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Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill (AP)

In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, appear on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington.  (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman)  MANDATORY CREDIT:  WILLIAM B. PLOWMAN, MEET THE PRESS  NO SALESAP - Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:27:32 GMT
Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill (AP)

AP - Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:41:05 GMT
Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto (AP)

FILE - This 2003 file photo released by Subhankar Banerjee shows a polar bear walking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Since an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas pollution was signed in Kyoto, Japan, in Dec. 1997, the level of carbon dioxide in the air has increased 6.5 percent. Officials from across the world will convene in Copenhagen next month to seek a follow-up pact, one that President Barack Obama says 'has immediate operational effect...an important step forward in the effort to rally the world around a solution.' (AP Photo/Subhankar Banerjee, File)AP - Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:54:19 GMT
How health care reform could fall apart (Politico)

Politico - With so many players divided on key issues, there's no guarantee that Reid can pass a bill at all.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:09:19 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
Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2002 file photo, then-Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is embraced by her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a campaign rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. Kennedy's brain-cancer death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted plenty of speculation that the family's long-running political dynasty is over. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:14:08 GMT
Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts (AP)

AP - Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:01:20 GMT
Democrats: Health care bill saves money and jobs (AP)

AP - Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:53:04 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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