Boston Globe | Too many clunkers, too little cash CNNMoney.com Shortly after launching, the $1 billion Cash for Clunkers program may be almost spent out. Administration weighs next step. Vehicles like these will help SUV and truck owners get the biggest bang for their trade-ins. From a 1997 Mercury Cougar to a ... 'Clunkers' Program Is Running Out of Cash Update at 2 am: Cash for Clunkers dead? Depends on who you ask Cash for Clunkers Suspended? Funds Already Running Out |
BBC News | What to learn in Obama's 'teachable' race moment? The Associated Press You can't solve a problem if you don't discuss it. That's why some say that despite » |
ABC News | White House, Hawaii again try to deal with 'birther' questions ... Los Angeles Times Officials point to proof that the president is a natur » |
BBC News | Tense Waiting Game for Michael Jackson's Doctor People Magazine The LA coroner's pending toxicology results â€" expected to answer that key question any day now â€" may hold the fate of Dr. Conrad Murray, the singer's personal physician with him on the day he died and an apparent focus of an ... Michael Jackson's Doctor Gave Him Propofol Before Death, Source Says Report: Jackson's Personal Doc Gave Deadly Shot Michael Jackson's doctor gave him anesthetic before he died ... |
guardian.co.uk | Palin steps down as Alaska governor CNN FAIRBANKS, Alaska (CNN) -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave her final speech as Alaska's governor Sunday before stepping down from her post, telling a Fairbanks crowd that she is resigning "to chart a new course to advance the state. ... Palin resigns Alaska governorship ! Alaska's new governor shares Palin's values Palin Steps Down From Alaska Governorship |
CBC.ca | Iranian Police, Militia Attack Opposition Protesters FOXNews TEHRAN, Iran â€" Iranian police and pro-government militia attacked and scattered hundreds of protesters in a rare demonstration in Iran's capital Saturday, witnesses said. The protests were in response to the demonstrations being held around the world ... Global Protests C » |
New York Times | Obama stirs racial passions in Harvard case Reuters BOSTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plunged his presidency into a charged racial debate and set off a firestorm in one of America's most liberal bastions by siding with a black Harvard scholar who accuses police of racism. ... Did Obama Go Too Far With Race Remark? Officer says he'll 'never apologize' for Harvard professor arrest Crowley's union predicts Obama will regret remarks |
guardian.co.uk | Source says some Democrats frustrated with health bill CNN (CNN) -- As President Obama prepares to address the nation in a primetime news conference, some sources say Democratic grumbling about his plan for health care is growing louder. President Obama says political motives are behind the Republicans' ... Battle Over Health Care Leaves 'Blood in the Water' for Climate Bill The Collapse of the President's Health Care Plan Obama Continues Push For Healthcare Reform |
ABC News | Deadline missed for policy on detaining terror suspects CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a move already drawing fire from liberal activists, aides to President Obama acknowledged the administration will miss its own Tuesday deadline to submit a report detailing its policy on detaining terror suspects. ... Reports on US Detention Policy Will Be Delayed Obama to miss Guantanamo deadlines Guantanamo report on detainee policy delayed |
Times Online | Frank McCourt - author of 'Angela's Ashes' San Francisco Chronicle AP Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of woe about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday of cancer at age 78. ... Lisa Schwarzbaum, left, with mccourt and his wife, Ellen Frank McCourt, 78; wrote 'Angela's Ashes' Frank mccourt, author of 'Angela's Ashes,' dies |
Telegraph.co.uk | To the moon and back: Apollo 11 success was quietly hatched in ... San Jose Mercury News Jack Boyd, 83, and Bill Borucki, 70, are photographed in the observation bay of an Arc Heater in the Aerodynamic Heating Facility at NASA/Ames Research Center in Mountain View on July 16, 2009. Boyd and Borucki worked on developing the ... Apollo 11's Bright Glare For many in D » |
Washington Post | CBS's Towering Anchor Won a Country's Trust Washington Post In an era before Twitter and cable, Walter Cronkite had singular influence. (Cbs Via Associated Press) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. ... Remembering Walter Cronkite Walter Cronkite, from the Bay Area point of view Colleagues, friends react to Cronkite's death |
Voice of America | President Obama honors civil rights pioneers with speech at NAACP ... New York Daily News Does the election of President Obama mark the end of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, or simply serve at it's greatest victory? It is not the end as long as racism plagues society. His election marks the end of one chapter, ... On its 100th anniversary, Obama pays tribute to NAACP Specialists Debate How US Aid to Africa Can be More Effective Obama to NAACP: Progress made but much still to accomplish |
FOXNews | Health Care Vote Illustrates Stubborn Partisan Divide New York Times WASHINGTON â€" A party-line Senate committee vote on legislation to remake the nation's health care system underscored the absence of political consensus on what would be the biggest changes in social policy in ... Senate panel approves healthcare overhaul Senate Panel Advances Health-Care Overhaul US Sen Baucus: Health Bill Can't Pass With Only Dem Votes |
New York Times | Sotomayor answers her Senate critics Los Angeles Times She responds patiently, assuring supporters if not winning over foes as she explains the legal bases for her past rulings. By David G. Savage and James Oliphant Reporting from Washington -- Skeptical Republicans did no serious damage to President ... News Analysis Hearings Are Window Into Judge's Legal Acumen ! Sotomayor tries to reassure skeptcial senators Exchanges from the Sotomayor confirmation hearing |
guardian.co.uk | GM Is Said to Complete Bankruptcy Asset Sale to a New Company Bloomberg July 10 (Bloomberg) -- The sale of General Motors Corp.'s best assets to a new company that's majority-owned by the US government was completed in a signing today in New York, a person familiar with the handover said. ... 'New' GM is born AP Source: GM emerges from bankruptcy GM Quietly Exits Bankruptcy |
BBC News | Obama confers with world leaders in Italy The Associated Press ROME (AP) â€" President Barack Obama is embarking on three days of multinational talks about climate change, the global economy and world hunger in the second and most policy-laden stop of his three-nation, weeklong trip. The meetings to begin Wednesday ... G-8 summit is expected to be a test of Obama's leadership 14 developing countries invited to attend G8 summit G8 leaders to meet in quake zone |
Times Online | US, Russia take tiny steps forward on arms control Los Angeles Times This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Get Flash President Obama's summit in Moscow with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev fails to resolve wide differences on issues such as Iran and missile ... Obama Heads for Putin 'Reality Check' After Medvedev Accord US, Russia Focus on Military Issues What Russians want Obama to know |
BBC News | Victim's sister: 'Third person involved' in Steve McNair's death USA Today The sister of Sahel Kazemi, the 20-year-old women found shot dead with former NFL QB Steve McNair on Saturday, says she was a young woman who wanted to have fun and couldn't have hurt anyone â€" not herself, nor anyone else ... QB Young, others react to McNair's death Calm and steady, Steve McNair was a leader in every sense of the word McNair set standard for Titans' quarterbacks |
CTV.ca | McNair Shot and Killed Washington Post Former Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was shot and killed in Nashville, police have confirmed. McNair, 36, and an unidentified woman were found dead in a condominium, a Nashville police spokesman told reporters at an ... Former NFL quarterback McNair killed in Tennessee Sun archives: Black QBs owe McNair big debt Ex-NFL QB McNair found shot to death in condo |
