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Senate pushes toward passage of health bill (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:18 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a health care rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. From left are, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. Reid, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Jubilant Democrats are ready to push President Barack Obama's health care overhaul past one last 60-vote hurdle to final Christmas Eve passage, and Republicans concede they're powerless to stop it.

Storm plods through West, Midwest (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 01:16 AM PST

A multiple-vehicle collision caused by blowing dust is seen Tuesday Dec. 22, 2009 on Interstate 10 near Kortsen Road in Casa Grande, Ariz. sudden dust storm has spawned 20 or more collisions Tuesday on Interstate 10 in central Arizona, with several vehicles catching fire. (AP Photo/Casa Grande Dispatch, Steven King)AP - A fast-moving storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest, but not without threatening to cause long delays and tough driving conditions for countless holiday travelers.

Plane overshoots Jamaica runway; more than 40 hurt (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 11:57 PM PST

Passengers of American Airlines flight AA331 from Miami are evacuated from Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston Jamaica, after their plane made a overshot the runway while landing, leaving no immediate reports of fatalities or serious injuries, just after midnight Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. According to reports, the plane, which originated at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. and made a stopover in Miami, overshot the runway when it landed in heavy rain. (AP Photo/LLoyd Robinson) JAMAICA OUTAP - An American Airlines flight from Miami with more than 150 aboard overshot a runway while landing during a heavy rainstorm in Kingston Tuesday night, injuring more than 40 people, officials said.

November new home sales seen rising 2.3 percent (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:26 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug 26, 2009 file photo, a sold sign is posted outside a recently sold home in Springfield, Ill. Sales of new homes are expected to post a small increase in November for the third month in a row, a sign that the housing market is finally on solid ground. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - Sales of new homes are expected to have increased in November for the third month in a row, a sign that the housing market is finally on solid ground.

Teresa Heinz says she's fighting breast cancer (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:54 AM PST

AP - Teresa Heinz says she is being treated for breast cancer discovered through mammography and argues that younger women should continue undergoing the tests despite a federal panel's recent recommendation to reduce their frequency.

Pain before gain in health care overhaul (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:52 AM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, looks on as Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The costs of health care reform being pushed through Congress by Democrats will be felt long before the benefits.

Brazil: Boy ordered returned to US dad's custody (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:59 AM PST

U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) answers a phone call in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. Brazil's Supreme Court chief justice ruled Tuesday in favor of David Goldman, a U.S. citizen who has pursued a five-year court battle to gain custody of his son. Sean, Goldman's son, was taken to Brazil in 2004 by his then-wife Bruna Bianchi, who divorced Goldman and remarried before dying while giving birth to a daughter in 2008. Smith is in Rio to support Goldman's cause. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)AP - A U.S. man involved in a five-year battle for his son is closer than ever to being reunited with the boy, and waits now to see if Brazilian relatives will comply with an order from Brazil's chief justice to give up custody.

Balloon Boy parents face sentencing in Colorado (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 01:03 AM PST

In a Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 photo, Mayumi, left, and Richard Heene arrive at district court in Fort Collins, Colo., with attorney Dave Lane, center. Richard and Mayumi Heene acted alone when they fabricated a story about their son floating off in a runaway balloon to gain publicity, sheriff's officials said Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)AP - The parents who pulled off the balloon boy hoax are already facing the prospect of jail time and paying tens of thousands of dollars in restitution over their stunt. An investigator also wants to forbid the couple from making any money off their newfound fame.

Terrorist attack feared after Jackson arrest (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:57 AM PST

File-In this Feb.,2005 file photo showing Michael Jackson arriving for the first day of his child molestation trial at the Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant,File)AP - Police concerns that media-hungry terrorists would attack Michael Jackson's trial as a "soft target" led to a request for federal help, according to FBI files kept on the late pop star. The documents also show that the FBI helped facilitate interviews in the Philippines by California authorities investigating Jackson over allegations that he had sexually abused boys.

Hall leads BYU past Oregon State in Las Vegas Bowl (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 01:07 AM PST

BYU quarterback Max Hall gets off a pass during the first half of the Las Vegas Bowl NCAA college football game against Oregon State in Las Vegas, Tuesday Dec. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Daniel Gluskoter)AP - Max Hall threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns in the only bowl game he knows, leading No. 15 BYU past No. 16 Oregon State 44-20 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Tuesday night.

No deaths in Jamaica American Airlines accident (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 10:41 PM PST

Reuters - An American Airlines Boeing 737 overshot the runway while landing in driving rain at the international airport in Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday night, but the company said there were no fatalities or serious injuries.

U.S. home sales bolster economic growth prospects (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:20 PM PST

Reuters - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes jumped to the highest level in nearly three years last month, the latest sign the economic recovery was gaining steam after growing below expectations in the third quarter.

Health bill clears second Senate hurdle (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:03 PM PST

Guadalupe Hernandez receives an ultrasound by nurse practitioner Gail Brown during a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - U.S. Senate Democrats cleared the second of three 60-vote hurdles on President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, moving its version of the landmark legislation one step closer to passage before Christmas.

Geithner: Tight lending threatens U.S. recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 02:50 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner meet with CEOs of several small and community banks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington December 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner expressed confidence on Tuesday that the U.S. economy was on a solid recovery path, but said tight lending practices by banks still pose a risk.

Rajaratnam objects to scheduling of Galleon cases (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 03:29 PM PST

Reuters - Lawyers for Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam objected on Tuesday to the government's request to schedule his criminal trial ahead of a parallel SEC case, saying the move could compromise the defense's case.

Treasury finds holes in stimulus tax breaks (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:38 PM PST

Reuters - Billions of dollars worth of tax breaks in the U.S. economic stimulus plan may present a big problem during the tax filing season ramps up as the Internal Revenue Service cannot verify who is eligible for them.

Drug gang revenge attack kills Mexico marine's family (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 05:31 PM PST

Military personnel guard a neighborhood while searching for hitmen, in Paraiso December 22, 2009. Suspected drug gang hitmen shot dead the grieving mother, brother and sister of an elite Mexican marine who died after a raid that killed a top drug lord, police said on Tuesday. The shooting came just hours after the funeral of special forces marine Melquisedet Angulo, who died of wounds suffered during the strike that killed Arturo Beltran Leyva, boss of the cartel. Angulo, who was hit by grenades during the attack, was lauded as a hero, making his family an identifiable target. REUTERS/Marcelo Lopez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MILITARY)Reuters - Drug gang hitmen shot dead the grieving mother, brother, sister and aunt of an elite Mexican marine who died after taking part in a raid that killed a notorious drug lord, police said on Tuesday.

Leading China dissident tried, verdict due Friday (AFP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 10:52 PM PST

Shang Baojun (centre), the lawyer for leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobao, is manhandled by plainclothes security personnel trying to keep him away from journalists outside the courthouse on his arrival on December 23, in Beijing. Liu went on trial on subversion charges, in a case criticised by the United States, the European Union and rights groups as politically motivated.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo went on trial on subversion charges Wednesday, in a case criticised by the United States, the European Union and rights groups as politically motivated.

Plane crashes in Jamaica but passengers walk away (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 01:04 AM PST

Map of Jamaica locating Kingston. An American Airlines jet overshot the runway at a Jamaican airport and ended up in a mangled mess near a beach, but all 154 passengers and crew survived with just 40 mainly minor injuries, officials said.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - An American Airlines jet overshot the runway at a Jamaican airport and ended up in a mangled mess near a beach, but all 154 passengers and crew survived with just 40 mainly minor injuries, officials said.
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