Times Online | Health Bill Clears Final Procedural Step CBS News Privately, the White House anticipates health care reform will not be finished in time for President Obama's State of the Union address, scheduled for late January, early February. Bob Orr spoke with Politico's Health Care Editor, Craig Gordon. ... Vote hurtles health bill toward Senate passage Thursday Senate Bill Clears Final Hurdle, Passage Vote Set for Christmas Eve Last Hurdle Cleared in Senate |
ABC News | What Went Wrong With Brittany Murphy? ABC News Two days after Brittany Murphy's shocking death of a heart attack, many are searching for clues as to what went wrong with the "Clueless" star. The actress spoke to "Access Hollywood" about her desire to become a mom. ... Brittany Murphy leaves estate to mother Sharon Murphy Simon Monjack speaks out about wife Brittany Murphy's death Clueless Director: Brittany Murphy Was Pressured to Be "Thin" |
Kansas City Star | US Airlines Can Face Big Fines For Long Delays New York Times By REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US airlines could face stiff fines for stranding passengers aboard grounded planes for more than three hours, according to a regulation that officials said on Monday was aimed at upholding passenger rights. ... U.S. to Fine Airlines for Tarmac Delays |
Washington Post | Senate Democrats Warn House Not to Toy With Health Bill FOXNews Senate Democrats are warning the House not to make any significant changes to the health care package heading toward a vote in their chamber if they want the bill to survive past Christmas. Speaker Nancy Pelosi smiles at a press conference at the US ... Senate pushes to pass health care before holiday Neb.'s Nelson sees backlash on health reform plan Senate Moves to Major Vote on Health Care Reform |
New York Times (blog) | Senate Dems reach 60 vote threshold on health bill The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" A holdout no more, Sen. Ben Nelson agreed Saturday to provide the 60th and deciding vote for sweeping health care legislation in the Senate, capping a year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining on President Barack Obama's ... Revised Senate health bill cuts deficit: CBO Democratic Holdout Agrees to Support Health Care Reform Ben Nelson backs healthcare reform bill, Dems see finish line |
New York Times (blog) | Leaders cut safeguards to salvage Copenhagen climate deal Times Online Key safeguards on climate change were sacrificed today in a desperate attempt by world leaders to achieve a compromise at the Copenhagen summit. Gordon Brown and some other leaders prepared to stay overnight as the final stages of the negotiations were ... Diplomatic frenzy at final day of UN climate talks From dinner to desperation: The 24-hour race for a deal in Copenhagen Copenhagen climate talks run overtime |
Globe and Mail | Climate deal looks close, but may not halt warming BBC News A deal at the UN climate summit looks more likely following a frantic day of behind the scenes diplomacy. China sign » |
Globe and Mail | China, a staunch force vs global climate change Inquirer.net By Liu Jianchao MANILA, Philippines â€" Each year, the effects of global climate change are coming into sharper focus. Barely a month goes by without some fresh bad news: ice sheets and glaciers are melting faster than expected, sea levels are rising ... Time Is Running Out for Climate Change, US Negotiator Says Progress made in Copenhagen talks, sticking points remain: Chinese official Tensions Flare in Copenhagen |
Seattle Post Intelligencer | Long-Term Care Is Latest Issue in Health Care Debate New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Embedded in sweeping health legislation passed by the House and being debated on the Senate floor is a major new federal insurance program for long-term care intended to help people like Anne M. Rader. ... Senators Doubt Medicare Compromise |
Globe and Mail | Copenhagen climate meeting a split-screen event Los Angeles Times Not only are there protesters in the streets and delegates inside, but the real negotiations are going on apart from the conferees' public pronouncements. There are five things to keep in mind. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Copenhagen - Outside, ... Copenhagen talks stagnate as protests turn violent Hundreds detained in Copenhagen protests 968 detained at climate r » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Change in the air with Woods' future uncertain ESPN (blog) It's a question that has been consistently asked during the past 13 years, from the time Tiger Woods turned professional and timidly proclaimed, "I guess, hello world," through his 14 major championship titles and near-decade-long grip on the world's ... Tiger Woods' Handicap as a Pitchman Despite immediate pain, Tiger's sabbatical best for » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Poll Finds Slim Majority Back More Troops in Afghan War New York Times Kevin Frayer/AP Marines in the volatile Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan last week. The American force in the province is expected to nearly double next year. By ADAM NAGOURNEY and DALIA SUSSMAN WASHINGTON â€" A bare majority of Americans support ... Petraeus: Wait until December 2010 to gauge US success in Afghanistan Petraeus warns of springtime spike in Afghan violence Afghanistan progress slower than Iraq: Petraeus |
Kansas City Star | No Firm Plans for a US Exit in Afghanistan New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The Obama administration sent a forceful public message Sunday that American military forces could remain in Afghanistan for a long time, seeking to blunt criticism that President Obama had sent the wrong signal in his ... Afghanistan surge: What can it accomplish in 18 months? Barack Obama's deadline to bring troops home from Afghanistan starts to slip Ending Pakistan havens vital to Afghan effort: US |
Reuters | Senate debates health care, rejects GOP amendment CNN Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Nebraska, (pictured last month) moved to send the bill back to committee. Washington (CNN) -- Senate Republicans failed Saturday to eliminate $42.1 billion in cuts to Medicare home health care service in the health care bill. ... Senate healthcare debate stretches through weekend Senate Vote Clears Way for Home Health Care Cuts Dems Working Furiously Toward Public Option Compromise |
ABC News | The climate-change travesty Washington Post With 20000 delegates, advocates and journalists jetting to Copenhagen for planet Earth's last chance, the carbon footprint of the global warming summit will be the only impressive consequence of the climate-change meeting. ... Obama shifts Copenhagen travel plans to boost climate change deal Obama shifts Copenhagen visit to boost deal Brown rejects 'flat-earth' climate sceptics |
guardian.co.uk | UN chief backs US Afghanistan plan CNN International United Nations (CNN) -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed US President Barack Obama's plan to deploy 30000 more troops to Afghanistan. In a written statement, Ban praised Obama's aim to "balance military ... NATO » |
BBC News | Obama Orders 30000 Troops to Afghanistan; Withdrawal to Begin July 2011 Voice of America In a nation » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Barack Obama's US policy on Afghanistan has drifted, writers say CNN International (CNN) -- US President Barack Obama has waited too long to address the instability in Afghanistan, putting at risk the efforts to stabilize the troubled country, a pair of authors said Monday. Historian Simon Schama and journalist George Packer told ... Obama to detail big troop increase in Afghanistan A poll on Afghanistan, and Michael Moore's open letter to Obama Obama Approves More Troops for Afghanistan |
CBC.ca | 4 police officers shot dead at Wash. coffeehouse Seattle Times One of four police officers killed in an ambush at a coffee house Sunday fought with the gunman and may have wounded him before the officer died just outside the doorway, a sheriff's spokesman said. By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Writer One of four ... New information from Ed Troyer: Coffeehouse gunman may be wounded Chopper Pilot, News Director Could Be Charged With Police Interference |
