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• Health Care bill clears key Senate test (AP)
• Storm crawls into New England, leaving mess behind (AP)
• Did 'Jihadi cool' lure 5 Americans to Pakistan? (AP)
• NYC's flagship Macy's store reopens after fire (AP)
• Judge mulls pivotal issues in Kan. abortion trial (AP)
• Loophole lets mentally ill Texas juveniles go free (AP)
• 1 dead, 5 hurt in Coast Guard boat collision in SD (AP)
• Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning (AP)
• Natalie White wins 'Survivor,' collects $1M prize (AP)
• Actress Brittany Murphy dies in LA at age 32 (AP)
• Gonzalez's 6-yard TD leads Falcons past Jets 10-7 (AP)
• Report: Kevin Jonas, ex-hairdresser marry in NY (AP)

Health Care bill clears key Senate test (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:37 PM PST AP - Landmark health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama passed its sternest Senate test in the pre-dawn hours early Monday, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all but assures its passage by Christmas.

Storm crawls into New England, leaving mess behind (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:05 PM PST AP - A fierce weekend storm dropped record snowfall and stranded travelers up the coast from Virginia to New England, but its timing helped minimize headache-inducing work commutes and left many with the prospect of a very white Christmas.

Did 'Jihadi cool' lure 5 Americans to Pakistan? (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST AP - There was a book left in a Pakistani hotel room where five young men from Virginia were arrested, suspected of trying to join Taliban forces. Called "The Pact," that book tells the true story of three boys from a rough neighborhood and broken homes who bond and eventually help one another through medical and dental school.

NYC's flagship Macy's store reopens after fire (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:44 PM PST AP - Hundreds of holiday shoppers were evacuated from the flagship Macy's store at Herald Square on Sunday after a fire in an escalator spread smoke through the building.

Judge mulls pivotal issues in Kan. abortion trial (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:22 PM PST AP - A judge is weighing a critical legal question in the case of a man who confessed to killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers: Can the man claim at his trial that the slaying was justified to save the lives of unborn children?

Loophole lets mentally ill Texas juveniles go free (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:23 PM PST AP - A 16-year-old former juvenile detainee is accused of stabbing a high school teacher to death with a butcher knife. Another teen was convicted of killing a roofer during a 30-minute robbery spree.

1 dead, 5 hurt in Coast Guard boat collision in SD (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST AP - A 33-foot Coast Guard vessel and a recreational boat collided Sunday as a Christmas watercraft parade was going on in San Diego Bay, killing one person and seriously injuring five others, authorities said.

Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:15 PM PST AP - A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.

Natalie White wins 'Survivor,' collects $1M prize (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:36 PM PST AP - An out-of-work pharmaceuticals saleswoman is the winner of the CBS reality television show "Survivor: Samoa."

Actress Brittany Murphy dies in LA at age 32 (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:32 PM PST AP - Brittany Murphy, the actress who got her start in the sleeper hit "Clueless" and rose to stardom in "8 Mile" before her movie roles declined in recent years, died Sunday in Los Angeles of what appeared to be natural causes, a Los Angeles County coroner's official said. She was 32.

Gonzalez's 6-yard TD leads Falcons past Jets 10-7 (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:32 PM PST AP - The Atlanta Falcons' offense kept stalling in the cold of the Meadowlands until finally busting through the New York Jets' top-ranked defense at the end.

Report: Kevin Jonas, ex-hairdresser marry in NY (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:02 AM PST AP - A report says the oldest sibling of pop group the Jonas Brothers and a former hairdresser have married at a French-style chateau in suburban New York.

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• Obama Camp Predicts Health Bill Will Pass Soon - Wall Street Journal
• Traveler's worst nightmare: East Coast snowfall cancels over 800 flights - New York Daily News
• Iran's Top Dissident Cleric Montazeri Dies - Voice of America
• McCain Brushes Off Palin Cap Flap - FOXNews
• Legislature to consider end to death penalty - Kansas City Star
• Bank CEOs Pledge to Push for Re-Regulation - Wall Street Journal
• Focus turns to solving case that left man wrongly imprisoned - CNN

Obama Camp Predicts Health Bill Will Pass Soon - Wall Street Journal Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:14 AM PST ABC News Obama Camp Predicts Health Bill Will Pass Soon Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON--David Axelrod, an adviser to President Barack Obama, predicted health-care legislation would pass "soon," after Senate Democrats on Saturday secured the 60 votes needed to clear a ... Be Heard: Tell Sen. Nelson What You ThinkFOXNews GOP vows fight as White House defends health billThe Associated Press Axelrod says US Congress will pass healthcare billReuters Gothamist -Bartlesville Live -Deseret News all 7,788 news articles »

Traveler's worst nightmare: East Coast snowfall cancels over 800 flights - New York Daily News Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:19 AM PST MiamiHerald.com Traveler's worst nightmare: East Coast snowfall cancels over 800 flights New York Daily News Two stranded travelers catch some shut-eye after their flight to New Orleans is canceled at LaGuardia Airport. Bo, the Obama family dog, plays in the snow outside the White House. Click above to SEE MORE SNOW PHOTOS. ... Storm Creates Air-Travel Delays in Pre-Holiday WeekendWall Street Journal Region begins to dig out after record stormWashington Post Airlines across East Coast dig out from big stormThe Associated Press Fort Worth Star Telegram -ABC7Chicago.com -OregonLive.com all 2,997 news articles »

Iran's Top Dissident Cleric Montazeri Dies - Voice of America Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:32 AM PST Globe and Mail Iran's Top Dissident Cleric Montazeri Dies Voice of America Photo: AP Iranian state media say Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has died. The dissident cleric helped found the Islamic Republic, but later became one of the government's most vocal critics. His grandson is quoted Sunday as saying the 87-year ... Crowds gather to mourn reformist Iran cleric MontazeriBBC News Leader offers condolences over Ayat. Montazeri's deathPress TV Grand Ayatollah Montazeri death sparks protestsTelegraph.co.uk Los Angeles Times -Xinhua -Minneapolis Star Tribune all 565 news articles »

McCain Brushes Off Palin Cap Flap - FOXNews Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:59 AM PST Canoe.ca McCain Brushes Off Palin Cap Flap FOXNews Sen. John McCain brushed off the semi-controversy over his former running mate's visor Sunday, attributing the blog and talk show chatter about Sarah Palin's vacation attire to "hysterical attacks" from the left. Sen. John McCain brushed off the ... McCain understands why Palin blacked-out visorThe Associated Press Sarah Palin's climate change flip-flopSeattle Post Intelligencer John McCain Addresses Sarah Palin's "Visor-gate"New York Magazine KTUU -New York Post -Juneau Empire all 532 news articles »

Legislature to consider end to death penalty - Kansas City Star Posted: 19 Dec 2009 03:59 PM PST Washington Post Legislature to consider end to death penalty Kansas City Star Kansas will consider abolishing the death penalty next year as death sentences are declining across the United States. Fewer people were sentenced to death this year than any other year since 1976, according to a report released Friday ... California's death row grows as death sentences decline nationwideLos Angeles Times Steep decline in death sentencesHouston Chronicle Why is use of the death penalty going down?Christian Science Monitor Fort Worth Star Telegram -Washington Post -TIME all 504 news articles »

Bank CEOs Pledge to Push for Re-Regulation - Wall Street Journal Posted: 15 Dec 2009 09:19 AM PST KOMO News Bank CEOs Pledge to Push for Re-Regulation Wall Street Journal President Obama spoke Monday during a meeting with the members of financial-services industries at the White House. Chief executives of the largest US banks acknowledged Monday the "disconnect" between their expressed support for ... Obama to Seek Small-Biz Help from Community BankerseCreditDaily.com Fat Cat BankersJutia Group President's goals of more loans and heavy-handed regulation in conflictKitsap Peninsula Business Journal Houston Chronicle -Bloomberg -NASDAQ all 604 news articles »

Focus turns to solving case that left man wrongly imprisoned - CNN Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST BBC News Focus turns to solving case that left man wrongly imprisoned CNN Bartow, Florida (CNN) -- A day after a Florida man was released from prison after serving 35 years for a sexual assault that he did not commit, law enforcement authorities are turning their attention to finding out who was ... US man freed by DNA evidence after 35 years in prisonBBC News $1.75 mil. for man wrongly jailed for 35 yrs.Chicago Sun-Times Innocent Man Free After 35 years In PrisonPolk County Democrat Tampa Tribune -Peoria Journal Star -Right Juris all 868 news articles »

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• Senate Dems look to close deal on health overhaul (AP)
• Blizzard-like storm slams East; region snowed in (AP)
• Iranian dissident cleric Montazeri dies at 87 (AP)
• Senators OK defense budget bill, much left to 2010 (AP)
• China: Climate talks yielded 'positive' results (AP)
• Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death (AP)
• Iraq sends forces to oil well seized by Iran (AP)
• March over: Cowboys send Saints to first loss (AP)
• Prison population to have first drop since 1972 (AP)
• White-collar jobless join FedEx, UPS for holidays (AP)
• U.N. climate talks end with bare minimum agreement (Reuters)
• Brazil needle victim recovers, outrage at cruelty (Reuters)
• Senate approves $636 billion military spending bill (Reuters)
• Congress must resist health insurance lobby: Obama (Reuters)
• Iran troops have made partial withdrawal: Iraq (Reuters)
• Four al Qaeda suspects found in Yemen hospital (Reuters)
• Iran dissident Montazeri dies: news agencies (AFP)
• Climate summit rams through plan, amid criticism (AFP)

Senate Dems look to close deal on health overhaul (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:41 AM PST AP - Outnumbered Republicans are vowing to delay passage of historic health care legislation as long as possible after jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote.

Blizzard-like storm slams East; region snowed in (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:46 PM PST AP - A blizzard-like storm rocked the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday, crippling travel across the region and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power.

Iranian dissident cleric Montazeri dies at 87 (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:43 PM PST AP - Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has died, his grandson said Sunday. He was 87.

Senators OK defense budget bill, much left to 2010 (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:47 PM PST AP - The Senate cleared its year-end plate of some must-do work Saturday as it passed a critical budget bill that blends money for the Pentagon with additional help for the jobless.

China: Climate talks yielded 'positive' results (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:48 PM PST AP - China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, lauded Sunday the outcome of a historic U.N. climate conference that ended with a nonbinding agreement that urges major polluters to make deeper emissions cuts — but does not require it.

Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:50 PM PST AP - After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by their jailers.

Iraq sends forces to oil well seized by Iran (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:49 PM PST AP - Iraq deployed security forces Saturday near a remote oil well seized by Iran, officials said, and its government pressed Tehran to withdraw its forces from the area along their disputed southern border.

March over: Cowboys send Saints to first loss (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:52 PM PST AP - A perfect record would have been lagniappe, as they say in Louisiana — a little something extra.

Prison population to have first drop since 1972 (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:53 PM PST AP - The United States may soon see its prison population drop for the first time in almost four decades, a milestone in a nation that locks up more people than any other.

White-collar jobless join FedEx, UPS for holidays (AP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:53 PM PST AP - Ed Gullo never thought he'd be on this side of a package delivery.

U.N. climate talks end with bare minimum agreement (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 10:21 PM PST Reuters - U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement on Saturday when delegates "noted" an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the conference's original goals.

Brazil needle victim recovers, outrage at cruelty (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 01:57 PM PST Reuters - A Brazilian toddler is making a good recovery after surgery to remove the first of 31 sewing needles pushed into his body by his stepfather in a cruel act that has enraged locals, the hospital said on Saturday.

Senate approves $636 billion military spending bill (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 05:45 AM PST Reuters - The U.S. Senate approved a $636 billion military spending bill on Saturday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also includes money to extend jobless aid and Medicare payment rates for two months.

Congress must resist health insurance lobby: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 03:03 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama warned on Saturday the country's powerful insurance industry was determined to thwart a dramatic improvement in patients' rights as it lobbies against his signature healthcare reforms.

Iran troops have made partial withdrawal: Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:43 PM PST Reuters - Iranian troops have withdrawn partially from a disputed oil well claimed by both Tehran and Baghdad, the Iraqi government spokesman said on Sunday. Ali al-Dabbagh said a small group of Iranian troops who had taken over an oil well in a remote region along the two countries' border last week were no longer in control of the well, which Iraq considers part of its Fakka oilfield.

Four al Qaeda suspects found in Yemen hospital (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 07:54 AM PST Reuters - Four suspected al Qaeda militants targeted in a government military operation this week have been found in a Yemeni hospital, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Iran dissident Montazeri dies: news agencies (AFP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:16 PM PST AFP - Leading Iranian dissident the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has died, local news agencies reported on Sunday.

Climate summit rams through plan, amid criticism (AFP) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:36 PM PST AFP - A UN climate summit rammed through a battle plan against global warming forged by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders, sidelining smaller states which lashed the deal as betrayal.

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