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Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle (AP)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., right, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:45:34 GMT
Kennedy says RI bishop banned him from Communion (AP)

FILE - Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin, is shown in his office in Providence, R.I,  in this Aug. 21, 2008 file photo.  Rep. Patrick Kennedy says Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving communion because of his support of abortion rights. The Providence Journal reported on its Web site Sunday Nov. 22, 2009. Under church rules, Tobin can prevent Kennedy from receiving communion within his diocese, which covers Rhode Island. It's unclear whether bishops outside Rhode Island will take the same path. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)AP - Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:46:14 GMT
Astronaut's wait over as daughter born back home (AP)

This image provided by NASA shows Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is pictured near a beverage container floating freely on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis Tuesday Nov. 17, 2009. Bresnik announced early Sunday Nov. 22, 2009 his wife Rebecca gave birth to their second child at 11:04 .p.m. CST Saturday  a daughter named Abigail in Houston while he was aboard the International Space Station. Bresnik says both mama and baby are doing very well. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:44:39 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 12:47:05 GMT
Indonesian ferry sinks; 15 dead, some 230 rescued (AP)

FILE - In this May 27, 2005 file photo, a Singaporean Navy vessel patrols the crowded straits between Singapore, background, and Indonesia off the coast of Batam, Indonesia.  On Sunday morning, Nov. 22, 2009, an Indonesian inter-island passenger ferry sank in rough waters 90 minutes into the trip from Batam to Dumai in Riau, Sumatra, with almost 250 people onboard, police said. (AP Photo/Ed Wray, File)AP - Rescuers saved more than 230 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 15 people have died, officials said. Search operations were called off after nightfall for the unknown number of passengers still missing.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:39:41 GMT
Iran ex-official gets 6 years in jail for protests (AP)

FILE -  In this Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, file photo, released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi, second right, in prison uniform among other defendants, sits at the court room in Tehran, Iran. Abtahi, a top reformer has been sentenced to six years in jail after he stood trial on charges of fomenting unrest to topple the Iranian regime, his lawyer said Sunday. Abtahi is one of more than 100 leading moderates detained after Iran's disputed June 12 presidential election. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hossein Salehi Ara, file)   EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP - An Iranian court sentenced a former vice president to six years in jail as part of a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest after the disputed June presidential election, the defendant's lawyer said Sunday.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:48:03 GMT
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets (AP)

Palestinians check the damage on a smuggling tunnel following an Israeli airstrike on the border between Egypt and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. The Israeli military said its aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in retaliation for rocket fired into southern Israel from Gaza a day earlier. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:36:59 GMT
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving (AP)

Travelers line up at Delta counter at Reagan National Airport on Saturday,  Nov. 21, 2009, in Washington. The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year than in 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:48:41 GMT
Stars come out for CNN Heroes ceremony (AP)

Singer Carrie Underwood arrives at the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year ceremony Saturday night Nov. 21, 2009 in Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Greg DeGuire - PictureGroup)AP - Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the lives of others.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:49:24 GMT
No. 11 Oregon tops Arizona; on track for Rose Bowl (AP)

Oregon's Ed Dickson (83) celebrates after scoring a touchdown with six seconds left in regulation against Arizona in the second half of an NCAA college football game at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Oregon won 44 - 41 in overtime. (AP Photo/Wily Low)AP - Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli watched as red-clad Arizona students ringed the sidelines as time ticked down, ready to rush the field.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:50:11 GMT
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