ABC News | White House trumpets reports on job creation Washington Post The White House on Friday embraced reports showing that the $159 billion in grants and loans made so far under the economic stimulus package has created or saved about 640000 jobs, even as Republicans and ... White House touts 1 million jobs from stimulus Government says stimulus created, saved nearly 650000 jobs White House: Stimulus saved or created 22514 Michigan jobs |
Washington Post | Series even: Burnett outduels Yankees nemesis Martinez USA Today By Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY By Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY NEW YORK â€" The New York Yankees' secret weapon was camouflaged » |
CBS News | Obama makes late-night trip to honor slain soldiers Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama flew to a US military base on Wednesday night to meet the plane bringing home the bodies of 18 American soldiers and Drug Enforcement Administration agents killed in Afghanistan this ... Obama visits Dover AFB to honor f » |
Sydney Morning Herald | UN staff killed in Kabul attack BBC News At least three United Nations employees have been killed and some injured in an attack in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, the UN says. Heavy gunfire and an explosion were heard at a guesthouse used by the UN, after militants entered the ... 3 UN Workers Killed in Fighting in Afghan Capital Dawn attack rocks central Kabul Afghan police: 7 dead in attack on UN in Kabul |
Washington Times | Obama's big change: He moves America to the Right Washington Examiner It's not that more people are actu » |
ABC News | Church janitor charged in slaying of NJ priest The Associated Press MORRISTOWN, NJ â€" A janitor was charged with murder Saturday in the slaying of a priest whose body was found in the rectory of his northern New Jersey church. Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said that 64-year-old Jose Feliciano stabbed and cut ... Priest killed; Town urged to be vigilant Violent death of local priest rattles sm » |
BBC News | UPDATE 1-Canadian health officials discount vaccine "myths" Reuters VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Canadian health officials expressed frustration on Friday over what they said were myths about the danger of getting vaccinated against H1N1 flu. Canada's immunization program is just ... Flu-like illnesses now higher than at peak of seasonal flu season S. Nevada officials expand FluMist eligibility CDC: Swine Flu Vaccine Delay Frustrating |
New York Daily News | US Clears 66 Executives For at Least $1 Million in Total Pay Bloomberg Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration pay cuts ordered for seven taxpayer-rescued US firms leaves 66 executives -- about half those reviewed -- with total long-term compensation of at least $1 million. Multimillion-dollar packages ... Perils Of The Pay Crusade Washington's bank pay crackdown US unveils broad effort to limit executive pay |
AFP | White House to push for big pay cuts CNNMoney.com Obama's pay czar will demand 50% decline in compensation, on average, for top earners at seven firms that received the most bailout funds. By David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer Washington attorney Kenneth Feinberg has been actively reviewing pay ... Pay Czar Slashes Pay; Makes Governance Changes Feinberg Said to Order 50% Pay Cuts at Rescued Firms Obama's Pay Play |
guardian.co.uk | US lobbied Afghanistan's Karzai to accept runoff CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a blizzard of personal meetings in Kabul, Afghanistan, and in telephone conversations from Washington, US officials lobbied Afghan President Hamid Karzai to abide by the nation's constitution and accept a runoff election. Sen. ... Obama troop plan hangs in balance as Afghan vote set Kerry Wins Obama's Praise for Brokering Afghan Election Runoff Afghan elections - an uncertain future |
BBC News | Pakistan launches risky offensive into Taliban-Al Qaeda stronghold Los Angeles Times The military faces fierce militants and a desolate, rocky terrain in South Waziristan. And the Taliban may counter with more attacks in major cities, analysts say. Pakistani troops prepare to leave for patrolling in Bannu, a town on the edge of ... Pakistani Troops Attack Taliban in South Waziristan Stronghold Pakistanis reflect on army offensive Pakistani forces capture village in Taliban stronghold |
New York Times | Friend of Richard Heene Says Kids Often Were Put in Danger ABC News Richard Heene, the father of missing 6-year-old who may have ascended in an experimental aircraft in Colorado earlier today, loved science but often would put his children in the line of danger, ... B » |
Telegraph.co.uk | THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health cry is tax them, not us The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Insurance companies, unions and other special interest groups pushed back hard Wednesday against health care legislation that could cost their members billions of dollars. If they succeed in shifting the proposed taxes away from them, ... Senate committee passes health care reform bill White House Officials Attend Senate Health-Care Meetings |
New York Times | Pushback grows against insurance industry report CNN International The White House, Democrats and health care experts are blasting a new insurance industry trade report that finds that health insurance premiums for the typical American family would increase by $4000 by 2019 under a key Senate overhaul plan. ... Senate Finance Panel Passes $829 Billion Health Plan Republican Olympia Snowe to support healthcare bill Members of the Senate Finance Committee |
Washington Post | Rates to rise under Senate health plan, industry group says CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Health insurance premiums for the typical American family would increase by another $4000 by 2019 under a key Senate overhaul plan, according to an industry trade group analysis. Sen. Max Baucus' Finance Committee is likely to vote ... Obama and the insurance industry, daggers drawn over health care bill Seniors lobby ch » |
Financial Times | Readers' Ideas on Obama's Nobel $ Award New York Times Thanks for your very thoughtful (mostly) suggestions on how the $1.4 million in prize money that accompanies President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize might be spent. To those skeptics out there, or critics of even posing this question, ... Q+A-Is it the Nobel "Peace" or "Political" prize? Nobel Peace Prize Seen in a New Light President Obama again the target of 'SNL' satire |
ABC News | Gunmen hold up to 15 hostages in Pakistan army HQ The Associated Press RAWALPINDI, Pakistan â€" Heavily armed militants were holding up to 15 soldiers hostage inside Pakistan's army headquarters Saturday after they stormed the complex in an audacious assault on the heart of the nuclear-armed country's most powerful ... Pakistan militants take hostages Pakistan: six soldiers killed and 15 taken hostage in terror attack Pakistan attackers 'take hostages' |
FOXNews | Obama's Nobel Is Premature, Historians and Political Scientists Say FOXNews The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama is an "embarrassment" to the process, a presidential historian told FOXNews.com. By Joshua Rhett Miller Giving President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize is a "premature canonization" and an ... Israeli, Palestinian leaders mostly praise peace prize for Obama US reaction to Obama's win of Nobel Peace Prize How world views Obama Nobel Peace Prize |
FOXNews | Senate Panel Schedules Vote on Health Care Bill New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on legislation to revamp the health care system, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader, said on Thursday. ... Senate Panel to Vote Tuesday on Health-Care Overhaul Key health ! care vote set for next Tuesday Senate panel to vote on health care bill next week |
ABC News | Obama Meeting Advisers Amid Debate on Afghan Policy New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Eight years to the day after the start of the war in Afghanistan, the White House and Congress were agonizing on Wednesday about what to do next in that isolated, mountainous country that has been c » |
FOXNews | ANALYSIS-McChrystal is the talk of Washington Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Nothing gets Washington's attention like a loud public debate among powerful figures, which is why US Army General Stanley McChrystal is the talk of the town. The 55-year-old top commander of US forces in ... Obama Faces 'War of Appeasement' in Washington Over Afghanistan Strategy US Defence Secretary hints at more troops to Afghanistan Obama, Lawmakers Weigh Afghanistan Strategy as Violence Mounts |
