| Obama heads to Hill to push on health bill (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:17 AM PST  AP - President Barack Obama is paying a rare visit to Capitol Hill to urge Senate Democrats forward as they work through the weekend to try to resolve their differences on his sweeping health care overhaul.
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| In Tuesday speech, Obama to promote new job ideas (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:24 AM PST  AP - In his latest job creation effort, President Barack Obama is trying to find practical and politically feasible ways of spurring hiring among skittish employers.
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| Russian nightclub fire death toll reaches 112 (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:22 AM PST  AP - Russian emergency officials say the number of people killed by a nightclub fire in the Urals city of Perm has risen to 112.
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| Climate drama climax looks elusive in Copenhagen (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:26 AM PST  AP - For 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly northern capital, and to a crossroads.
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| US troop buildup is big; Afghan buildup is key (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:26 AM PST  AP - President Barack Obama has his troop surge. Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces have theirs.
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| Knox upset, tired; gets family visit in prison (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:27 AM PST  AP - Amanda Knox sought comfort from visiting family members Saturday on her first day in prison since being convicted of murdering her British roommate.
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| 2nd gay bishop for Episcopal Church, Anglicans (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:23 AM PST  AP - The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a lesbian as assistant bishop, underscoring Episcopal commitment to accepting same-sex relationships despite enormous pressure from other Anglicans to change that stand.
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| Baucus: Girlfriend merited US attorney nomination (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:29 AM PST  AP - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but eventually withdrew her nomination.
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| AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:32 AM PST  AP - As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.
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| Alabama rolls, Texas slips into BCS championship (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:39 AM PST  AP - Texas vs. Alabama for the national championship. And let the complaining by TCU and Cincinnati — even Boise State — begin.
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| Senate Democrats seek public option compromise (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:06 PM PST Reuters - Senate Democrats hunted for a compromise on a government-run insurance plan and battled Republicans on home care for the elderly on Saturday during a rare weekend work session on a sweeping healthcare overhaul. |
| Protesters rally against 9/11 trial set for New York (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:25 PM PST  Reuters - Demonstrators angered by the Obama administration's move to prosecute the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks in civilian court on U.S. soil called on Saturday for the trial to be moved to a military tribunal.
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| Sarah Palin in the belly of the beast: Washington (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:07 PM PST Reuters - Republican firebrand Sarah Palin invaded the city she loves to hate on Saturday and rubbed shoulders with the herd of journalists she usually holds in disdain. |
| Italian court hands Knox 26 years for Briton's murder (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 05:43 AM PST  Reuters - An Italian court sentenced American student Amanda Knox to 26 years in prison and jailed her ex-boyfriend for 25 years after they were found guilty of murdering Knox's British roommate during a drunken sex game.
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| GM exec expects Germany to contribute Opel aid (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:18 AM PST  Reuters - General Motors will not cut more jobs at Opel in Germany if the German government refuses to give state aid although the U.S. carmaker said it remains confident Berlin will soften its current stance.
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| U.S. Marines advance in southern Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 04:57 AM PST  Reuters - U.S. Marines pressed into a remote Taliban stronghold on Saturday with their first major assault in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama earmarked 30,000 more troops to try to turn the tide on the Taliban insurgency.
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| Blast in Pakistan's Peshawar kills 3 (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 04:15 AM PST  Reuters - An accidental blast destroyed a shop in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least three people, officials said, unnerving a city frequently bombed by militants.
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| Philippines arrests 62 after imposing martial law (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:40 AM PST  AFP - The Philippines said Sunday it had detained more than 60 people and seized a stunning array of weapons after imposing martial law in a southern province in the wake of a massacre.
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| Russia mourns over 100 dead from nightclub blaze (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:29 AM PST  AFP - The death toll from a blaze that swept through a Russian nightclub rose to 112 and dozens remained in critical care on Sunday in one of the country's worst tragedies in recent memory.
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