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Senate girds for Saturday vote and long battle on health care

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By David Lightman - Nov. 20 (News Report) - The Senate Thursday began what promises to be a bitter, lengthy battle over the future of health care in America, and taxes, abortion, affordability and federal deficits emerged as key flashpoints.

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Obama Web site claims stimulus jobs in non-existent places

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By James Rosen - Nov. 18 (News Report) - The federal Web site that tracks spending from the Obama administration's $787 billion economic stimulus program reports that the program has created thousands of jobs in congressional districts that don't exist.

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Army study: Mental health staff lacking in Afghanistan

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By Nancy A. Youssef - Nov. 15 (News Report) - An Army task force has found that a growing number of soldiers serving in Afghanistan are suffering from some kind of mental stress and is urging the military to double the number of mental health professionals deployed there.

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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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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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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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Why did blue-chip Goldman take a walk on subprime's wild side?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - By Greg Gordon - Nov. 04 (News Report) - Goldman Sachs was one of the last Wall Street giants to enter the subprime lending world, but when it did, it quickly climbed into bed with profligate, highflying firms — companies such as New Century Financial Corp. In at least nine deals from 2002 to 2007, Goldman sold bonds backed by more than $5 billion of New Century's mortgages, one even after the California lender's underwriting criteria all but disintegrated and a cash squeeze paralyzed its operation. Goldman also marketed at least three secret offshore deals bearing New Century's name.

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Farmers fight climate bill, but warming spells trouble for them

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

McClatchy - Nov. 02 (News Report) - Farm state senators and others soon will get a taste of what their colleagues from Missouri already have piled high on their desks: thousands of letters from farmers urging them to vote against the climate and energy bill. The Missouri Farm Bureau started the letter campaign early, weeks before the bill was fully written and made public. It was followed in October with a pitch from the American Farm Bureau, the nation's largest agriculture lobby, to get farmers to take farm caps, sign their bills and send them to senators with notes that say, "Don't cap our future."

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Chairman Frank proposes

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Kevin G. Hall - Oct. 27 (News Report) - The chairman of a key congressional panel Monday scaled back important parts of the Obama administration's plan to dismantle financial institutions that are deemed "too big to fail."

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Pentagon Speeding Up Production of Bunker Busters

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Scott Canon - Oct. 23 (News) - This month, the Defense Department awarded $51.9 million to McDonnell Douglas to more quickly adapt a 30,000-pound bunker buster to the B-2 stealth bomber.

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Where's Dick?

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Jonathan S. Landay, Warren P. Strobel, Nancy Youssef - Oct. 19 (Opinion) - We're in the midst of the biggest political crisis in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban government in 2001. Pakistan has launched a major offensive into the South Waziristan tribal area, a move that was preceded by a string of murderous terrorist attacks against Pakistani security forces. U.S.-Pakistani relations almost went thermonuclear over a U.S. aid bill that Pakistani military saw as a hammer against it. Where then is Richard C. Holbrooke, the president's Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan?

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How Moody's sold its ratings -- and sold out investors

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Kevin G. Hall - Oct. 18 (Investigative Report) - As the housing market collapsed in late 2007, Moody's Investors Service, whose investment ratings were widely trusted, responded by purging analysts and executives who warned of trouble and promoting those who helped Wall Street plunge

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Women getting short end of health coverage

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Miami Herald - By David Lightman - Oct. 07 (Special Report) - Women of child-bearing age routinely pay more for healthcare because they're women. If they're pregnant, they can be legally denied coverage. Women face other problems in today's insurance market: They tend to need more preventive care and therefore are subject to more co-pays and deductibles, and single heads of households are often women, meaning they're responsible for the family's healthcare bills. Legislation now being considered by Congress to overhaul America's healthcare system would dramatically change the rules, and there's general agreement that this is a problem that needs fixing.

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Americans cutting back on health care to save money

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By David Lightman - Oct. 07 (News Report) - Many Americans have been putting off doctors' visits, forgoing medical tests and taking expired medications to save money over the past year, according to a new poll by Consumers Union.

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Eight States Still Allow Insurance Companies To Use Domestic Violence As Pre-Existing Condition

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Les Blumenthal - Oct. 04 (News) - Eight states and the District of Columbia don't have laws that specifically bar insurance companies from using domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage, according to a study from the National Women's Law Center.

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Israeli soldier captured 3 years ago shown alive in video

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Cliff Churgin - Oct. 02 (News Report) - Israel on Friday released 19 Palestinian women prisoners after it received a two-minute videotape of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit holding an Arabic language newspaper dated Sept. 14, 2009 — proof that Shalit is still alive three years after his capture.

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At G-20 in Pittsburgh, expect large agenda, small results

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Margaret Taleb, Kevin G. Hall - Sep. 24 (News Report) - As the leaders of the Group of 20 nations gather Thursday and Friday for an economic summit in Pittsburgh, they'll be testing two themes: How much appetite remains for coordinated economic decision-making among the world's leading and developing nations as the global crisis shifts into recovery mode?

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Did California police use a Taser on an unarmed, legless man in a wheelchair?

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:14:32 -0700

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'We're pinned down:' 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Jonathan S. Landay - Sep. 08 (News Report) - The Marines were cut down as they sought cover in a trench at the base of the village's first layer cake-style stone house. Much of their ammunition was gone. One Marine was bending over a second, tending his wounds, when both were killed, said Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, 21, of Greensburg, Ky., who retrieved their bodies.

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In Kennedy's death, some see hope on health care |

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By David Lightman, Margaret Talev - Aug. 26 (News Analysis) - In the wake of his death, however, several key Democrats on Wednesday saw a chance to break what's become this year's stalemate by invoking his legacy and last wishes.... However, it was also likely that without Kennedy, a deal would be even harder to get.

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Who's behind the attacks on a health care overhaul?

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - Aug. 15 (News Analysis) - Much of the money and strategy behind the so-called grassroots groups organizing opposition to the Democrats' health care plans comes from conservative political consultants, professional organizers and millionaires, some of whom hold financial stakes in the outcome.

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Canada court says its officials knew U.S. abused detainee

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Carol Rosenberg | Miami Herald - Aug. 14 (News Report) - Canada must seek the immediate return of Toronto-born Guantanamo captive Omar Khadr rather than await the outcome of his U.S. military trial because American troops mistreated the alleged teen terrorist and Canadian officials knew about it, Canada's appeals court ruled Friday.

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U.S. officials: Strike may have killed Pakistan Taliban leader

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Warren P. Strobel - Aug. 07 (News Report) - U.S. and Pakistani officials Thursday said they were investigating what they called credible reports that the leader of Pakistan's Taliban , a man both countries consider a significant enemy, was killed in a U.S. missile strike earlier this week.

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U.S. drops call to restore ousted Honduran leader

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Tyler Bridges - Aug. 06 (News Report) - The Obama administration has backed away from its call to restore ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to power and instead put the onus on him for taking "provocative actions" that polarized his country and led to his overthrow on June 28.

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Lawmakers head home divided, empty-handed on health care

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By David Lightman - Aug. 02 (News Analysis) - Congress' efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system have been marred by confusion and a striking lack of consensus even among the ruling Democrats, despite intense but failed efforts by President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders to craft a plan by early August. The House of Representatives adjourned Friday for a five-week summer recess with conservative and liberal Democrats still at odds over the cost and the government's role in any health care overhaul, putting off a floor vote until at least September.

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