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Senate Dems look to close deal on health overhaul (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:41 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks on climate change and healthcare reform in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Outnumbered Republicans are vowing to delay passage of historic health care legislation as long as possible after jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote.

Blizzard-like storm slams East; region snowed in (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:46 PM PST

People dressed as Santa Claus cross a street on their way to a bar during a snow storm in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.

Iranian dissident cleric Montazeri dies at 87 (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:43 PM PST

FILE - Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, 86, who was once the heir apparent to lead Iran but fell from favor and spent five years under house arrest as the regime's most feared dissident, speaks in this Wednesday Oct. 1, 2008 file photo. The grandson of Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, says he has died in his sleep early Sunday Dec. 20, 2009 at the age of 87. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)AP - Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has died, his grandson said Sunday. He was 87.

Senators OK defense budget bill, much left to 2010 (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:47 PM PST

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for an early vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. The Senate cleared its year-end plate of some must-do work Saturday as it passed a critical budget bill that blends money for the Pentagon with additional help for the jobless. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - The Senate cleared its year-end plate of some must-do work Saturday as it passed a critical budget bill that blends money for the Pentagon with additional help for the jobless.

China: Climate talks yielded 'positive' results (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:48 PM PST

A chimney of a plant that produces heating for buildings emits smoke near a residential apartment in Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning province Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Two years of laborious negotiations on a climate agreement ended Friday in Copenhagen with a political deal brokered by President Barack Obama with China and other emerging powers but denounced by poor countries because it was nonbinding and set no overall target for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo) -- CHINA OUT --AP - China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, lauded Sunday the outcome of a historic U.N. climate conference that ended with a nonbinding agreement that urges major polluters to make deeper emissions cuts — but does not require it.

Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:50 PM PST

FILE - An Iranian supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is beaten by government security members as fellow supports come to his aid during riots in Tehran, Iran, in this June 14, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo, File)AP - After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by their jailers.

Iraq sends forces to oil well seized by Iran (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:49 PM PST

Map locates al-Fakkah oil field where Iraqi forces are confronting Iranian forces who seized an oil wellAP - Iraq deployed security forces Saturday near a remote oil well seized by Iran, officials said, and its government pressed Tehran to withdraw its forces from the area along their disputed southern border.

March over: Cowboys send Saints to first loss (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:52 PM PST

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Robert Meachem walks off the field after the Saint's 24 -17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in an NFL football game Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)AP - A perfect record would have been lagniappe, as they say in Louisiana — a little something extra.

Prison population to have first drop since 1972 (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:53 PM PST

AP - The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.

White-collar jobless join FedEx, UPS for holidays (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:53 PM PST

In this photo made Dec. 16, 2009, UPS seasonal worker Rolf Wick unloads packages at a delivery stop in Daly City, Calif. Wick applied online with UPS after being laid off from an IT management position. The 42-year-old, who lives in San Francisco, was managing a staff of consultants and administrators. Now he's a driver's helper, tracking the status of packages and running from house to house making deliveries. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - Ed Gullo never thought he'd be on this side of a package delivery.

U.N. climate talks end with bare minimum agreement (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 10:21 PM PST

Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen pauses during a night plenary meeting at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, early December 19, 2009. REUTERS/Christian CharisiusReuters - U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement on Saturday when delegates "noted" an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the conference's original goals.

Brazil needle victim recovers, outrage at cruelty (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 01:57 PM PST

Reuters - A Brazilian toddler is making a good recovery after surgery to remove the first of 31 sewing needles pushed into his body by his stepfather in a cruel act that has enraged locals, the hospital said on Saturday.

Senate approves $636 billion military spending bill (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 05:45 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Senate approved a $636 billion military spending bill on Saturday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also includes money to extend jobless aid and Medicare payment rates for two months.

Congress must resist health insurance lobby: Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 03:03 AM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks as White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (L) looks on in the White House. US editorial pages gave a cool response Sunday to what Obama called an Reuters - President Barack Obama warned on Saturday the country's powerful insurance industry was determined to thwart a dramatic improvement in patients' rights as it lobbies against his signature healthcare reforms.

Iran troops have made partial withdrawal: Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:43 PM PST

An Iranian flag is seen at the site of a captured well at Fakka oilfield near Amara, 300 km (186 miles) southeast of Baghdad, December 19, 2009. REUTERS/Salah ThaniReuters - Iranian troops have withdrawn partially from a disputed oil well claimed by both Tehran and Baghdad, the Iraqi government spokesman said on Sunday. Ali al-Dabbagh said a small group of Iranian troops who had taken over an oil well in a remote region along the two countries' border last week were no longer in control of the well, which Iraq considers part of its Fakka oilfield.

Four al Qaeda suspects found in Yemen hospital (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 07:54 AM PST

Reuters - Four suspected al Qaeda militants targeted in a government military operation this week have been found in a Yemeni hospital, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Iran dissident Montazeri dies: news agencies (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:16 PM PST

Leading Iranian dissident the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri (pictured) has died, local news agencies reported on Sunday.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Leading Iranian dissident the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has died, local news agencies reported on Sunday.

Climate summit rams through plan, amid criticism (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:36 PM PST

A UN climate summit Saturday rammed through a battle plan against global warming forged by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders, sidelining smaller states which lashed the deal as betrayal.(AFP/Olivier Morin)AFP - A UN climate summit rammed through a battle plan against global warming forged by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders, sidelining smaller states which lashed the deal as betrayal.
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