Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Foul Play Not Suspected in Brittany Murphy's Death - People Magazine


Reuters


Foul Play Not Suspected in Brittany Murphy's Death

People Magazine


Brittany Murphy's sudden death at age 32 is under investigation by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, which will conduct an autopsy "as soon as possible," an official tells PEOPLE. No cause of death has yet been determined, ...


Alicia Silverstone, Donald Faison, More Saddened By Brittany Murphy's Death

MTV.com


Brittany Murphy: Friends and colleagues remember her

Entertainment Weekly


Actress Brittany Murphy Dead at 32

BuddyTV


Radar Online -OK! Magazine -Moviefone


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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Negotiating to 60 Votes, Compromise by Compromise - New York Times


Globe and Mail


Negotiating to 60 Votes, Compromise by Compromise

New York Times


WASHINGTON รข€" Thirty million people without health insurance stand to gain coverage under a deal announced on Saturday by Senate Democrats. Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, guided the legislation. Share your thoughts about the ...


Abortion coverage battle on health bill continues

The Associated Press


Q & A: The compromise on abortion

Los Angeles Times


Health care reform not out of woods yet

NECN


ABC News -Christian Science Monitor -Voice of America


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Friday, December 18, 2009

Low targets, goals dropped: Copenhagen ends in failure - guardian.co.uk


FOXNews (blog)


Low targets, goals dropped: Copenhagen ends in failure

guardian.co.uk


The UN climate summit reached a weak outline of a global agreement last night in Copenhagen, f »


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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Preventing Filibusters: The Long Road to Healthcare Vote in Senate - Baltimore Sun


Preventing Filibusters: The Long Road to Healthcare Vote in Senate

Baltimore Sun


Once Senate Democratic leaders have completed their last-minute negotiations and nailed down the necessary 60 votes, they will begin the lengthy and complicated process spelled out in Senate rules for ending expected Republican filibusters and moving ...


Joe Lieberman 'out of tune' with Connecticut, but few complain

Christian Science Monitor


Support for Health Overhaul Wanes

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Senate rejects importation of prescription drugs - Los Angeles Times


Telegraph.co.uk


Senate rejects importation of prescription drugs

Los Angeles Times


The proposal had threatened to derail the Democrats' landmark healthcare bill. Meanwhile, Obama and many liberals back the decision to drop the 'public option.' By Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook Reporting from Washington - In a victory for President ...


What Will it Take to Win Over Lieberman?

CBS News


Lieberman won't rule out run as Republican in 2012

CNN International


Obama might not get his wish for health bill by Christmas

MiamiHerald.com


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Monday, December 14, 2009

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Summers Predicts US Hiring Will Start to Grow in Spring 2010 - Bloomberg


New York Daily News


Summers Predicts US Hiring Will Start to Grow in Spring 2010

Bloomberg


Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- White House chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers said US employers will start to increase payrolls this spring, ending a decline that's led to the loss of 7.2 million jobs since the recession began two years ...


Oprah, '60 Minutes' and the prime-time president

Baltimore Sun (blog)


President Obama To Oprah: I Give Myself A Solid B+ (VIDEO)

Huffington Post (blog)


Summers Predicts Job Growth by Spring

New York Times


FOXNews -Right TV -msnbc.com


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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Copenhagen police detain 968 in climate change rally - BBC News


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Copenhagen police detain 968 in climate change r »


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Friday, December 11, 2009

Tiger Woods puts focus on family, golf on hold - San Francisco Chronicle


Times Online


Tiger Woods puts focus on family, golf on hold

San Francisco Chronicle


The Tiger Woods saga took another headline-grabbing twist Friday, when the golfer announced he will take an "indefinite break" from his PGA Tour career as he scrambles to salvage his marriage. Woods disclosed his decision in a late-afternoon statement ...


For Tiger, the games are over

FOXSports.com


Woods isn't leaving for good, or even for long

The Associated Press


Can Golf Survive Without Tiger Woods? And Vice Versa?

TIME


Washington Post -Reuters -Bloomberg


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Thursday, December 10, 2009

What's it like to win the Nobel Peace Prize? - BBC News


CBC.ca


What's it like to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

BBC News


Just nine months into his first term as President of the United States, Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee said it had done it because of the President's "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and ...


Obama Defends 'Just War' at Oslo

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Senate Democrats satisfied with deal - Washington Post


National Post


Senate Democrats satisfied with deal

Washington Post


Senate Democrats on Wednesday largely embraced a compromise that dropped a "public option" from health-care legislation, setting aside their concerns about aspects of the consensus plan in the hopes that the deal ...


Medicare expansion idea raises healthcare reform hopes

Los Angeles Times


Democrats Envision Room for Hope on Health Bill

New York Times


Medical groups balk at Medicare 'buy-in'

USA Today


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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Monday, December 7, 2009

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Op-Ed Columnist Obama's Logic Is No Match for Afghanistan - New York Times


MiamiHerald.com


Op-Ed Columnist Obama's Logic Is No Match for Afghanistan

New York Times


AFTER the dramatic three-month buildup, you'd think that Barack Obama's speech announcing his policy for Afghanistan would be the most significant news story of the moment. History may take a different view. ...


Pakistan a Key Factor in Obama's New Afghan Strategy

Voice of America


'Obama's war' in Afghanistan could be politic »


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Friday, December 4, 2009

Exclusive: Amanda Knox's Family Says Judge Couldn't Look Them in the Eyes - ABC News


BBC News


Exclusive: Amanda Knox's Family Says Judge Couldn't Look Them in the Eyes

ABC News


The family of Amanda Knox was furious today that an Italian court convicted her of murder and said the judge who was part of the jury and read the verdict couldn't look them in the eye. Italian jury convicts Amanda Knox in the death ...


Amanda Knox's aunt says hearing verdict was 'gut-wrenching'

CNN International


Profile: Meredith Kercher

BBC News


Amanda Knox to appeal verdict, stay in prison up to 2 years

Seattle Times


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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Bombing kills 19 in Somali capital - Washington Post


Reuters


Bombing kills 19 in Somali capital

Washington Post


NAIROBI -- A man dressed in a black burqa blew himself up at a graduation ceremony of doctors in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Thursday, killing 19 people, including parents, students and three government ministers. ...


Suicide Bombing Kills Somali Ministers, Students

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Obama tries to shore up American support - BBC News


guardian.co.uk


Obama tries to shore up American support

BBC News


America and Nato will tough it out in Afghanistan for another 18 months. And then things will start to change. That was the central message of President Obama's speech to the nation on Tuesday night, in which he outlined his new ...


Obama Afghanistan strategy: More troops in quickly, drawdown in 2011

CNN International


Obama: 30000 More US Troops To Afghanistan By Mid-2010

Voice of America


Fact check: Obama's address on Afghanistan

Washington Post


New York Times -Telegraph.co.uk -The Associated Press


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Monday, November 30, 2009

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Saturday, November 28, 2009

After making a splash, Va. socialites go silent - Washington Post


Washington Post


After making a splash, Va. socialites go silent

Washington Post


The Virginia socialites who apparently crashed the White House state dinner last week remained elusive Saturday as CNN said it had cancelled the couple's upcoming appearance on "Larry King Live." CNN said Tareq and Michaele Salahi's ...


Lawmaker C »


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