AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:32 pm PST
 AP - The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan. Full Story | Top |
Clinton eases praise of Israel after Arab concerns
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:32 pm PST
 AP - Trying to mute Arab criticism that the Obama administration had retreated from its tough stance on Israeli settlements, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday softened her praise for Israel's offer to restrain new housing in Palestinian areas. Full Story | Top |
Afghan president says all welcome in his gov't
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:47 pm PST
 AP - Afghanistan's president reached out to his opponents Tuesday, saying that he will welcome opponents into his government and promising reforms to root out corruption that has undermined trust in his administration. Full Story | Top |
GOP victory Tuesday won't erase party's problems
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:32 pm PST
 AP - For Republicans, an election win of any size Tuesday would be a blessing. But victories in Virginia, New Jersey or elsewhere won't erase enormous obstacles the party faces heading into a 2010 midterm election year when control of Congress and statehouses from coast to coast will be up for grabs. Full Story | Top |
Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:32 pm PST
 AP - Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say. Full Story | Top |
Woman calls 911 to report herself as drunk driver
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:31 pm PST
AP - The call came into the 911 dispatcher: "I don't want to hurt anybody. I'm drunk." And with that, Mary Strey, 49, of Granton, reported herself as a drunken driver about three miles northeast of Neilsville in central Wisconsin. Full Story | Top |
CIT bankruptcy reassigned after recusal
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:10 am PST
Reuters - CIT Group Inc's bankruptcy case was reassigned on Monday to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper following the recusal of Judge Robert Gerber, who had been assigned the case hours earlier. Full Story | Top |
Two U.S. deaths may be linked to bad beef
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 04:05 pm PST
 Reuters - An outbreak of food-borne illness, linked to dangerous bacteria in ground beef, sickened 28 people and may have caused two deaths in the U.S. Northeast, health officials said on Monday. Full Story | Top |
Bomb blast in Pakistan's Rawalpindi kills 35
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:41 am PST
 Reuters - A suspected Taliban suicide bomb killed at least 35 people in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Monday, officials said, as the government announced a reward for the capture, dead or alive, of the group's leaders. Full Story | Top |
G20 to seek progress on world growth scheme
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:59 am PST
Reuters - Group of 20 financial leaders will seek to firm up a plan to rebalance the world economy when they meet this week, looking to beat out how to set national policy goals and make sure everyone keeps to them, officials said on Monday. Full Story | Top |
Afghan run-off would have been better: Karzai
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:19 pm PST
 AFP - President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it would have been better for Afghanistan to have had a run-off election and bemoaned his only challenger's withdrawal, after organisers declared him the winner. Full Story | Top |
Pressure builds on Iran to accept nuclear deal
Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:01 pm PST
 AFP - World powers turned up the heat on Iran to accept a UN-brokered nuclear deal, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying Tehran was at a "pivotal moment" to show it did not want to be isolated. Full Story | Top |
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