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AP sources: Ill. prison to get Gitmo detainees (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:24 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center is seen in Thomson , Ill. The White House plans to announce Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009, that a rural Illinois prison will be acquired by the federal government to become the new home for a limited number of Guantanamo Bay detainees. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)AP - Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo.

Obama touting home energy efficiency program (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:28 AM PST

President Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, after his meeting with financial services executives. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Hoping to jump-start his plans for job growth, President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to pass incentives for homeowners who retrofit their homes to make them more energy-efficient.

Obama to work to solidify support for health bill (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:11 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, speaks during a news conference on health care, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. With Reid from left are Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - After months of turmoil, President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats are reaching for the unity they need to pass health care legislation by Christmas, but without the government-run insurance program that liberals have long sought.

Afghan official: 8 killed in suicide bombing (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:06 AM PST

People stand outside of the Heetal Hotel, not in photo, after an apparent suicide bomb was detonated in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - A suicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighborhood Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice president and a hotel favored by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, officials said.

Explosions rock downtown Baghdad, killing 5 (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:02 AM PST

An Iraqi man walks through debris at the scene of last Tuesday's massive bomb attack near the new Finance Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. The U.S. military says it warned Iraqi officials about possible attacks in Baghdad the same day that bombers struck government sites in the country's capital last week. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - A series of car bombs ripped through downtown Baghdad early Tuesday, killing five and wounding at least 16 people in the latest attack in the Iraqi capital targeting an area home to many government buildings, Iraqi police and health officials said.

Poll: Action on climate will heat up economy, jobs (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:08 AM PST

FILE - This Aug. 25, 2009 photo shows a shirts worn by a person at a rally against federal legislation on climate change in Greeley, Colo., organized by the American Petroleum Institute. 'Why would we do anything to drive up their cost of doing business? It makes no sense,' local radio host Amy Oliver Cooke told the crowd, most of whom wore shirts that said, 'Congress, Don't Take Away my Job.' Nearly half of Americans believe steps taken to reduce global warming pollution will help the U.S. economy in a Associated Press-Stanford University poll conducted in November 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - More Americans believe steps taken to reduce global warming pollution will help the U.S. economy than say such measures will hurt it. It's a sign the public is showing more faith in President Barack Obama's economic arguments for limiting heat-trapping gases than in Republican claims that the actions would kill jobs.

Aussie scientists find coconut-carrying octopus (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2009 photo taken near Indonesia and released by Museum Victoria, a veined octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus hides in an coconut shell. Australian scientists have filmed the octopus collecting coconut shells for shelter, unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal. (AP Photo/Museum Victoria, Roger Steene)AP - Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter — unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal.

Fed is expected to leave rates at record low (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:43 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2009 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is introduced before speaking during a discussion hosted by The Economic Club of Washington, in Washington. A decision to raise rates is still months away. But plans for reeling in the unprecedented amount of money the Federal Reserve has plowed into the economy is likely to dominate its private discussions Tuesday Dec. 15 and Wednesday. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)AP - The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates at a record low this week, aiming to induce consumers and businesses to borrow and spend and bolster the economic recovery.

The buddy cop genre lives again on `NCIS' spinoff (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:32 AM PST

In this TV publicity image released by CBS, Chris O'Donnell portrays Special Agent 'G' Callen in a scene from, 'NCIS Los Angeles'. (AP Photo/CBS, Cliff Lipson)AP - If any series has a shot at single-handedly reviving the buddy cop genre, it's "NCIS: Los Angeles."

49ers deny sloppy Cardinals NFC West crown (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:45 AM PST

San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis, center, is greeted by his teammates after scoring a touchdown on a five-yard pass from quarterback Alex Smith during the first quarter of their NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. At right is San Francisco 49ers guard David Baas.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The Arizona Cardinals threw away a chance to clinch a second straight NFC West crown.

Medicare "buy-in" unlikely to survive in Senate (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 06:44 PM PST

U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) talks to reporters about healthcare legislation outside of the senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Senate Democrats said on Monday they would probably drop a compromise to expand the Medicare health program for the elderly as they struggle to win the 60 votes needed to pass a broad healthcare overhaul.

Geithner: TARP to earn healthy profit for U.S (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 06:30 PM PST

Reuters - Plans from Wells Fargo & Co and Citigroup to repay taxpayer funds will put the U.S. government on track to reduce its bailout investments in banks by more than 75 percent, while earning a healthy profit for the U.S., Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday.

Pakistan military not seeking takeover: U.S. general (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:14 AM PST

Afghan refugee boy stands next to river at a poor neighborhood in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)Reuters - The United States believes Pakistan's military has no intention of trying to seize power, U.S. Central Command chief General David Petraeus said during a visit to an ally that is struggling against Taliban militants.

Exxon Mobil to buy XTO Energy in big U.S. gas bet (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 01:45 PM PST

A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas, September 15, 2008. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Exxon Mobil Corp plans to buy XTO Energy Inc for about $30 billion in stock, in a move that thrusts the U.S. energy giant to the forefront of North America's fast-growing natural gas industry.

U.S. plans to transfer some Guantanamo detainees (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 09:49 PM PST

A guard tower and prison yard stands empty at the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois. The closed prison facility is being considered by the Department of Defense to house suspects from the closing US Guantanamo Bay prison.(AFP/Getty Images/David Greedy)Reuters - The Obama administration will announce plans later on Tuesday to acquire an Illinois prison and to send a limited number of detainees there from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. official said.

Obama tells bankers it's payback time (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 12:47 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) speaks during a meeting with the members of financial services industries to discuss economic recovery, small business lending, improving lending practices for homeowners and the Administration's plans for financial reform, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC.(AFP/Jewel Samad)Reuters - President Barack Obama told top U.S. bankers on Monday they owed it to the country to help lift the economy out of crisis by lending more money to small businesses in need and embracing financial reforms.

Clinton outlines human rights policy (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 02:29 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks on human rights to students at Georgetown University's Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service in Washington, DC. Clinton on Monday outlined a pragmatic stance toward human rights in China and Russia, countries she calls key to boosting the world economy and non-proliferation efforts.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled a U.S. human rights agenda on Monday calling for universal standards that apply to all nations, prompting rights groups to urge the administration to live up to its rhetoric.

Citigroup, Wells Fargo to pay back U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 07:09 PM PST

A U.S. flag flies above Wells Fargo & Co headquarters in San Francisco, California, April 22, 2009. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Citigroup Inc and Wells Fargo & Co said they were paying back funds to the U.S. government, in transactions that will end taxpayers' capital support of the biggest U.S. banks much sooner than had been expected just weeks ago.

Suicide attack near Kabul hotel kills eight (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:42 AM PST

Afghan security personnel inspect the burning wreckage of a vehicle at the site of a suicide attack near a guesthouse in Kabul on December 15. The city has been struck by an increase in militant attacks in recent months and the blast came shortly before government officials and ambassadors were due to attend a flagship conference on corruption elsewhere in Kabul.(AFP/Daud Yardost)AFP - A suicide bomber struck an upmarket district of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday near a hotel and guest house frequented by foreigners, killing eight people and wounding another 40, officials said.

Climate negotiators in race against time (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST

Environmental acvtivists from Climate No Borders run with a stolen balloon during a demonstration in Copenhagen. UN chief Ban Ki-moon heads to global climate talks on Tuesday warning that negotiators face a race against time to prevent the meeting ending in catastrophic failure after developing nations staged a five-hour walkout.(AFP/Scanpix/Jens Astrup)AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon heads to global climate talks on Tuesday warning that negotiators face a race against time to prevent the meeting ending in catastrophic failure after developing nations staged a five-hour walkout.
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