MiamiHerald.com | Washington sprints to expand cash for clunkers' program MiamiHerald.com WASHINGTON -- Congress and the Obama administration scrambled Friday to triple the size of the overwhelmingly popular "cash for clunkers" program after it appeared to be exhausting its $1 billion funding ... Game back on for car dealers, advertisers House approves extending 'cash for clunkers' White House Keeps Pushing Depleted 'Clunkers' Program as Senate ... |
CBC.ca | Will PED report affect Manny, Big Papi down stretch? USA Today There was always a possibility that more of the names would surface from the infamous list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 in Major League Baseb » |
BBC News | Microsoft and Yahoo: Search partners CNNMoney.com After a year and a half of dealing, the tech giants reach a deal to take on Google -- in 'market dominated by a single company,' says Microsoft CEO B » |
USA Today | Frothy Diplomacy: What Beer Will Obama Choose for White House Meeting? ABC News The President Hopes to Ease Tensions by Drinking Beer with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ What is the right beer for President Obama to pick for his White House drink with police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard scholar ... Questions on race aspect of Henry Louis Gates case show sublety of ... Obama steps away from the office Obama hopes Gates, policeman can work things out over beer |
BBC News | Gates: US Wants Iran Answer on Nuclear Talks by September Voice of America By VOA News US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Obama administration hopes Iran will respond to an offer for talks on its nuclear program soon. Gates spoke in Israel, where he is discussing Iran's nuclear ambitions with top officials. ... US urges Iran reply by September Israel, US discuss Iran nuclear threat Israeli official: No option off table on Iran |
ABC News | The state of the health care debate Chicago Tribune Multiple health care proposals are being discussed on Capitol Hill, revised and refined into single proposals in the House and Senate. In the House, three committees have signed off on a reform bill, but the Energy and Commerce Committee has yet to ... Obama holds health care hopes after setback Do health reform right instead of doing it quickly Health reform divides lawmakers |
BBC News | Arrest of Gates also shines a light on 'disorderly conduct' laws Los Angeles Times In Massachusetts and other states, such laws give police wide power to arrest someone acting abusively toward them in public. By David G. Savage Reporting from Washington -- For some defense lawyers, the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates ... Obama regrets his police words ! Trying to quell uproar, Obama c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Cambridge chief defends arrest but promises a review Boston Globe This story was reported by Jonathan Saltzman, Maria Cramer, Tracy Jan, Meghan Irons, Milton J. Valencia, Matt Viser, and Andrew Ryan of the Globe staff and Globe correspondent Matt Collette. It was written by Saltzman. The Cambridge police commissioner ... Obama remarks complicate race debate over scholar's arrest Police group criticizes Obama's comments on scholar's arrest Obama Stands By Gates Arrest Criticism as Police Defend Conduct |
Reuters | Senate rejects additional F-22 funding CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate on Tuesday stripped $1.75 billion for an additional seven F-22 fighter jets from the fiscal year 2010 budget. The US Senate on Tuesday voted down a proposal to fund seven more F-22 fighter jets. ... Bowing to Veto Threat, Senate Blocks Money for Warplanes Senate Votes Down Funds for F-22 Jets US Senate votes to stop production of F-22 jet |
The Associated Press | RNC chairman: Obama's health care is socialism The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" The chairman of the Republican Party on Monday c » |
MiamiHerald.com | Copter crash kills 16 in Afghanistan, NATO says CNN KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A helicopter crashed during takeoff from Kandahar airfield in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 16 people, NATO said. US Marines participate in operation Saturday to push Taliban out of Herati, Afghanistan. ... Civilian helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 16 Reports: Helicopter crash at Afghan base kills 15 Helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 |
BBC News | An Appraisal Cronkite's Signature: Approachable Authority New York Times The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. Menachem Begin, left, and Anwar Sadat being interviewed by Walter Cronkite during Sadat's trip to ... Schieffer: News Trumped » |
Telegraph.co.uk | House Dems move to votes on health bill The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" House Democrats are preparing to advance legislation that would deliver on President Barack Obama's promise to remake the nation's costly health care system and cover some 50 million uninsured. On the heels of the Senate health committee's ... Senate panel approves health care reform bill Americans torn over health care strategy, poll finds Health Care Vote Illustrates Partisan Divide |
Sky News | Up to 168 aboard plane killed in Iran crash Reuters TEHRAN (Reuters) - A Tupolev passenger aircraft crashed in northwestern Iran on Wednesday and 168 people on board were killed, Iranian media reported. The Caspian Airlines aircraft was carrying 153 passengers and 15 crew, Reza Jafarzadeh, ... State media: 168 killed in Iran plane crash Iran airliner crashes, 168 people feared dead 'Many dead' in Iranian air crash |
FOXNews | Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor defies labels New York Daily News Conservatives are right to pillory liberal judges such as those of the New York State Court of Appeals who ruled a quarter-century ago that child pornography was protected by the First Amendment. Thankfully, the US Supreme Court soon decreed otherwise, ... Nominee Sotomayor at center stage in Senate No roadblocks seen in Sotomayor hearing GOP aims to paint Sotomayor as biased |
guardian.co.uk | Taliban pushed back, long way to go-Obama Reuters India LONDON (Reuters) - US and » |
guardian.co.uk | A Stock With Bounce: Investors Stick to GM New York Times Shares in “General Motors,†the company says, are worthless. But many investors apparently have missed the message. GM's stock, which now represents the company's bankruptcy estate, continued an improbable ... GM exits bankruptcy Reborn GM vows to rev u! p as new company After a quick bankruptcy, now it's General Motors Co. |
guardian.co.uk | Iran police tear gas protesters BBC News Iranian police have fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who defied government warnings that any fresh attempt at protests would be "smashed". The marchers were heading towards Tehran University to commemorate the 10th anniversary of student ... Iran police fire in air to disperse protesters Ahmadinejad Says Powers Must Interact With Him, Cites Election Protesters, officers clash violently in Iran's streets |
MiamiHerald.com | Cyber attackers target South Korea and US guardian.co.uk North Korean hackers are suspected of launching a cyber-attack on some of the most important government offices in the US and South Korea in recent days, including the White House, the Pentagon, the New York Stock Exchange and the presidential Blue ... North Korea Suspected in Cyberattack US, S. Korean Government Web Sites Targeted in Cyber Attack White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack |
guardian.co.uk | Michael Jackson fans begin lining up before sunrise for star ... New York Daily News Michael Jackson fans enter the area around Staples Center before a scheduled memorial service for the pop star. Yes, I'll be glued to my screen. No, I've got better things to do. Not sure, depends on if my boss is around. With the curtain set to rise ... Jackson's Body to Be Taken to Site of Service Jacksons Set Out for Private Funeral Jackson's Casket Expected at Memorial Service |
Telegraph.co.uk | Arms central to US-Russia talks BBC News US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev are expected to announce nuclear weapons cuts when they meet later in Moscow. Officials on both sides were quoted as saying a document had been agreed, though Russia said it was not ... Obama to Seek New Arms Control Deal in Moscow Obama's diplomacy to be tested in Russia Obama heads to Russia facing nuclear arms impasse |
Telegraph.co.uk | Exiled Honduran leader vows return for showdown The Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) â€" Honduras braced for a threatened confrontation Sunday as ousted President Manuel Zelaya insisted he was coming home to reclaim his post, urging his supporters to mass at the airport for a showdown with the interim ... Americas group suspends Honduras Zelaya vows to return to Honduras US Misread Scale of Honduran Rift |
