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Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle (AP)

U.S. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:53 GMT
Biden says Senate handed Obama a big victory (AP)

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to fellow Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner, Saturday Nov. 21, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)AP - Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:17:41 GMT
Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, members of the NYPD Counterterrorism unit talk outside the old federal courthouse at 40 Centre Street in New York. The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)AP - The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:08:09 GMT
Beck's plan: Rally followers, sell books (Politico)

Politico - Glenn Beck signals hisintention to branch off more directly into political activism.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:23:15 GMT
Democrats hold line, but cracks show (Politico)

Politico - Senate Dems push ahead with health reform Saturday night, but significant divides in party are exposed.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:13:55 GMT
Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy (AP)

US President Barack Obama, center, walks to Air Force One with Gen. Walter Sharp, right, and US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens , left, during his departure from Osan Air Base in South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:13:53 GMT
Rhodes Scholars named for 2010 (AP)

AP - Thirty-two men and women from across the U.S. have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:10:14 GMT
US Senate votes to start Obama health drive debate (AFP)

US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to senators who will appear on the Sunday morning talk shows in his Senate office in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care barely cleared a key Senate hurdle in a narrow party-line vote the White House immediately hailed as an AFP - The US Senate, torn along party lines, voted to formally launch debate on historic legislation to enact President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care, handing him a win for now.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:54:36 GMT
US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard (AP)

FILE - In a Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo, Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C. Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday, Nov.10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:18:26 GMT
Black firefighters object to white promotions (AP)

AP - A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:22:52 GMT
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