FOXNews | US Congress moves to extend autos 'clunkers' plan Reuters WASHINGTON/DETROIT, July 31 (Reuters) - The US Congress moved to triple the funding for the government's successful "Cash for Clunkers" auto rebate program, which has brought car buyers back into showrooms and raised ... Washington sprints to expand cash for clunkers' program House approves extending 'cash for clunkers' White House Keeps Pushing Depleted 'Clunkers' Program as Senate ... |
CBC.ca | Will PED report affect Manny, Big Papi down stretch? USA Today There was always a possibility that more of the names would surface from the infamous list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 in Major League Baseb » |
BBC News | Microsoft and Yahoo: Search partners CNNMoney.com After a year and a half of dealing, the tech giants reach a deal to take on Google -- in 'market dominated by a single company,' says Microsoft CEO B » |
guardian.co.uk | EXCLUSIVE: Jackson's Nurse: Coroner Told Me Michael Was "Drug Addict" Radar Online In a shocking exclusive interview with radaronline.com, Michael Jackson's former nurse, Cherilyn Lee, reveals that the Los Angeles Coroner told her that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, was a drug addict. A member of the Los Angeles County Coroner's ... Propofol a 'Contributing Factor' in Jack! son's Death Coroner's official: Jackson autopsy results expected to be ... Jackson Used Murray For Continuous Sleeping Drug Use |
Telegraph.co.uk | The state of the health care debate Chicago Tribune Multiple health care proposals are being discussed on Capitol Hill, revised and refined into single proposals in the House and Senate. In the House, three committees have signed off on a reform bill, but the Energy and Commerce Committee has yet to ... Obama holds health care hopes after setback Do health reform right instead of doing it quickly Health reform divides lawmakers |
Times Online | Arrest of Gates also shines a light on 'disorderly conduct' laws Los Angeles Times In Massachusetts and other states, such laws give police wide power to arrest someone acting abusively toward them in public. By David G. Savage Reporting from Washington -- For some defense lawyers, the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates ... Obama regrets his police words Trying to quell uproar, Obama c » |
Times Online | Cambridge chief defends arrest but promises a review Boston Globe This story was reported by Jonathan Saltzman, Maria Cramer, Tracy Jan, Meghan Irons, Milton J. Valencia, Matt Viser, and Andrew Ryan of the Globe staff and Globe correspondent Matt Collette. It was written by Saltzman. The Cambridge police commissioner ... Obama remarks complicate race debate over scholar's arrest Police group criticizes Obama's comments on scholar's arrest Obama Stands By Gates Arrest Criticism as Police Defend Conduct |
Sky News | Obama Meets al-Maliki at White House Voice of America US President Barack Obama says the United States is on track to remove » |
NECN | Bowing to Veto Threat, Senate Blocks Money for Warplanes New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The Senate voted 58-40 on Tuesday to strip $1.75 billion for seven more F-22 fighters from a military spending bill, handing President Obama a crucial victory in his efforts to reshape the military's priorities. ... Senate Votes Down Funds for F-22 Jets US Senate votes to stop production of F-22 jet Senate sides with Obama, removes F-22 money |
Straits Times | Poll shows President Obama's approval numbers are slipping New York Daily News WASHINGTON - The public's confidence in President Obama is slipping, ABC News and the Washington Post find in a new poll out Monday. Obama's approval is still a robust 59%, but people's belief that he will improve the economy is ... Poll: Public support for Obama on healthcare dips to 49% Obama under fire on healthcare Poll: Obama's Public Approval on Health Care Reform Slipping |
MiamiHerald.com | Civilian helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 16 Reuters KABUL, July 19 (Reuters) - A civilian helicopter crash that killed 16 people at a NATO base in southern Afghanistan pushed up the death toll on Sunday in the US and » |
BBC News | News Topped Everything for Cronkite CBS News (CBS) "Nothing got in front of the news for Walter Cronkite," says Bob Schieffer in remembering his longtime boss. Cronkite, the iconic CBS News anchor, died Friday at 92 after a long illness. Schieffer, now CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent and ... Cronkite 'Revered' Within CBS, Couric Says And That's the Way Cronkite Was . . . Walter Cronkite remains gold standard for journalists |
RTE.ie | jpmorgan Chase Profit Climbs 36%, Beating Analyst Estimates on ... Bloomberg July 16 (Bloomberg) -- jpmorgan Chase & Co., the second- largest US bank, said profit climbed 36 percent, surpassing analysts' estimates as investment-banking fees rose to a record. Second-quarter earnings increased to $2.7 billion, ... JPMorgan Chase earns $2.7 billion BEFORE THE BELL:US Stk Futures Up After jpmorgan Forecast |
BBC News | At least 160 killed as passenger jet crashes in Iran Times Online More than 160 people are feared dead in Iran today after a passenger plane crashed in the northwest of the country. State-owned media suggested that there were 168 or 169 people on the Caspian Airlines flight from Tehran to Yerevan, the capital of ... Up to 168 aboard plane killed in Iran crash At Least 150 Feared Dead in Plane Crash in Iran 'Many dead' in Iranian air crash |
Washington Post | Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor defies labels New York Daily News Conservatives are right to pillory liberal judges such as those of the New York State Court of Appeals who ruled a quarter-century ago that child pornography was protected by the First Amendment. Thankfully, the US Supreme Court soon decreed otherwise, ... Nominee Sotomayor at center stage in Senate No roadblocks seen in Sotomayor hearing GOP aims to paint Sotomayor as biased |
BBC News | AP Interview: Hayden denies Congress not informed The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers. ... Schakowsky: Dick Cheney validates Pelosi Cheney ordered CIA to conceal program: report Cheney Linked to CIA's Concealing Secret Project from Congress for ... |
BBC News | A Stock With Bounce: Investors Stick to GM New York Times Shares in “General Motors,†the company says, are worthless. But many investors apparently have missed the message. GM's stock, which now represents the company's bankruptcy estate, continued an improbable ... GM exits bankruptcy After a quick bankruptcy, now! it's General Motors Co. 'New' GM is born |
ABC News | Iran police tear gas protesters BBC News Iranian police have fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators who defied government warnings that any fresh attempt at protests would be "smashed". The marchers were heading towards Tehran University to commemorate the 10th anniversary of student ... Iran police fire in air to disperse protesters Protesters, officers clash violently in Iran's streets Police fire tear gas and bullets to disperse Tehran protests |
JoongAng Daily | North Korea Suspected in Cyberattack Washington Post TOKYO, July 8 -- South Korea's intelligence agency suspects that North Korea may have been behind an Internet attack that on Tuesday and Wednesday targeted government Web sites in South Korea and the ... US, S. Korean Government Web Sites Targeted in Cyber Attack White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack After US, cyber attackers target South Korea |
Telegraph.co.uk | Jacksons Set Out for Private Funeral People Magazine A fleet of luxury cars began leaving the Michael Jackson family house early Tuesday morning, headed for a private funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Los Angeles. As news helicopters hovered, four black Rolls-Royces and a ... Jackson's Casket Expected at Memorial Service Jackson Family Gathers At Cemetery Hours Before Memorial Fans gather for Michael Jackson memorial |
Times Online | Arms central to US-Russia talks BBC News US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev are expected to announce nuclear weapons cuts when they meet later in Moscow. Officials on both sides were quoted as saying a document had been agreed, though Russia said it was not ... Obama to Seek New Arms Control Deal in Moscow Obama's diplomacy to be tested in Russia Analysis: Can Obama and Medvedev reset superpower relationship? |
Voice of America | Exiled Honduran leader vows return for showdown The Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) â€" Honduras braced for a threatened confrontation Sunday as ousted President Manuel Zelaya insisted he was coming home to reclaim his post, urging his supporters to mass at the airport for a showdown with the interim ... Zelaya vows to return to Honduras OAS Suspends Honduras Membership After Coup That Ousted Zelaya Zelaya's Vow to Return Stirs Controversy |
