CBS News | White House touts 1 million jobs from stimulus Los Angeles Times The number of jobs created or saved is based on reports by recipients of the stimulus money, prompting some skepticism. The White House released its findings with a bipartisan flourish. Vice President Joe Biden was joined by Republican Gov. ... Jobs created with stimulus funds lag in Texas |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | Pedro: Game 2 start validates return MLB.com NEW YORK -- If anyone thought they might have seen the last of Pedro Martinez as a big league pitcher Thursday night, think again. The 37-year-old Dominican right-hander might not have been the most influential player in ... Inspired by Lee, Burnett hogs the spotlight in World Series Game 2 Managers have plotting to do after 1-1 Series tie In World Series, Umpires Find Themselves Back in Center of Dispute |
guardian.co.uk | Militants Attack UN Guest House in Kabul, Killing Five New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan â€" Attackers stormed a guest house in central Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing five people, including three United Nations staff members, a United Nations spokesman and an Afghan rescue ... UN staff killed in Kabul attack UN! staff killed in Taliban attack in Kabul UN staff killed in Kabul attack |
FOXNews | Harry Reid, shopping for reelection insurance Washington Post The Senate majority leader, after haggling behind closed doors with members of his Democratic caucus, realized that he couldn't cobble together the 60 votes he needed to pass health-care legislation with a government-run health plan. ... Reid Says Bill Will Have Public Plan |
BBC News | Iraq car bombings kill 147 Los Angeles Times Assailants strike just outside the Green Zone, near the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad provincial council building. Shocked Iraqis, blaming politicians, fear more violence as Jan. 16 election nears. By Liz Sly and Usama Redha Reporting from Bagdad ... Bombings rock Iraq's political landscape Obama Condemns Deadly Twin Suicide Bombings in Baghdad Obama's fury at Baghdad bloodbath |
ABC News | Church janitor charged in slaying of NJ priest The Associated Press MORRISTOWN, NJ â€" Authorities investigating the slaying of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, » |
New York Times | Optional public option enters health care talks CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday night with White House officials to consider including a government-funded public health insurance option, along with a provision » |
NOLA.com | Taser tells police to avoid shooting at chest The Associated Press PHOENIX â€" Stun-gun maker Taser International has started telling police agencies to avoid firing the devices at suspects' chests, explaining that there's an "extremely low" risk of ill effects on the heart and that doing so will make defending lawsuits ... Taser advice: Don't aim at target's chest TASER International warns police against chest shots Taser tells police to alter their aim |
FOXNews | U.S. House healthcare bill under $900 billion-Pelosi Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday new estimates showed a healthcare overhaul drafted by Democrats would reduce the US budget deficit over 10 years and cost less than $900 billion. ... AP source: House Dems trim health bill to $871B House Democrats Get Preliminary Numbers on Health Care Plans Pelosi pushes strong public option |
guardian.co.uk | Afghan Leader Said to Accept Runoff After Election Audit New York Times Musadeq Sadeq/AP By SABRINA TAVERNISE and HELENE COOPER KABUL, Afghanistan â€" Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short of a first-round victory in the nation's disputed ... US Prods Karzai to Accept Runoff |
BBC News | US senator warns on Afghan troops BBC News US Senator John Kerry has said it would be irresponsible to send more US troops to Afghanistan before the result of the presidential election there is clear. Mr Kerry's comments came as foreign officials pressed Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept ... Kerry: too soon to send more troops to Afghanistan Kerry wary of raising Afghanistan troop levels too quickly » |
Times Online | Obama: 'Closer than ever' to health care reform, but 'not there yet' USA Today President Obama hailed today's Senate committee health care vote as a "critical milestone," but added that "the bill is not perfect and we have a lot of difficult work ahead of us." "Now is not the time to pat ourselves on the back," Obama said, ... Battle Lines Form Over Health Care |
San Francisco Chronicle | California heats up incentives for solar power Reuters LOS ANGELES, Oct 12 (Reuters) - California is heating up its push for clean energy, as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approved a new subsidy for solar power on Monday and joined forces with the federal government to fast-track ... Schwarzenegger signs, vetoes major health care bills Schwarzenegger creates day honoring Harvey Milk Schwarzenegger axes bill tackling racist covenants |
Telegraph.co.uk | Pundits Batter Nobel Committee for Awarding Obama Peace Prize FOXNews The Nobel committee becomes the pundit pinata on the Sunday morning news shows, for its decision to award President Obama the Peace Prize before the end of his first year in office. A raft of conservative pundits and even one network anchor used the ... Chavez says Obama did "nothing" to deserve Nobel Chavez: Nobel peace committee overlooked US wars Cuccinelli C » |
New York Times | President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win mocked in GOP fundraising letter New York Daily News Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele signed a fundraising letter mocking President Obama (below) for winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The step-grandmother of the President of the United States, Sarah Obama, reads a local ... Reader Question: Obama's Prize Money ! Russians praise, GOP mocks, Obama's peace prize Peace Prize Winner Obama's No Champion of Human Rights |
Times Online | Q+A: Is it the Nobel "Peace" or "Political" prize? Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to President Barack Obama, the third prominent US Democrat to win recently, only seemed to reinforce an impression the prize can be as much about politics as ... From right and left, questions about peace prize Obama's Nobel puzzles Pakistanis living close to war Obama conducts another Afghanistan meeting |
ABC News | Brooke Astor's son convicted of looting her estate Los Angeles Times Anthony Marsh » |
FOXNews | 'Special Report' Panel on President Obama's Strategy for Afghanistan FOXNews This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Bret Baier" from October 6, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI, D-CALIF.: That we » |
Washington Post | Lawmakers Lash Out at McChrystal for Stepping Outside 'Chain of Command' FOXNews The 55-year-old top commander of US forces in Afghanistan made an open appeal in London last week for increased military presence in Afghanistan and took aim at an alternative plan proposed by Vice President Biden -- one that c » |
