Globe and Mail | USA hauls in 37 medals in a winter to remember USA Today By Sam Riche, USA TODAY By Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY VANCOUVER â€" Bode Miller hooked a gate and skied off course in his last race of the 2010 Winter Games, Saturday's slalom. "It doesn't always go your way," said the US skier, who turned a 180 on his ... Vancouver closes the Olympic Games without a glitch Olympic Flame Burns Brighter on Last Day of the Games Vancouver Olympics end with extravagant ceremony |
Globe and Mail | Massive 8.8-Magnitude Quake Hits Chile W » |
The Hindu | Democrats to Press Health Bill With Simple Majority New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Seeing no prospect of a bipartisan agreement on health care, Congressional Democrats said Friday that they would make another effort to pass sweeping health care legislation on their own. Share your thoughts about the health ... Strassel: The Summit Sideshow |
FOXNews (blog) | At summit, Republicans prove they aren't putting America's health first Washington Post Republicans say the country can't afford President Obama's health-care proposals. (Marvin Joseph/the Washington Post) By Steven Pearlstein I'm not sure what else was accomplished at Thursday's Blair House summit, but surely one result is that we ... Healthcare summit reveals chasm between parties Democrats looking hard at 51-vote shortcut for health reform Defining ObamaCare Down |
Washington Post | Tilikum known as dangerous whale at SeaWorld Orlando Orlando Sentinel SeaWorld Orlando has always known that Tilikum, a 12000-pound orca that killed trainer Dawn Brancheau on Wednesday, could be a particularly dangerous killer whale. SeaWorld trainers were forbidden from swimming with ... Tilikum, the killer whale Whale kills animal trainer at Sea World Killer whale attack at SeaWorld: Instincts shock when tragedies strike |
Economist (blog) | Gentle White House Nudges Test the Power of Persuasion New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Tempers were fraying in the White House Cabinet Room as night turned into morning on Jan. 15. President Obama had been cloistered » |
BBC News | Former VP Cheney hospitalized, resting comfortably Los Angeles Times From AP WASHINGTON - Former vice president Dick Cheney was hospitalized after experiencing chest pains today, an aide said. Cheney assistant Peter Long issued a statement that the 69-year-old Cheney was resting comfortably and his doctors were ... Cheney hospitalized after experiencing chest pains Former Vice President Dick Cheney Hospitalized With Chest Pains Chest pains send ex-VP Cheney to hospital |
Boston Globe | Jousting begins ahead of health-care summit Washington Post The health-care proposal that will appear on the White House Web site Monday will be a broad "starting point" for discussion at this week's televised health-care summit, not a detailed piece of legislation, ... Obama Will Seek to Control Insurance Rate Hikes Obama helped bring on the healthcare backlash Obama to propose limits on insurance rates |
Washington Post | White House adjusts strategy on Republicans Los Angeles Times The Obama administration aims to put members of the GOP on the spot, forcing them to compromise on issues or be portrayed as obstructionists. By Peter Nicholas Reporting from Washington - As voters lose patience with political gridlock, ... Congressional Democrats' new agenda targets GOP Republicans Can Show Off Ideas at White House Summit, but Will They? White House to publish healthcare proposals Monday |
CBC.ca | Using ladder, vet rescued five from burning Texas building USA Today AUSTIN, Texas (AP) â€" Robin De Haven was driving the company truck to a job when he saw something that didn't look right â€" a sm » |
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AFP | One Year Later, Results Of Stimulus Mixed NPR On the anniversary of President Obama's $787 billion stimulus, three stories show how the funds affected a physician assistant, a youth outreach program and a wind turbine plant. In addition, an examination of its impact and public opinion reveals ... A year into stimulus, achievements are debated Obama Administration's report on Stimulus Act after Year One Obama's Fat Tuesday brings focus on jobs, nukes |
Times Online | Hidden enemy delays advance in Marjah Times Online US Marines and Afghan troops were bogged down by sniper fire and home-made bombs on the third day of their biggest offensive since the overthrow of the Taleban in 2001. Nato and » |
Reuters | Civilian deaths mar Afghanistan surge ABC Online NATO has admitted 12 Afghan civilians were accident » |
Daily Mail | Three killed in University of Alabama shooting Reuters BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville were killed and three other staff members wounded in a shooting on Friday at a science building on the campus, authorities said. ... Three People Killed, Three More Wounded In Shooting At UAHuntsville University of Alabama shootings 'leave three dead' US university teacher kills three, wounds three |
Telegraph.co.uk | Bill Clinton hospitalized CNN New York (CNN) -- Former President Bill Clinton was in "good spirits" Thursday after undergoing a procedure to insert two stents into one of his coronary arteries, his office said. Clinton, 63, was hospitalized at the Columbia campus of New ... Doctor: Clinton Most Likely Recognized Chest Pain as Serious Timeline: President Bill Clinton Through the Years Hillary Clinton leaves Washington for New York |
Telegraph.co.uk | Charlie Wilson, lawmaker of movie fame, dies at 76 Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former US Representative Charlie Wilson, the swashbuckling Texan chronicled in film for helping secure billions of dollars to fund covert US operations against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s, died on Wednesday of cardiac ... Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson Dies |
Washington Post | Rep. John Murtha dead at 77 USA Today WASHINGTON â€" Rep. John Murtha, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and critic of the Iraq war, died Mondayof complications from g » |
Reuters | Owners of Conn. Power Plant Cooperating in Probe ABC News Owners offer sympathy, say they're cooperating in probe of fatal blast at Conn. power plant The Associated Press The Kleen Energy plant is seen in this aerial photo after an explosion in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) ... Middletown explosion: was power plant blast caused by gas leak? Gas blast at Conn. power plant kills at least 5 5 killed, 12 injured in US plant blast: mayor |
Reuters | US senators accuse Iran of cheating on uranium exchanging deal Xinhua MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian foreign minister is "dishonest" by saying they are close to reach a deal of transferring uranium aboard, and the United States is ready to impose sanctions on the country, leading US senators Joseph ... Tories would back war with Iran Gates Scoffs at Iran Nuclear Claim Iran reports 'very good' nuclear talks, UN more muted |
Globe and Mail | Tea Party convention aims to boost the movement CNN The Tea Party movement grew last year out of anger at perceived overspending in Washington. Nashville, Tennessee (CNN) -- A grass-roots movement that exploded last year is now working on its underpinnings as what's being billed as the first national ... Tea Party Movement Produces New Political Organization Where Is ''tea Party'' Heading? Leaves Are Unclear Prejudice and principle brew at tea party meet |
MiamiHerald.com | Brown to get Kennedy's office space CNN The decision to give Scott Brown the office of the late Ted Kennedy was a matter of convenience, sources told CNN. Interim Sen. Paul Kirk, D-Massachusetts, occupied the office after Kennedy's death ... Mr. Brown's next stop: Washington, DC With Signed Certification in Hand, Scott Brown Heads to Washington Brown Heads From Wrentham To Washington For Swearing-In |
