Kamis, 21 Januari 2010

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Democrats begin discussing smaller health bill (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:28 AM PST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), seen alongside John Cornyn in the wake of the Republican victory in the Massachusetts special senatorial elections. McConnell said the win was a clear sign that Americans wanted Obama to put the brakes on his reform drive, and to ditch efforts to reform the US health care programme(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)AP - President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are conceding for the first time that they may have to accept a less ambitious health overhaul bill than the massive one they've struggled for a year to assemble.

Haiti's mass graves swell; doctors fear more death (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:35 PM PST

A Haitian man walks past a sign requesting help and supplies in Port-au-Prince January 19, 2010. Units from all branches of the U.S. military are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti January 12. Picture taken January 19, 2010. REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael C. Barton/U.S. Navy/Handout (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Workers are carving out mass graves on a hillside north of Haiti's capital, using earth-movers to bury 10,000 earthquake victims in a single day while relief workers warn the death toll could increase.

More evacuations ordered as new storm hits Calif. (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

Valo Avanessian packs up his car as residents are asked to follow mandatory evacuation orders in a hillside neighborhood in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Winter storms have created a mudslide risk in areas burned by the Station wildfire last year. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)AP - A third powerful Pacific storm pounded California with heavy rain and snow Wednesday, forcing evacuations of hundreds of homes below wildfire-scarred mountains, shutting a major interstate, knocking out power to thousands and unleashing lightning strikes on two airliners.

Intel chief concedes errors in Christmas bomb case (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:45 PM PST

FBI Director Robert Mueller, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before the Senate Judiciary Committee. At right is Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The nation's intelligence chief on Wednesday conceded missteps in the government's handling of the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt, but his comments about the failure to use a special federal interrogation team may have amounted to a misstep of his own.

Va. rampage suspect's relatives among the slain (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:05 AM PST

Murder suspect Christopher Speight, center, is led out of State Police headquarters in Appomattox, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Speight is accused of killing eight people and leading police on an overnight manhunt. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - The security guard accused of unleashing a bloodbath that killed eight people and planting bombs on his shared, quiet Virginia homestead had complained to a friend that he feared being turned out of the house by his sister and brother-in-law.

UN climate report riddled with errors on glaciers (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:45 PM PST

FILE - This Feb. 1, 2005 file photo shows an aerial view of the Siachen Glacier, which traverses the Himalayan region dividing India and Pakistan, about 750 kilometers (469 miles) northwest of Jammu, India. A U.N. warning that Himalayan glaciers were melting faster than any other place in the world and may be gone by 2035 was not backed up by science, U.N. climate experts said Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, an admission that could energize climate change critics. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, file)AP - Five glaring errors were discovered in one paragraph of the world's most authoritative report on global warming, forcing the Nobel Prize-winning panel of climate scientists who wrote it to apologize and promise to be more careful.

McCain's wife, daughter back gay marriage movement (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:57 PM PST

This undated image provided by Adam Bouska/NOH8 Campaign shows Cindy McCain, the wife of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., posing for the NOH8 campaign. NOH8 is a gay rights group challenging Proposition 8 passed by California voters in 2008 banning same sex marriage. (AP Photo/Adam Bouska/NOH8 Campaign) NO SALESAP - Cindy McCain, the wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, and their daughter Meghan have posed for photos endorsing pro-gay marriage forces in California.

Man tells cops he paid for sex, but didn't get it (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:46 PM PST

AP - Police said a man and woman from New Hampshire are each facing prostitution charges after the man called police to say he'd paid for sex, but the woman then refused. WMUR-TV reported a 22-year-old woman and 32-year-old man were cited into court at a later date.

Photos purport to show Woods at rehab center (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:46 PM PST

FILE - In this June 11, 2009, file photo, Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren watch the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the NBA basketball finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic in Orlando, Fla. Celebrity Web site radaronline.com says the next issue of the National Enquirer will feature photos of the world's No. 1 golfer at Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg, Miss. The site posted eight photos on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, that purport to show Woods — wearing white shorts and a dark hooded sweatshirt — at the Pine Grove facility where the Gentle Path sexual addiction program is conducted. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)AP - That sure looks like Tiger Woods. The face. The rounded shoulders. The eyes staring out from under a cap. Celebrity Web site radaronline.com says the next issue of the National Enquirer will feature photos of the world's No. 1 golfer at Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Democrats see Mass. message: Jobs, jobs, jobs (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:45 PM PST

U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., speaks at a news conference at a hotel, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Boston. Brown was elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Wounded in Massachusetts, frustrated Democrats on Wednesday urged the White House to focus on jobs and the economy — not the health care overhaul that's now at risk — and pressed President Barack Obama to more forcefully make their case against Republicans ahead of potentially disastrous elections this fall.

Rescue teams pull back as Haiti aid flows in (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:25 PM PST

A member of the Polish Urban Search and Rescue team receives instructions over the radio by a colleague as he stands on the roof of a destroyed house that overlooks earthquake-shaken Port-au-Prince January 19, 2010. REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayReuters - The search for survivors of Haiti's killer earthquake has started to wind down as international rescue teams begin pulling back and aid, though more plentiful, is still not enough for the tens of thousands left homeless and injured.

Obama to target excessive financial risk-taking (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:11 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Tax Delinquency Memorandum at the White House in Washington January 20, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - President Barack Obama, reeling from an election defeat in the U.S. Senate, will propose stricter limits on financial risk-taking on Thursday in a move that may recall Depression-era curbs on banks.

Democrats scramble for new healthcare approach (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:54 PM PST

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)(L-MD) speaks at a press conference where a plan to deal with executive compensation at companies which received capital under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was announced on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 18, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - Democratic congressional leaders promised on Wednesday to push ahead with healthcare reform despite a stinging setback in a Senate election, but failed to agree quickly on a new approach.

Defense Secretary Gates arrives in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:44 PM PST

Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced trip to Pakistan on Thursday hoping to deepen ties and persuade a skeptical nation that Washington aims to be an ally "for the long-haul."

Senator-elect Brown pushes for prompt seating (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:44 PM PST

U.S. Sen.-elect Scott Brown, R-Mass., arrives at the Park Plaza hotel before a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in Boston. Brown was elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat left empty by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Reuters - Scott Brown, who scored a big win for Republicans by winning a Democrat-held Senate seat in Massachusetts, said on Wednesday that given the wide margin of his victory he should be allowed to take up the seat very quickly.

U.S. says Yemen group one of many al Qaeda branches (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:37 PM PST

Reuters - Yemen has made progress in its U.S.-backed fight against al Qaeda, but the extremist group continues to spread elsewhere and has some two dozen affiliates across a swath of the globe, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

Heavy California storms force hundreds to flee (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:51 PM PST

Reuters - Authorities ordered the evacuation of nearly 800 homes in the foothills near Los Angeles on Wednesday, fearing that the strongest storms to hit Southern California in years would touch off mudslides.

U.S. counterterror agency lacks "Google-like" search (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:30 PM PST

This courtroom drawing shows accused Christmas Day Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Federal court in Detroit, Michigan. January 8, 2010. REUTERS/KabrinReuters - A senior counterterrorism official said on Wednesday his agency lacks "Google-like" search capability that could have identified the suspect in the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing.

Panic at new Haiti quake but miracle survivors emerge (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 12:10 AM PST

Members of the Miami-Dade, Florida TF1 rescue a 2-year-old from the rubble of an earthquake-destroyed building in Por-au-Prince Haiti. Rescuers kept up their grim search through the rubble, elated by finding survivors who had defied the odds, including a 23-day-old baby girl and 11-year-old girl on Wednesday.(AFP/USAID/Ho)AFP - A powerful aftershock rumbled across the ruins of Haiti Wednesday, sending thousands of traumatized quake survivors running through the streets in terror, but eight days on miraculous tales of survival were still emerging from the rubble.

Obama admits 'mistake' after shock election loss (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:17 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (pictured) has said he had mistakenly neglected his direct connection to the American people, after a stunning Republican election win in the long-held Democrat seat of Massachusetts helped to shift the balance of power in Washington.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama has said he had mistakenly neglected his direct connection to the American people, after a stunning Republican election win shifted the balance of power in Washington.
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