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Reaction to House healthcare vote

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Nov. 08 (News Analysis) - Here is a sampling of reaction to the narrow 220-215 vote on the bill.

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Coal ash from U.S. blamed for Dominican town's birth defects

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By Frances Robles - Nov. 07 (News Report) - Villagers in the Dominican Republic claim children have been born without limbs and organs because of coal ash from a Virginia power company dumped nearby. Maximiliano Calcano is 2 and was born with no arms.

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What would improve the House health-care bill

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - Nov. 07 (Opinion) - MUCH OF the criticism of the health-care measure before the House of Representatives is overwrought. Another part is simply wrong. Unfortunately, that does not mean that this is a good bill. As we have said, it does not do enough to control costs, and

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Ft. Hood shooting suspect endured work pressure and ethnic taunts, his uncle says

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Richard Bourdeaux - Nov. 07 (News Report) - When Rafik Ismail Hamad last traveled from the West Bank to visit relatives in America, he was struck by the pressures one of his nephews was facing. The younger man, an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent, spoke to his uncle of ethnic taunts by Army colleagues. He was haunted by the wartime disabilities of soldiers he treated as an Army psychiatrist, Hamad recalled, and was overwhelmed by a growing caseload he felt unable to manage.

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Evergreen shifts work to China

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Boston Globe - By Erin Ailworth - Nov. 07 (News Report) - Little more than a year after cutting the ribbon at a new factory in Devens built with more than $58 million in state aid, Evergreen Solar said yesterday that it will shift its assembly of solar panels from there to China.

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Soaring U.S. Unemployment Threatens Path to Economic Recovery

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Bloomberg - By Timothy R. Homan - Nov. 07 (News Report) - The unemployment rate in the U.S. jumped to 10.2 percent in October, the highest level since 1983, threatening the emerging economic recovery and giving President Barack Obama and Democrats a bigger hurdle to overcome before next year’s Congressional elections.

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Obama in 11th-hour health plea

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Nov. 07 (News Report) - US President Barack Obama is due to make an 11th-hour plea in person to lawmakers ahead of a crucial vote on his landmark healthcare reforms. Mr Obama needs 218 supporters in the House of Representatives vote, which may come as early as Saturday. The

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Bishops' backing may get bill to 218

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Patrick O'Connor - Nov. 07 (News Report) - When Rafik Ismail Hamad last traveled from the West Bank to visit relatives in America, he was struck by the pressures one of his nephews was facing. The younger man, an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent, spoke to his uncle of ethnic taunts by Army colleagues. He was haunted by the wartime disabilities of soldiers he treated as an Army psychiatrist, Hamad recalled, and was overwhelmed by a growing caseload he felt unable to manage.

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Up-or-down vote on an amendment to block abortion funding OK'd

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Hill - By Molly K. Hooper, Mike Soraghan - Nov. 07 (News Report) - Liberals on the Rules committee threatened to vote against the final healthcare bill if it included Rep. Stupak’s language. Read more...

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Health bill reaches moment of truth

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Hill - By Jared Allen, Molly K. Hooper - Nov. 07 (News Report) - The House healthcare bill has taken more twists and turns and has zig-zagged its way through more Democratic districts than the Mississippi River. And after a month’s worth of legislative wrangling and deal-making, the bill is approaching its final destination: a vote on final passage, expected sometime before the sun rises on Sunday. Pressing toward dawn on Saturday, the Rules committee passed a rule after nearly 12 hours that would set up a vote on the healthcare bill at 6 p.m.

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We broke the law, admits CIA agent convicted of rendition

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Independent - By David Usborne - Nov. 06 (News Report) - In an interview earlier this year with an Italian newspaper, Mr Lady was candid about the seizure of the cleric. "Of course it was an illegal operation," the newspaper quoted him. "But that's our job. We're at war against terrorism".

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Britain rules out climate treaty at summit

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Independent - By Michael McCarthy - Nov. 06 (News Report) - Although there are various stumbling blocks, there is no doubt that the continued lack of a serious American offer on cutting its greenhouse gas emissions and providing climate finance for the developing nations – the bill which might provide them is stuck in the US Senate – is the principle obstacle to progress. "Copenhagen is one of the most important meetings in human history. But the politicians seem determined to blow it," said Joss Garman, climate campaigner for Greenpeace.

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Palestinian President Says He Won’t Seek Re-election

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Ethan Bronner, Mark Landler - Nov. 06 (News Report) - The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday that he would not seek re-election, the latest sign that the Obama administration’s drive to broker a Middle East peace accord, one of President Obama’s key foreign policy goals, has fallen into disarray.

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Hasan Was ‘Mortified’ About Deployment to War

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By James Dao - Nov. 06 (News Report) - Born and reared in Virginia, the son of immigrant parents from a small Palestinian town near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high school, against his parents’ wishes. The Army, in turn, put him through college and then medical school, where he trained to be a psychiatrist.

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Faces of a jobless recovery

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - Nov. 06 - For Lisa Hall, this is what 10.2 percent unemployment looks like: spending all day at shopping malls going from one store to another in search of a $10-an-hour job, but being constantly told that no one is hiring. For M&M Appliance in Northwest

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Unemployment in U.S. Jumps to 10.2%, Payrolls Fall

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Bloomberg - By Timothy R. Homan - Nov. 06 (News Report) - The unemployment rate in the U.S. soared to a 26-year high of 10.2 percent in October and employers cut more jobs than forecast, underscoring why Federal Reserve policy makers say interest rates will remain near zero.

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Fort Hood gunman shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as he opened fire

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Ewen MacAskill - Nov. 06 (News Report) - A US army psychiatrist about to be deployed to Afghanistan allegedly shouted "Allahu Akbar", or "God is greatest", as he opened fire at a military base in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 28. The gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, shouted the Arabic phrase just before he began his shooting spree at Fort Hood military installation yesterday, according to the base commander, Lieutenant General Robert Cone.

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Female Cop Hailed as Ft. Hood Hero

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

CBS News - Nov. 06 (News Report) - (CBS/ AP) Updated at 9:45 p.m. EST A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded, Army officials said. Authorities

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Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent For The First Time Since 1983

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Christopher S. Rugaber - Nov. 06 (News Analysis) - The 10.2 percent jobless rate for October shows how weak the economy remains even though it is growing. The rising jobless rate could threaten the recovery if it saps consumers' confidence and makes them more cautious about spending as the holiday season approaches. Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/unemployment-rate-hits-10_n_348185.html&cp

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How to boost fuel efficiency? Raise taxes, executives say

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - By Scott Malone - Nov. 06 (Opinion) - While politically unpalatable, gasoline that costs at least $4 a gallon would have a far greater effect on American fuel usage than Washington's $25 billion loan program meant to spark investment in new technologies

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Suspect Nidal Malik Hasan in stable condition after Fort Hood killings

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - Nov. 06 (News Report) - The suspect in Thursday's deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, is in stable condition, the hospital commander at the base said Friday. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a psychiatrist practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, was shot multiple times and was taken into custody, ending the shooting rampage Thursday afternoon, Fort Hood officials said.

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Rick Scott: Unsung Conservative Hero of the Health Care Debate -

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Politics Daily - By Matt Lewis - Nov. 06 (Interview) - ". . .the one man arguably most responsible for stalling the rush toward ObamaCare. Early this past spring, Scott's new organization, Conservatives for Patients' Rights (CPR), began a multimillion-dollar ad campaign designed to defeat government-driven health-care reform.

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Fort Hood tragedy: Repeat deployments take increasing toll

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

San Antonio Express-News - By Sig Christenson - Nov. 06 (News Report) - Marching off to far-away battles used to be a dramatic, once-in-a-generation event at Fort Hood. Soldiers left to the sound of martial music, met the enemy in battle and then came home to years of peace. But since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, two divisions have gone to war, returned, and gone to war again and again and again, a process of revolving-door deployments so stressful that it's gotten a name — living in the new normal. Suicides, divorces, domestic violence, alcoholism and drug abuse are all part of the norm among soldiers deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan and coming home, but one woman closest to troops and their families said Thursday's shooting that left 13 dead and 28 wounded came right out of nowhere.

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Afghan insurgents make wreckage of armored vehicles

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By Jonathan S. Landay - Nov. 05 (News) - Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, . . ."

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Senate rejects effort to block civilian trials for 9/11 suspects

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By James Rosen - Nov. 05 (News Report) - After an emotional debate over how to keep Americans safe, the Senate Thursday narrowly defeated an effort to prevent civilian trials in U.S. courts for the accused planners of the 9/11 attacks.

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