| Congress appears poised to back Obama war plan (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:09 AM PST  AP - President Barack Obama appears to have secured what President George W. Bush couldn't: bipartisan support for an unpopular and faltering war.
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| Obama rejoining economic debate with jobs summit (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:22 AM PST  AP - Under pressure from Republicans and an impatient public to fix the sputtering economic recovery, President Barack Obama is refocusing on this politically potent issue by talking job creation with business and labor leaders at the White House.
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| Tiger Woods: 'Personal failings' let family down (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:11 AM PST  AP - Tiger Woods disclosed his "personal failings" in a 317-word statement on his Web site that did not delve into details, except to say that he "let my family down" and regrets it "with all of my heart."
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| Congress may subpoena White House party crashers (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:19 AM PST  AP - This time they're invited, but they don't want to come.
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| Honduran lawmakers say 'no' to restoring Zelaya (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:48 PM PST  AP - Honduras' Congress ended hopes of reversing a coup that has isolated one of the poorest countries in the Americas, voting against reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya despite intense international pressure to do so.
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| Pentagon e-mails suggest distrust over ally Canada (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:16 AM PST  AP - How much does the U.S. government really trust Canada? Maybe less than you think.
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| New York state lawmakers reject gay marriage bill (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:06 AM PST  AP - New York lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have made their state the sixth to allow gay marriage, stunning advocates who suffered a similar decision by Maine voters just last month.
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| AP sources: Comcast to pay $13.75B for NBC stake (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:26 PM PST  AP - After months of negotiations, Comcast Corp. is finally about to seal its deal for a majority stake in NBC Universal, turning the nation's largest cable TV provider into one of its most powerful media companies.
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| Swift talks Grammy joy; Beyonce top nominee (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:47 PM PST  AP - Taylor Swift has won just about every top music award there is this year, but the possibility of winning not just one, but eight Grammys, had the 19-year-old screaming for joy as the nominations were announced.
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| Nets lose NBA-record 18th straight to start season (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:57 PM PST  AP - All those losses in what's now the worst start in NBA history had already beaten down the New Jersey Nets.
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| Obama aides defend ambitious Afghan scale-up (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST  Reuters - Top U.S. officials said the first of 30,000 new U.S. troops would arrive in Afghanistan in two to three weeks but also made clear on Wednesday that plans to start bringing the soldiers home in 18 months could slip.
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| Bernanke, seeking second term, to defend Fed role (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:40 PM PST  Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday will push back at efforts to curb the Fed's power as he goes before lawmakers considering his nomination to a second term at the central bank's helm.
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| New York state lawmakers vote against gay marriage (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:00 PM PST Reuters - New York state lawmakers voted on Wednesday against legalizing gay marriage, dashing gay rights activists' hopes it would become the sixth U.S. state to allow same-sex couples to wed. |
| Fort Hood suspect faces more charges in shootings (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:06 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. Army filed additional charges of attempted murder on Wednesday against a military psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas in November. |
| Bus explodes in Syria causing casualties: report (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:28 AM PST Reuters - A bus exploded in a busy Damascus suburb causing dozens of casualties, Al Jazeera television reported on Thursday. |
| Most in U.S. want public health option: poll (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:43 PM PST  Reuters - Most Americans would like to see a "public option" in health insurance reform but doubt anything Congress does will lower costs or improve care in the short term, according to a poll released on Thursday.
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| Obama shifts White House spotlight to unemployment (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:29 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama turns his attention on Thursday from Afghanistan to the battle against unemployment which has sapped his popularity and may shape his political future. |
| U.S. court jails Mexico drug kingpin for 27 years (Reuters) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:16 PM PST Reuters - A U.S. federal judge sentenced a kingpin of Mexico's powerful Juarez drug cartel to 27 years in prison for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, authorities said on Wednesday. |
| China sentences five to death over riots: Xinhua (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2009 12:50 AM PST  AFP - A court in China's restive Xinjiang region has sentenced five people to death for murder and other crimes committed during deadly unrest in July, state media said Thursday.
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| US says Afghan pullout date not fixed (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:31 PM PST  AFP - Senior officials in President Barack Obama's administration have told US legislators that a July 2011 target date to begin withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan was not set in stone.
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