanks as part of 3-team deal (AP)

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:34 AM PST

Arizona Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch responds to a question during a news conference at the baseball winter meetings in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Naturally, it was the New York Yankees who made the first big move at the winter meetings.

Gate-crashers to take the Fifth if subpoenaed (AP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 06:51 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington. The couple who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner may be subpoenaed to appear before a House committee looking into the security breach. The Homeland Security Committee plans to vote Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009, on whether to subpoena reality TV hopefuls Michaele and Tareq Salahi to testify. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)AP - The White House gate-crashers plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach.

Democrats reach deal on health bill (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 07:38 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talks to reporters about healthcare legislation after the senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Senate Democratic healthcare negotiators said they agreed on Tuesday to replace a government-run insurance option with a scaled-back non-profit plan and would seek cost estimates on the deal.

Obama to extend bailout fund (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:23 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration plans to announce on Wednesday that it intends to extend the life of the $700 billion financial bailout fund until next October, administration officials said on Tuesday.

U.S. bailout fund left many problems unsolved: watchdog (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:21 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. government's $700 billion bailout program helped stabilize the financial system, but has done little to boost lending or stave off millions of home foreclosures, a government watchdog group said on Wednesday.

Obama pushes plans for more job creation (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:23 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered modest steps to spur jobs and defended his push to get the U.S. economy growing, amid deep public dismay over double-digit unemployment that has eroded his popularity.

Gates: pieces coming together for Afghan success (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:41 PM PST

A U.S army soldier from Task Force Denali 1-40 Cav plays with snow at FOB Wilderness in Paktya province, Afghanistan, December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY)Reuters - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited U.S. commanders in Afghanistan on Wednesday, promising that President Barack Obama's surge of extra forces would give them what they need for success against the Taliban.

U.S. airport screening secrets posted online (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:41 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration accidentally posted a document online containing secrets related to airport passenger screening practices, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

Coakley wins primary for Kennedy's Senate seat (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 07:50 PM PST

Reuters - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on Tuesday won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death Senator Edward Kennedy, who died in August of brain cancer.

Bin Laden death tied to al Qaeda defeat: McChrystal (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:17 PM PST

U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan, speaks at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the war in Afghanistan, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who must be captured or killed in order to defeat al Qaeda, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Tuesday.

Developing nations furious over Danish climate text (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 07:36 PM PST

An Israeli man holds an umbrella as he stands opposite an electricity manufacturing station near the northern Israeli city of Hadera. A leaked Danish proposal triggered outrage at Copenhagen climate talks, with developing nations condemning a draft deal that they argued would consign most of the world's poor to permanent penury.(AFP/Yehuda Raizner)AFP - A leaked Danish proposal triggered outrage at Copenhagen climate talks, with developing nations condemning a draft deal that they argued would consign most of the world's poor to permanent penury.

Philippine clan accused of killing over 200 (AFP)

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:30 PM PST

An armored personnel carrier sits parked on a road in Tacurong, in Sultan Kudarat province next to the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao on December 8. A Muslim clan accused of a political massacre last month killed at least 200 other people during its rule of a southern Philippine province, the nation's human rights commissioner said on Wednesday.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)AFP - A Muslim clan blamed for a horrific political massacre in the Philippines was accused on Wednesday of killing at least 200 other people during a brutal eight-year rule of a southern province.
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