| House passes health care bill on close vote (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:43 PM PST  AP - In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
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| Some saw trouble ahead with Hasan (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:37 AM PST  AP - In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused.
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| Ida becomes hurricane a 2nd time off Mexico coast (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:41 AM PST  AP - Ida grew into a hurricane for a second time as it roared over the Caribbean on a path that could take it between Mexico's resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba before heading for the southern United States.
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| Police: Suicide bomb in Pakistan market kills 12 (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:39 AM PST  AP - A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people and injuring dozens, police said.
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| Holiday airfares close to last year but climbing (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST AP - If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they're likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets. |
| 2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 07:59 PM PST  AP - Oh, how the tables have turned.
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| High court to look at life in prison for juveniles (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST  AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.
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| Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 06:07 PM PST  AP - Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup on Saturday.
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| Mickelson rallies to win HSBC Champions (AP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:06 AM PST AP - Phil Mickelson won the HSBC Champions on Sunday by rallying against a familiar foe. |
| Collaros, No. 4 Cincy stay perfect with 47-45 win (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:24 PM PST  AP - Zach Collaros kept No. 4 Cincinnati unbeaten with the second-best passing performance in school history, one that will make it tough to send him back to the bench.
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| House passes sweeping healthcare overhaul (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:12 PM PST  Reuters - The House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory.
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| Obama wraps up Afghan review, eyes final options (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:28 PM PST  Reuters - President Barack Obama is wrapping up deliberations on war strategy in Afghanistan and is considering final Pentagon options that include sending about 30,000 more troops, officials said on Saturday.
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| UK urges G20 to consider bank levy (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:25 PM PST  Reuters - Britain pressed the G20 on Saturday to come up with a plan to make banks pay for any future bailouts but one idea of imposing a global financial transactions tax was immediately shot down by the United States.
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| House backs anti-abortion amendment (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:14 PM PST Reuters - The House of Representatives voted on Saturday to tighten a ban against using federal funds to finance abortions under the proposed Democratic healthcare reform legislation. |
| Thousands of Japanese protest U.S. base plan (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:44 PM PST Reuters - Thousands of Japanese gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa on Sunday to demand that a U.S. Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama. |
| Market attack in Pakistan kills at least 8 (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:12 AM PST Reuters - A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban village mayor and seven other people in an attack on the outskirts of Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar on Sunday, officials said. |
| Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:09 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. |
| Hurricane Ida strengthens on way to Gulf of Mexico (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:06 PM PST  Reuters - Hurricane Ida strengthened in the Caribbean off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday and was expected to move into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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| Obama wins big as House approves health care bill (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:46 AM PST  AFP - The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest overhaul of US health care in four decades, handing President Barack Obama a hard-fought victory for his top domestic priority.
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| 12 killed in Pakistan bomb, anti-Taliab head dies (AFP) Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:44 AM PST  AFP - A suicide car bomber struck near a busy cattle market in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Sunday, killing 12 people including a former Taliban supporter turned anti-militant mayor, police said.
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