Daily News Alert | Tuesday, December 1, 2009 12:02 AM PST |
Obama to detail Afghanistan war expansion
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:52 pm PST
 AP - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas. Full Story | Top |
Defense official communicated with WH crashers
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:48 pm PST
 AP - The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in. Full Story | Top |
Iran nuke plans largely bluster, experts say
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:04 pm PST
 AP - Iran's announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N.'s nuclear agency, analysts said Monday. Nonetheless, the defiance is fueling calls among Western allies for new punitive sanctions to freeze Iran's nuclear program. Full Story | Top |
Divided Senate plunges into health care debate
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:59 pm PST
 AP - Riven by partisanship, the Senate plunged into a widely anticipated debate Monday over sweeping health care legislation that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have vowed to approve and Republicans have sworn to block. Full Story | Top |
Wash.shooting re-opens Huckabee clemency record
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:03 pm PST
 AP - As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predecessors combined. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in Sunday's slaying of four Seattle-area police officers, was among them. Full Story | Top |
Woods withdraws from own tourney, citing injuries
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:08 pm PST
 AP - Tiger Woods still isn't talking. Now he's not playing, either. Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. His decision comes as questions continue to mount regarding what exactly happened in the wee hours of the morning last Friday — questions that most certainly would have been asked of him had he played. Full Story | Top |
Cops: Woman makes threat to help boss make flight
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:55 pm PST
AP - A South Florida woman has been charged with calling in a bomb threat to keep her boss from missing a flight. An arrest report said a 31-year-old woman was charged Thursday with making a false report of planting a bomb. Miami International Airport officials received a call and an e-mail Wednesday claiming that a bomb was on an American Airlines plane. Police searched the specified aircraft but didn't find a bomb. Full Story | Top |
Obama to lay out long-awaited Afghan plan
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:14 pm PST
 Reuters - President Barack Obama plans to announce on Tuesday that he will send about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in a long-awaited war strategy shift that he hopes will defeat the Taliban and allow for a U.S. exit. Full Story | Top |
Senate opens work on healthcare bill
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:28 pm PST
 Reuters - The U.S. Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their arguments. Full Story | Top |
Tiger Woods withdraws from tournament, not talking
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:56 pm PST
Reuters - Tiger Woods pulled out of a golf tournament this week, the latest fall-out from a minor car accident that has left a swirl of mystery and a hint of scandal around the world's top golfer and pushed him into full damage control. Full Story | Top |
Obama orders Afghan strategy into force
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:11 pm PST
 AFP - President Barack Obama has given fateful orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit from a costly and gruelling war. Full Story | Top |
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