Sunday, February 28, 2010

Rescuers search for Chile quake survivors; death toll of 300 expected to rise - Los Angeles Times


Globe and Mail


Rescuers search for Chile quake survivors; death toll of 300 expected to rise

Los Angeles Times


Scattered looting breaks out, and some residents are without water or electricity. Tsunami warnings are lifted after sm »

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

Paterson to Drop Out of Governor Race - New York Times


Reuters


Paterson to Drop Out of Governor Race

New York Times


Gov. David A. Paterson attended a town h »

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Obama: Politics Trumped Common Sense in Health Care Debate - ABC News


Reuters


Obama: Politics Trumped Common Sense in Health Care Debate

ABC News


President Obama kicked off a bipartisan health care summit today with hopes that Democrats and Republicans can bridge their divide to achieve a substantive discussion about how to move forward on overhaul ...


At summit, Obama urges parties to focus on areas of agreement

Washington Post


Obama, Republicans debate health care costs

USA Today


Obama's bipartisan health summit off to a rocky start

Boston Globe


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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Senate Votes 70-28 to Approve $15 Billion Jobs Bill - New York Times


Reuters


Senate Votes 70-28 to Approve $15 Billion Jobs Bill

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" The Senate today easily approved a $15 billion Democratic plan to try to spur job creation, as lawmakers hastened to demonstrate that they were taking steps to improve the nation's employment picture. ...


Senate to Vote on Jobs Bill, Passage Likely

FOXNews


Senate Votes 70-28 to Approve $15 Billion Job-Creation Bill

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Monday, February 22, 2010

Obama Details Plan to Expand Health Care to Uninsured - New York Times


FOXNews


Obama Details Plan to Expand Health Care to Uninsured

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" President Obama on Monday laid out for the first time a detailed legislative proposal for overhauling health care. His plan sticks largely to the approach passed by the Senate with unified ...


Obama unveils revamped healthcare overhaul

Los Angeles Times


Obama healthcare plan omits public option

Christian Science Monitor


Should President Obama's $950 billion health care overhaul plan pass?

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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Military sweep of Marja focuses on pocket of 'determined resistance' - Los Angeles Times


BBC News


Military sweep of Marja focuses on pocket of 'determined resistance'

Los Angeles Times


Marines and Afghan troops fight to clear holdout insurgents from one corner of the city in southern Afghanistan. NATO says there is another casualty among Western troops, bringing the total to 13. By Tony Perry and Laura King Reporting from Kabul, ...


Afghanistan offensive easing off

Aljazeera.net


Operation on Taliban slows down in minefields in S Afghanistan

Xinhua


Afghan police move into Taliban stronghold

AFP


New York Times -Reuters -BBC News


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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Alexander Haig, former secretary of state, dies - Washington Post


Washington Post


Alexander Haig, former secretary of state, dies

Washington Post


Alexander Haig, a former Army general and adviser to three presidents, died Saturday from complications from an infection. He was 85. By James Hohmann Retired Army Gen. Alexander Haig, who held influential positions in the United States military and in ...


Alexander M. Haig, military man, presidential aide, dies at 85

Boston Globe


Ex-Nixon chief of staff Alexander Haig dead at 85

Reuters


Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies

CNN


BusinessWeek -Los Angeles Times (blog) -AFP


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Friday, February 19, 2010

Brief Break in Therapy Said to Lead to Timing of Woods Speech - New York Times


CBC.ca


Brief Break in Therapy Said to Lead to Timing of Woods Speech

New York Times


MARANA, Ariz. â€" A rationale surfaced late Thursday night for  »

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Obama Unveils Plan for Commission to Tackle Federal Deficit - Wall Street Journal


CBS News


Obama Unveils Plan for Commission to Tackle Federal Deficit

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The Tea Party and Extremism - FOXNews


Washington Post


The Tea Party and Extremism

FOXNews


By Bill O'Reilly BILL O'REILLY: Some of these Tea Party people are nuts. They are. They're crazy. I mean, we sent Jesse Watters down there, and he puts the number at about 10 percent that are just loons, out of their mind. Every group has that. ...


Tea partiers get audience with RNC chairman but not a shared public stage

Washington Post


Steele, Tea Partiers agree to meet again

UPI.com


Palin: Tea Partiers "Have to Pick a Party"

CBS News


U.S. News & World Report (blog) -msnbc.com -Chicago Sun-Times (blog)


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

What they are saying about Sen. Bayh - Indianapolis Star


The Guardian


What they are saying about Sen. Bayh

Indianapolis Star


Here's what reporters and bloggers are saying today about Evan Bayh's decision note to seek a third term in the Senate. A day after he stunned most of Washington by announcing his resignation from the Senate, Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh said this ...


Political Unknown Alarms Indiana Dems With Bid for Bayh's Seat

FOXNews


What Evan Bayh's retirement re »


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Monday, February 15, 2010

Vice Presidents Face Off: Dick Cheney and Joe Biden Go on the Offensive - ABC News


ABC News


Vice Presidents Face Off: Dick Cheney and Joe Biden Go on the Offensive

ABC News


The war of words between Dick Cheney and the Obama administration escalated as the White House dispatched Vice President Joe Biden to counter criticism by the former vice president. The current and former vice presidents ...


Administration 'flexible' on 9/11 trial venue

The Associated Press


Cheney criticizes Obama on national security policy, and Biden fires back

Washington Post


Biden and Cheney talk terrorism and war, and agree on little

Los Angeles Times


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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Why Harry Reid Is Stripping Down Jobs Bill - ABC News


Boston Globe


Why Harry Reid Is Stripping Down Jobs Bill

ABC News


In Washington, reaching bipartisan agreement on anything is tough these days. Yet Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has just scrapped a jobs bill that had both Democratic and Republican support. What's he thinking? ...


Republican strategy: Filibuster everything, win in November

MiamiHerald.com


House panel takes step toward tax increase

Seattle Times


Senate Democrats race to regain bipartisan coalition on jobs bill

Washington Post


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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Mixed GOP response to WH health summit invite - San Jose Mercury News


Mixed GOP response to WH health summit invite

San Jose Mercury News


WASHINGTONâ€"Congressional Republicans sent mixed signals after President Barack Obama ch »


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Friday, February 12, 2010

Bill Clinton released from hospital - CNN


Washington Post


Bill Clinton released from hospital

CNN


New York (CNN) -- Former President Clinton left a New York hospital early Friday, less than a day after doctors performed a procedure to restore blood flow in one of his coronary arteries. Terry McAuliffe, a Clinton confidant and former chairman of the ...


After heart procedure, former president Bill Clinton released from hospital

Washington Post


Bill Clinton Leaves Hospital

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Iran 'makes first batch of 20% enriched uranium' - BBC News


The Hindu


Iran 'makes first batch of 20% enriched uranium'

BBC News


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said his country has produced its first batch of uranium enriched to 20%. The statement, made at a r »


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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Magnitude 4.3 quake jolts parts of northern Illinois, USGS reports - CNN


NBC13.com


Magnitude 4.3 quake jolts parts of northern Illinois, USGS reports

CNN


(CNN) -- An early morning earthquake rattled northern Illinois on Wednesday, shaking an area about 50 miles west-northwest of downtown Chicago, the US Geological Survey said. The magnitude 4.3 quake hit just before 4 am CT (5 am ET), with an epicenter ...


4.3 earthquake 'rattles people awake' in west suburbs

Chicago Sun-Times


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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Jobs bill: A chance for bipartisanship or election strategy? - CNN


Reuters


Jobs bill: A chance for bipartisanship or election strategy?

CNN


Washington (CNN) -- As Senate Democrats look to pass a jobs bill before Presidents Day, experts say the debate is an opportunity to see if c »


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Monday, February 8, 2010

Middletown Explosion: Relief Centers Set Up For Employees, Family Members - Hartford Courant


Telegraph.co.uk


Middletown Explosion: Relief Centers Set Up For Employees, Family Members

Hartford Courant


Where: Not-yet-operational 620-megawatt Kleen Energy power plant on the Connecticut River in Middletown. Size: The 96 percent complete plant was to be one of the largest in New England in recent years. Operations: The Kleen Energy plant is meant to ...


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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Palin Tells 'Tea Party': It's Revolution Time - NPR


The Guardian


Palin Tells 'Tea Party': It's Revolution Time

NPR


by AP Enlarge AP Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin addresses attendees at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Associated Press Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin addresses attendees at the ...


Palin assails Obama at 'tea party' gathering

Lexington Herald Leader


Sarah Palin lashes Obama at first Tea Party convention

BBC News


Tea Party Activists Ponder How to Win Elections

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Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Tea Party is still taking shape - Washington Post


Washington Post


The Tea Party is still taking shape

Washington Post


Six hundred tea party leaders arrived Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, for the first-ever three-day National Tea Party Convention. Organizers announced the creation of a political action committee c »


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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Wednesday, February 3, 2010