Bernanke Feared a Second Great DepressionWall Street Journal - - 4 hours ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Sunday said he engineered the central bank's controversial actions over the past year because "I was not going to be the Federal Reserve chairman who presided over the second ...
Sarah Palin hands over power in AlaskaLos Angeles Times - - 3 hours ago
Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, center, congratulate incoming Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell. In her farewell speech, she admonished the media: “Our new governor has a very nice family too, so leave his kids alone.
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With Act II Unwritten, Palin Can Define Her Role Washington Post
White House Memo A Presidential Pitfall: Speaking One's MindNew York Times - - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON - There is no owner's manual for the Oval Office, no school to learn how to be a president. Perhaps most challenging for any new president is learning how powerful that megaphone really is.
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France's Sarkozy to leave hospital after dizzy spell
Reuters - - 57 minutes ago
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to leave hospital on Monday, having spent the night there to undergo cardiological tests after falling ill while jogging, a minister said on Monday.
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US Defence Secretary in Israel amid US peace push
AFP - 13 minutes ago
JERUSALEM - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Israel on Monday on a US push to jumpstart Middle East peace talks with Washington's peace envoy George Mitchell also on whistlestop regional tour.
US envoys set for Mid-East talks BBC News
China steel workers kill manager: report
AFP - 58 minutes ago
BEIJING - Chinese authorities have scrapped the takeover of a steel plant where workers killed a manager in fury at threatened job cuts, an official and state media said Monday.
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Opponents of health overhaul happy as bill drags
The Associated Press - - 27 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - August means beaches and barbecues. And for some, a chance to rally the troops for this fall's health care showdown.
Sessions vows third GOP vote against Sotomayor
USA Today - - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON - Sen. Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he will vote against Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the Supreme Court in the committee vote scheduled for Tuesday.
The Supreme Court isn't as aloof as we think Boston Globe
Letter: Sotomayor will make a fine judge Eagle Tribune
Arm the Senate!
Washington Post - - 4 hours ago
Isn't it time to dismantle the metal detectors, send the guards at the doors away and allow Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights by being free to carry their firearms into the nation's Capitol?
Second Amendment is outdated Sun-Sentinel.com
Washington digest: Senate blocks gun bill Sherman Denison Herald Democrat
Clinton, Geithner Call for Update of Ties With China
Bloomberg - - 4 hours ago
July 27 (Bloomberg) -- The US and China need to “update” their official ties and work together on the global economic crisis, climate change and security, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary ...
China-US economic talks to open BBC News
As others limp along, China finds way out of recession Seattle Times
Ryanair Falls on Forecast for Annual Profit Towards `Lower End of ...
Bloomberg - - 21 minutes ago
July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Ryanair Holding Plc, Europe's largest low-cost airline, posted a fiscal first-quarter profit after its fuel costs tumbled.
Ryanair shares drop after profit warning MarketWatch
Sichuan Expressway's Shares Almost Triple on Shanghai Debut
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Bloomberg News July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sichuan Expressway Co. almost tripled on its trading debut in Shanghai, adding to evidence that revised pricing rules have failed to damp speculation in the world's second best-performing market this year.
Astronauts in home stretch of marathon mission
CNET News - - 10 hours ago
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston--Despite problems that forced spacewalk replanning, an impromptu toilet repair and work to fix the space station's carbon dioxide scrubber, the shuttle Endeavour's ongoing assembly mission is going well, ...
Astronaut: Earth showing signs of human destruction The Money Times
Amazon Faces a Fight Over Its E-Books
New York Times - - 8 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO - Last week, Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive of Amazon, offered an apparently heartfelt and anguished mea culpa to customers whose digital editions of George Orwell's “1984” were remotely deleted from their Kindle reading ...
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The iPod Is Dead. Long Live the iPod
BusinessWeek - - 6 hours ago
I was recently cleaning out a closet and came across an interesting artifact: my first iPod. It was nearly eight years ago that I was among the very first people in New York City to carry around the first-generation iPod.
'G-Force' guinea pigs upset 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood ...
Los Angeles Times - - 3 hours ago
Disney's "G-Force" is a comedy adventure about a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws.
'Harry Potter' repeats at overseas boxoffice Hollywood Reporter
Jon Gosselin: Just a regular single guy, with 8 kids
Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago
Is he dating? Is he not dating? Does he still love Kate? What about the eight kids? Why do we, as a country, still care? Because this is what America demands, here's our weekly roundup of Jon-and-Kate-post-"Jon & Kate" news.
Jon Gosselin: It's just friendship and good times Detroit Free Press
Comic-Con's buzz-makers
Los Angeles Times - - 6 hours ago
Fox / AP Director James Cameron offered fans a look at his upcoming film "Avatar" in San Diego. 'District 9,' 'Avatar' and 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' generated special heat at the festival, a critical testing ground for mass-appeal movies.
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With win, Contador free of Armstrong
Boston Globe - - 2 hours ago
Alberto Contador (left) gives thumbs-up to his Tour de France victory, but of teammate Lance Armstrong, he says, “We are totally incompatible.
Lance Armstrong a favorite for 2010 Tour de France Los Angeles Times
Henderson humbled by Hall
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago
The significance of baseball's ultimate honor overwhelmed baseball's ultimate runner Sunday. It doesn't matter if a man led the league in swagger.
Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice join a select club Los Angeles Times
For Jim Rice, wait lifted Boston Herald
Massa under sedation after scan
BBC Sport - 1 hour ago
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa will be kept under sedation for 48 hours after he suffered a fractured skull during Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying.
Massa communicating 'passively' The Associated Press
Impact of Health Care Measures
New York Times - 3 hours ago
Three health care bills are working their way through Congress. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions approved its bill this month.
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Local Woman Who Had Swine Flu Dies
Washington Post - Jul 25, 2009
The Virginia Department of Health said a woman with swine flu in the Prince William County health district has died. Although the cause of death has not been confirmed, the H1N1 virus "appears to be a factor," health officials said.
Getting ready for flu season Youngstown Vindicator
About That New Jersey Organ Scandal
Wall Street Journal - - 8 hours ago
Even by New Jersey standards, Thursday's roundup of three mayors, five rabbis and 36 others on charges of money laundering and public corruption was big.
Rogue kidney brokers resell organs from poorest nations on black ... New York Daily News
N Korea:Would Participate In Dialogue,Not 6-Party Talks-Kyodo
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--North Korea on Monday reiterated its refusal to return to the six-party talks on its denuclearization but expressed a willingness to participate in an another form of dialogue, Kyodo News reported.
N Korea hints at 'specific' talks BBC News
4 Children Among 8 Dead in Crash
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
A family's minivan traveling in the wrong direction crashed into two cars on a suburban parkway just north of New York City on Sunday, killing eight people, including four young cousins and a woman in the same family.
Video: 4 Adults, 4 Children Dead in Horrific NY Crash
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4 kids, 4 adults die in Taconic crash Lower Hudson Journal news
New strategy in UK Afghan mission
BBC News - 1 hour ago
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is set to announce a change of emphasis in UK strategy in Afghanistan. In a speech to Nato, he will stress the Afghan government must be doing more to talk to moderate members of the Taliban as part of a broader ...