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Senate Democrats clear hurdle on health care bill (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:17 AM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at a news conference where he was joined by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation's medical system and cover 30 million uninsured.

Millions head for work after East Coast snowstorm (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:43 AM PST

Telescope viewers are covered in snow overlooking Lighthouse Beach Sunday in Chatham, Mass. Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, during the first major snowstorm of the season. (AP Photo/Julia Cumes)AP - Millions of people along the East Coast were bracing for potentially dicey commutes as they returned to work Monday after a weekend winter storm dropped record snowfall, interrupted holiday shopping and stranded travelers.

Witnesses: Protests at funeral for Iranian cleric (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:38 AM PST

Mourners attend the funeral ceremony of Iranian Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the spiritual father of Iran's reform movement, his body in a casket at left, in the city of Qom 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. Montazeri, who died Sunday at the age of 87, was a key figure in the 1979 Islamic Revolution who later accused his fellow clerical leaders of imposing dictatorship in the name of Islam. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP - Tens of thousands of mourners are in Iran's holy city of Qom for the funeral of the most senior dissident cleric who denounced the government's crackdowns.

Economy, Obama inauguration: Top stories of 2009 (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:10 AM PST

-- FOR USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS -- FILE - Hundreds of people wait in line to get into a job fair presented by Jobs & Careers Newspaper and Job Fairs in San Mateo, Calif., in this Feb. 25, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - The convoluted American economy — restoring windfalls to a lucky few while leaving millions jobless and distraught — was the top news story of 2009, followed closely by the inauguration of President Barack Obama, according to U.S. editors and news directors voting in The Associated Press' annual poll.

Taliban clash with police in eastern Afghan city (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:09 AM PST

Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme (L) sits inside an armoured vehicle AP - Five militants armed with guns and suicide vests attacked a building in an eastern Afghan city early Monday, officials said, sparking a battle with police that left at least three of the attackers dead.

Even after death, Roberts' hand to be felt at ORU (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2007 file photo, the large praying hands at Oral Roberts University are seen at the university campus in Tulsa, Okla. Evangelist Oral Roberts, who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. He was 91. (AP Photo/File)AP - To his followers, the hands evangelist Oral Roberts used to heal thousands of people will still help guide the university he founded nearly a half-century ago, even after his death.

Astronauts blast off for Christmas space mission (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 11:10 PM PST

U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creame, one of three crew members of the mission to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures prior the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket at the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - A Russian rocket blasted off from a cosmodrome in Kazakhstan lighting up the frigid Central Asian steppe Monday, shuttling an American, a Russian and a Japanese to the International Space Station.

Gas could be the calvalry in global warming fight (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 11:51 PM PST

In this photo taken Dec. 15, 2009, workers for Atmos Energy tend to a natural gas drilling sight in Grapevine, Texas. An unlikely domestic source has emerged as a partial solution to the demands of nations around the world that the United States do more to fight global warming: Natural gas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - An unlikely source of energy has emerged to meet international demands that the United States do more to fight global warming: It's cleaner than coal, cheaper than oil and a 90-year supply is under our feet.

Actress Brittany Murphy dies in LA at age 32 (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST

In this Dec. 1,2009 photo provided by PictureGroup showing Brittany Murphy arriving at the 'Across the Hall' Premiere in Beverly Hills, Calif. A Los Angeles hospital spokeswoman says actress Brittany Murphy has died. She was 32. (AP Photo/PictureGroup, Gregg DeGuire)AP - Brittany Murphy, who gained fame in such movies as "8 Mile" and "Just Married" before giving voice to popular animated characters, has died at age 32.

Favre, Childress argue, Panthers beat Vikings 26-7 (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:28 AM PST

Minnesota Vikings' Brett Favre (4) is hit by Carolina Panthers' Julius Peppers (90) in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Havner)AP - It was supposed to be a night when the Minnesota Vikings celebrated a division title and inched closer to the best record in the NFC.

U.S. health bill passes crucial Senate test (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:53 PM PST

President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care and climate change at the White House in Washington December 19, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - A broad healthcare overhaul passed its first crucial test in the U.S. Senate on Monday, with 60 Democrats voting to put President Barack Obama's top legislative priority on a path to passage by Christmas.

Top Iran dissident cleric Montazeri dies at 87 (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 11:24 AM PST

Iran's most senior dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri is pictured at his home in Qom in this May 19, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/FilesReuters - Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has died at the age of 87, providing a fresh catalyst for renewed demonstrations against the country's hardline leadership.

Karzai says new cabinet to be "accountable" (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:43 AM PST

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (R) shakes hands with Belgium's Prime Minister Yves Leterme during a news conference in Kabul December 20, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised on Sunday his new cabinet would be held to account following mounting criticism over graft in his government.

U.S. sends 12 Guantanamo detainees to home countries (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:31 PM PST

A detainee stands at a fence within the miltary prison in Guantanamo Bay. Twelve more detainees from the US prison camp at Guantanamo have been sent home to Afghanistan, Yemen and the breakaway state of Somaliland, the US Department of Justice said Sunday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)Reuters - The United States has sent 12 inmates from the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan, Yemen and an enclave in Somalia despite concerns about militant cells in those countries.

Northeast digs out of monster snowstorm (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 07:05 PM PST

A man brushes the snow of a vehicle, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)Reuters - The Northeast began digging out on Sunday from a massive snowstorm that buried cities from Washington to Boston under as much as 2 feet of snow, creating travel chaos and hampering Christmas shopping.

Cuba's Castro slams U.S. over arrested contractor (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:19 PM PST

Cuba's President Raul Castro attends a reception ceremony in for his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana in this November 30, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Desmond BoylanReuters - Cuban President Raul Castro accused the Obama administration on Sunday of maintaining hostile policies toward the communist-run island by sending a contractor to distribute illegal satellite equipment.

Hariri sees new page in Lebanon ties with Syria (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:28 AM PST

Reuters - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Sunday he agreed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on practical steps to open up "new horizons" in ties between the two Arab neighbors.

Missing Dutch sailor girl found on St. Martin (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 03:33 PM PST

Reuters - A Dutch teenager who went missing after child welfare authorities thwarted her attempt to become the youngest person to sail singlehanded round the world has been found in the Dutch Antilles.

Thousands attend Iranian dissident's funeral: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:50 AM PST

The body of Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri lies at his house in the holy city of Qom. Thousands of mourners on Monday attended the funeral of Iran's top dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, websites said, amid reports proceedings were violently disrupted by hardliners.(AFP)AFP - Hundreds of thousands of mourners turned out in Iran's holy city of Qom on Monday for the funeral of top dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, opposition websites reported.

Neo-Nazis not behind theft of Auschwitz sign: police (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:45 AM PST

File photo of the sign over the main gate of the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. Polish police said early Monday they have recovered the Nazi German AFP - Polish police said early Monday they have recovered the Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen from the site of the Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland and arrested the alleged thieves.
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