Dems defend House health care strategy
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:31:12 GMT
AP - Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans assailed the strategy Tuesday, as both parties fenced ferociously over the health overhaul end game.
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Petraeus says Iran nuke won't happen this year
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:58:25 GMT
AP - The top U.S. commander in the Middle East says Iran's efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon have been delayed "a bit" and that Iran won't get a nuclear weapon this year.
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US peace envoy cancels trip to Mideast
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:33:11 GMT AP - The State Department says the Obama administration's special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell, has canceled plans for talks this week with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. |
Court: Menendez recall can proceed
(Politico)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:23:25 GMT Politico - N.J. senator's lawyer had maintained senators cannot be removed by recall, but court rules otherwise. |
Wilson ad: He's not 'silent'
(Politico)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:24:36 GMT Politico - South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson is up with the first ad of his reelection campaign, featuring constituents praising the Republican for speaking out when "most people have been silent." |
Obama takes the long view in times of crisis
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:43:35 GMT
AP - Just back from a recent day trip to Georgia, President Barack Obama walked into the Oval Office and told his senior staff to get a grip.
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Obama to speak with Fox News on Wednesday
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:44:28 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is taking his health care pitch directly to Fox News viewers. |
Nominee pledges 'straight talk' with Syria
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:04 GMT AP - President Barack Obama's choice to be the first U.S. ambassador to Syria in five years told his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday he'll deliver "unfiltered straight talk" to Damascus about its support of terror groups. |
Salmonella product recall news
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:46:43 GMT AP - The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems: |
Obama may soon get to nominate second Supreme Court justice
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:04:58 GMT
AFP - President Barack Obama may have the chance within months to nominate a second justice to the US Supreme Court as the most senior member John Paul Stevens has hinted that he might be leaving.
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Break the law and your new 'friend' may be the FBI
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:25:52 GMT
AP - The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too.
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Vatican completes probe of Legionaries scandal
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:07:50 GMT AP - Vatican investigators have completed their probe into the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative order that was once hailed by Rome but fell into scandal after it revealed that its founder had fathered a child and had molested seminarians. |
Britain retreats on mandatory dog insurance plan
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:47:28 GMT AP - It seems the British government's bark is worse than its bite. |
Senate bill would penalize China over yuan
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:58:06 GMT Reuters - Members of Congress on Tuesday threatened Beijing with duties on some of its exports if it fails to revalue its currency, pressuring the Obama administration to label China a currency manipulator. |
Remember the financial crisis? Senate unveils its fix
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:14:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Eighteen months after Wall Street's brush with apocalypse, the Senate on Monday began to rewrite the nation's financial regulatory rules with the introduction of a sweeping bill designed to fix the causes of the deep economic crisis. |
Senate Panel Likely To Vote Soon on U.S. Envoy to Syria
(CQPolitics.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:54:19 GMT CQPolitics.com - President Obama's nominee to be the U.S. ambassador to Syria, a post deliberately left vacant for years, encountered no resistance Tuesday at a Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing. |
Toyota Criticism Mounts on Eve of Recall Hearings
(Bloomberg)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:28:42 GMT
Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.âs handling of
recalls came under mounting criticism on the eve of the
automakerâs U.S. congressional testimony, including charges that
the company misled the public on the adequacy of its recalls.
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