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Concessions lawmakers won in the health billThe Associated Press - 2 hours ago Here's a look at some of the concessions lawmakers and interest groups won in the latest version of the Senate's health care overhaul bill: ___ LAWMAKERS: SEN. To win bill's passage, deals had to be made Boston Globe Time for a Climate Change Plan BWall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago The world's political leaders, not least President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Gordon Brown, are in a state of severe, almost clinical, denial. Eurostar resumes service between Paris and LondonThe Associated Press - - 1 hour ago PARIS - Eurostar resumed its high-speed rail service linking Britain, France and Belgium on Tuesday after a three-day suspension that stranded tens of thousands of holiday travelers and left French President Nicolas Sarkozy indignant. |
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Israel response to Shalit deal reaches Gaza
Ha'aretz - - 30 minutes ago
A German mediator arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday with Israel's response abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
'Israel gives response to Hamas through German mediator' Jerusalem Post
Iranians mourn Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, and protest
Washington Post - - 3 hours ago
Tens of thousands marched in a funeral for a dissident cleric in Iran. Amateur video posted on the web shows mourners for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri chanting slogans against the government.
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Ahmadinejad Denies Nuclear Trigger Report
Voice of America - 48 minutes ago
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed a British newspaper report that says Iran is working on a trigger for a nuclear bomb.
Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuke deal The Associated Press
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Fight to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes reaches Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times - - 2 hours ago
Michigan's attorney general files a lawsuit that seeks to close two shipping locks near Chicago, sealing off the fish's most direct route to the Great Lakes.
Cox suit aims to shut waterways Detroit Free Press
White House picks new cyber coordinator
The Associated Press - - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON - The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate 80 percent of those ...
Obama to name Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity coordinator Washington Post
Obama ready to announce cybersecurity chief guardian.co.uk
Deal saves jobs at Muskegon prison
Detroit Free Press - - 2 hours ago
A state prison in Muskegon that was slated to close in January got a reprieve Monday when corrections officials announced an agreement to house 1000 Pennsylvania prisoners there for up to four years.
2000 Pa. prisoners to be housed out-of-state | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/22/2009 Philadelphia Inquirer
Greek Stock, Bond Markets Rally After Moody's Downgrade
Wall Street Journal - 36 minutes ago
ATHENS (Dow Jones)--Greek stock and bond markets rallied early Tuesday after ratings agency Moody's cut its rating on Greece's sovereign debt by a less-than-expected single notch to A2 from A1.
Stocks ready to rise at open
CNNMoney.com - 24 minutes ago
By CNNMoney.com staff December 22, 2009: 5:21 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks were poised to open higher Tuesday as investors await reports on the overall economy and the housing sector.
GLOBAL MARKETS: European Stocks Higher; UK GDP Eyed Wall Street Journal
UK Economy Shrinks Less Than Previously Estimated
Bloomberg - - 56 minutes ago
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The UK economy shrank less than previously estimated in the third quarter as a jump in construction and fixed investment brought the longest recession on record closer to ending.
Q3 GDP Revised Up Less Than Expected New York Times
Pine Trail gets launched and tested
Inquirer - - 2 hours ago
PINE TRAIL has arrived, and with it, Intel's optimisations for the second generation of the Atom platform. A simpler chipset - with memory controller, graphics and CPU all in the same package - has resulted in a slightly less sloth-like ...
PC makers introduce netbooks with new Atom processor Computerworld
Are More Netbooks Bad For Computer Makers? Atlantic Online
IPhone apps: A launch point for a new wave of tech giants?
Los Angeles Times - - 7 hours ago
Scott Lahman was sure he had a hit when his Marina del Rey company developed cellphone software that let people have a text messaging conversation with multiple participants at the same time, like a written conference call on the go.
Turkey-sized dino packed venom in its fangs
msnbc.com - - 13 hours ago
Using snake-like fangs, saber-toothed dinosaur relatives of velociraptors likely subdued their prey with venom, scientists now suggest.
Major discovery for KU researchers: 1st venomous raptor Lawrence Journal World
Raptor dinosaur had venomous fangs TG Daily
Brittany Murphy husband says she had been unwell
BBC News - 42 minutes ago
The husband of US actress Brittany Murphy has told a US TV show his wife was suffering from laryngitis in the days before she died.
Brittany's 'crash course' New York Post
Big Sunday raises `Avatar' weekend to $77M
The Associated Press - 12 hours ago
LOS ANGELES - James Cameron's "Avatar" jumped out to a faster start than projected, taking in $77 million domestically over opening weekend.
'Avatar' game isn't the usual movie tie-in Press of Atlantic City
'Piggy' roasted by Astor judge
New York Post - - 55 minutes ago
A judge yesterday sentenced Anthony Marshall to one to three years in prison for trying to swindle more than $60 million from his mother, beloved philanthropist and New York icon Brooke Astor.
No Sing Sing: Prison for old-timers in future for Brooke Astor's 85-year-old ... New York Daily News
Giants Overwhelm Redskins
New York Times - - 5 hours ago
LANDOVER, Md. - The game began with a snowball landing a few yards behind Giants quarterback Eli Manning just before the first snap from the line of scrimmage.
Big Blue again finds way to Wash away woes New York Daily News
With one trick play, Redskins Coach Jim Zorn shows defiance Washington Post
Kings rally from 35 points down to stun Bulls
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
Tyreke Evans and Ime Udoka lead Sacramento from a 79-44 third-quarter deficit to a 102-98 victory, the biggest NBA comeback in 13 years.
NBA ROUNDUP Kings come back from 35 down San Francisco Chronicle
Kings' historic rally stuns Bulls Sacramento Bee
Consistent Devils surge to the top in latest power rankings vote
USA Today - - 4 hours ago
By Christopher Pasatieri, Getty Images By Mike Brehm, USA TODAY Every year, the New Jersey Devils seem to lose players and find ways to succeed.
Brodeur's shutout record may stand test of time Beaver County Times
Brodeur's 104th shutout a record Baltimore Sun
WORLD: Study: 1 dose of H1N1 vaccine effective for kids
Chicago Tribune - 2 hours ago
Australian researchers have shown that a single dose of vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza can provide effective immunity against the virus in infants and children -- a finding that, if corroborated, could help damp the spread of the virus by ...
H1N1 shots to be by appointment Columbus Dispatch
Obamas Get Their Swine Flu Shots New York Times
Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning
The Associated Press - - Dec 20, 2009
AUGUSTA, Maine - A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.
In wake of mammography guidelines, US health task force faces new scrutiny
Washington Post - - Dec 19, 2009
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), right, fears the task force's greater role under health-care reform proposals would lead to rationing of care, while Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.
Gauging the Odds (and the Costs) in Health Screening New York Times
Former NFL star Dave Pear is sorry he ever played football
SI.com - Dec 18, 2009
It is an odd thing, hearing these sort of words from a man like David Louis Pear, University of Washington standout, Pro Bowl defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Super Bowl champion with the Oakland Raiders.
Can Anybody Make a Movie for Women?
New York Times - - Dec 16, 2009
Nancy Meyers may have become the most powerful female director in Hollywood by making, as one critic said, ''sweet little middle-class romances.
A long history of sexism in politics
Los Angeles Times - - 9 hours ago
In 1950, Helen Gahagan Douglas lost a vicious Senate battle to Richard Nixon, a contest that was the breeding ground for today's campaign trench warfare.
Midwest braces for its turn with winter storm
CNN - - 11 hours ago
As the East Coast digs out of a record-breaking storm, another storm approaches the Midwest. (CNN) -- While East Coast travelers recovered Monday from a nor'easter that stranded thousands, a winter storm taking aim at the Midwest threatened to give ...
The Adam Lambert Problem
Wall Street Journal - - Dec 17, 2009
The news came in numbers and the numbers were fairly grim, all the grimmer for being unsurprising. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll reported this week that more than half of Americans, 55%, think America is on the wrong track, ...