| Senate to vote on $1.1 trillion spending bill (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:06 AM PST  AP - Senate Democrats overcame a Republican filibuster to clear the way for a vote Sunday on a huge end-of-year $1.1 trillion spending bill that includes money to run much of the government and pay for Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
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| Houston voters elect 1st openly gay mayor (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:42 PM PST  AP - City Controller Annise Parker made history Saturday by being elected Houston's first openly gay mayor, seizing 53.6 percent of the vote in the hotly contested race.
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| Denmark: nearly 1,000 climate protesters released (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:29 AM PST  AP - Danish police say they have released hundreds of activists who were detained during a mass rally to demand an ambitious global climate pact.
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| Gunmen agree to free 47 hostages in Philippines (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:32 AM PST  AP - Officials say gunmen have agreed to release the 47 hostages they are holding at a southern Philippine jungle hideout, which has been surrounded by army troops and snipers.
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| Kremlin cites progress on weapons treaty (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:07 AM PST  AP - Russia and the United States are making "substantial progress" on negotiations for a successor to an expired nuclear weapons treaty, according to a Kremlin statement.
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| Ingram delivers Alabama its first Heisman (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:48 PM PST  AP - Mark Ingram dabbed his eyes, took a deep breath and tried to steady himself. All set, he accepted the Heisman that completes Alabama's trophy case.
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| Body found on Mount Hood; 2 climbers still missing (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:50 PM PST  AP - Crews on Saturday found the body of a climber missing on Oregon's Mount Hood but two others were still missing more than a day after the three set out to climb the west side of the 11,000-foot peak, a sheriff's spokesman said.
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| 90 vehicles trapped as Calif faces rain, snow, mud (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:32 PM PST  AP - A wintry storm hit California with rain and snow Saturday and sent muslides down hills denuded by fall wildfires, forcing dozens of home evacuations and stranding some 90 vehicles on highways covered by debris.
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| Obama blasts banks for opposing financial overhaul (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:54 PM PST  AP - President Barack Obama singled out financial institutions for causing much of the economic tailspin and criticized their opposition to tighter federal oversight of their industry.
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| Woods' time away from golf will hurt Tiger Inc. (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:05 AM PST  AP - When Tiger Woods' break from golf ends, he's unlikely to regain his crown as one of the world's most valuable pitchmen, even if he gets back to winning tournaments and convinces people he's changed.
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| Obama argues for strong financial watchdog agency (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:05 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama defended on Saturday a consumer watchdog agency the financial industry wants to weaken or strip from legislation that would strengthen the regulation of Wall Street. |
| $447 billon spending bill clears Senate hurdle (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 08:09 AM PST  Reuters - A $447 billion bill that would fund dozens of U.S. government agencies through September cleared a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate Saturday and appeared to be headed for passage.
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| Nearly 1,000 held after Copenhagen climate rally (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 02:48 PM PST  Reuters - Police detained nearly 1,000 people in Copenhagen on Saturday during mass demonstrations to demand that negotiators at U.N. talks agree a strong treaty to fight global warming.
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| Houston elects openly gay mayor (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 09:30 PM PST Reuters - Houston Saturday became the first major U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, Annise Parker, after a hotly contested run-off election that gave gay and lesbian supporters a symbolic victory following defeats over legalizing same-sex marriages in California and Maine. |
| Bulgaria may house Guantanamo detainee: PM (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 06:52 AM PST Reuters - Bulgaria should accept one detainee from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba after a request from Washington to house prisoners, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Saturday. |
| Pakistan PM backtracks on Waziristan remarks (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST  Reuters - Pakistan's prime minister backtracked on earlier comments on Saturday that a military campaign against the Taliban in their South Waziristan bastion had ended, saying the offensive was continuing.
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| Sports titan Woods' fall rattles fans, sponsors (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2009 03:26 PM PST  Reuters - Fans and colleagues of golfer Tiger Woods Saturday lamented the stunning fall from grace of one of the world's sporting titans, and commercial sponsor Gillette said it would limit his role in its marketing.
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| Brown vows renewed effort against Afghan Taliban (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:47 AM PST  AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday vowed a renewed effort to defeat the Taliban insurgency and hailed the next months as critical during a visit to Afghanistan.
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| Climate talks step up a gear as ministers huddle (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:13 AM PST  AFP - Negotiations to forge an epoch-making pact on climate change went behind closed doors on Sunday, with a select group of environment ministers from 48 countries poring over a draft deal.
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