Daily News Alert | Friday, July 3, 2009 12:02 AM PDT |
Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:52 pm PDT
 AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over. Full Story | Top |
GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:57 pm PDT
 AP - A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination. Full Story | Top |
Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:58 pm PDT
 AP - Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Full Story | Top |
Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:17 pm PDT
AP - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional. Full Story | Top |
FBI notes: Saddam feared Iran more than US attack
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:31 am PDT
AP - The farm where Saddam Hussein hid from U.S. forces before he was captured in December 2003 was familiar ground for the Iraqi dictator: It was the same place, he told an FBI agent, where he sought refuge 44 years earlier after taking part in a failed attempt to kill Iraq's president. Full Story | Top |
Gay marriage case will go to Supreme Court: attorney
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:54 pm PDT
Reuters - The attorney representing two same-sex couples who were denied a right to wed in California said on Thursday he expected the case to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has yet to hear a case on the gay marriage issue. Full Story | Top |
EU urges Iran to release British Embassy staff
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:59 am PDT
AP - The European Union demanded on Thursday that Iran release all detained British Embassy staff amid disagreement over how many there were and discussion of a British proposal for the bloc to jointly withdraw all 27 of its ambassadors from the country. Full Story | Top |
Quotations of the day
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:01 pm PDT
AP - "I think that it's important that even as we move forward with President Medvedev that Putin understand that the old Cold War approaches to U.S.-Russian relations is outdated. ... Putin has one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new." — President Barack Obama speaking about Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Obama travels to Moscow next week, where he will meet with Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev. Full Story | Top |
Did hacker threaten Sanford and lover over affair?
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:24 pm PDT
 McClatchy Newspapers - RIO DE JANEIRO _ A television anchor who's the only journalist known to have spoken with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's Argentine lover since news of their affair broke last week said the couple received an e-mail threat from the person who hacked into her Hotmail account. Full Story | Top |
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