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  • House health care bill has nowhere to go in Senate

    AP – Sun Nov 8, 4:57 pm ET  Sent 549 times
    President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White... AP

    WASHINGTON - The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. Full Story »

  • Pelosi wins the day

    Politico – Sun Nov 8, 12:19 am ET  Sent 395 times
    Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by (L-R) Majority Whip... AP

    Nancy Pelosi clapped her hands as she left the House floor late Saturday night. Full Story »

  • New fair targets France's 260,000 annual divorces

    AP – Sun Nov 8, 3:55 pm ET  Sent 194 times

    PARIS - The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair. Full Story »

  • As oceans fall ill, Washington bureaucrats squabble

    McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Nov 8, 12:01 pm ET  Sent 165 times

    WASHINGTON — Off the coast of Washington state, mysterious algae mixed with sea foam have killed more than 8,000 seabirds, puzzling scientists. A thousand miles off California, researchers have discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling vortex roughly twice the size of Texas filled with tiny bits of plastic and other debris. Full Story »

  • La. Gov. declares emergency ahead of Hurricane Ida

    AP – 12 mins ago  Sent 137 times
    People watch the waves in the resort area of Cancun, Mexico,... AP

    NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. Full Story »

  • 10 ways the House bill would change health care

    McClatchy Newspapers – Sat Nov 7, 4:57 pm ET  Sent 136 times
    U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), Majority Leader Steny... Reuters

    WASHINGTON — These are some of the changes in the way health insurance would work in the United States if the House bill were to become law: Full Story »

  • Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling

    AP – 2 hrs 38 mins ago  Sent 127 times
    Tourists visit the remains of the Berlin Wall at the eve of the... AP

    BERLIN - With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago. Full Story »

  • Alleged Ft. Hood gunman may have 9/11 mosque link

    AP – 20 mins ago  Sent 114 times
    A soldier reads a bible during church service at the First Air... AP

    FORT HOOD, Texas - A key U.S. senator said Sunday he would begin an investigation into whether the Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology. Full Story »

  • Japan eyes solar station in space

    AFP – Sun Nov 8, 6:20 am ET  Sent 99 times
    This file graphic illustration released from Japan's Institute... AFP/HO/File

    TOKYO (AFP) - It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. Full Story »

  • In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo

    Time.com – Sun Nov 8, 9:20 am ET  Sent 80 times
    Gay men kiss in Nairobi. Kenya is to conduct a study among homosexuals... AFP/File

    Kenya launches an unprecedented campaign to survey the country's gay population about their sexual behaviors -- taking on a subject long met with hostility in the country. Full Story »

  • Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding

    AP – 2 hrs 1 min ago  Sent 45 times
    Residents stand on a bridge that collapsed due to heavy rain... AP

    VERAPAZ, El Salvador - Torrents of mud and boulders choked the streets of Verapaz on Sunday, part of massive wave of rain-fueled flooding that authorities said killed 91 people throughout El Salvador and left about five dozen missing. Full Story »

  • Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote

    AP – 2 hrs 57 mins ago  Sent 41 times
    Iraqi Islamic Party lawmaker Omar al-Jubori, speaks to the press... AP

    BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal. Full Story »

  • W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

    AP – Sun Nov 8, 2:11 am ET  Sent 39 times
    In this Aug. 1, 2009 photo, a giraffe from Africa's most endangered... AP

    KOURE, Niger - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil. Full Story »

  • AP interview: Pablo Escobar's son asks forgiveness

    AP – Sun Nov 8, 2:59 pm ET  Sent 37 times
    In this Nov. 5, 2009 photo, Sebastian Marroquin, son of Colombia's... AP

    BOGOTA - After notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed, the son who many thought would succeed him fled Colombia, assumed a new identity and lived a low-profile life as an architect in Argentina. Full Story »

  • Horror Movies: Why People Love Them

    LiveScience.com – Sun Nov 8, 9:56 am ET  Sent 30 times
    Joel Baker from Anaheim, California attends Comic-Con International... Reuters

    This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Full Story »

  • Joe Jackson seeks stipend from Michael's estate

    AP – Fri Nov 6, 8:22 pm ET  Sent 26 times
    FILE - In this Friday Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson's... AP

    LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch. Full Story »

  • Party-Buckers on Health Care Vote Mostly From 'Purple' Seats

    CQPolitics.com – Sun Nov 8, 8:46 am ET  Sent 26 times
    The House Rules Committee meets to discuss the health care bill... AFP/Getty Images/File

    A number of Democratic House members who didn't side with their party on the health care bill represent districts that voted for John McCain over Barack Obama in the 2008 election. Full Story »

  • Hasan's Therapy: Could "Secondary Trauma" Have Driven Him to Shooting?

    Time.com – Sun Nov 8, 9:00 am ET  Sent 25 times
    This undated photo obtained from www.cstsonline.org shows Major... AFP/cstsonline.org

    As an army psychiatrist treating soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Major Nidal Malik Hasan had a front row seat on the brutal toll of war Full Story »

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