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Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450725 http://newstrust.net/stories/450725 <span><a href="/sources/miller_mccune">Miller-McCune</a> - By Tom Jacobs - Nov. 24 (News Report) - New research finds black women are more likely to go unnoticed and unappreciated than black men or whites of either gender.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450725">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450725">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450725">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Racism Psychology The Black Experience Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450172 http://newstrust.net/stories/450172 <span><a href="/sources/alternet">AlterNet</a> - By Mark Ames - Nov. 24 (News Analysis) - Reading through these credible accounts now, you can see how everyone from the PR flaks in the military to the rightwing machine would want somehow distract people from all the accounts of their pigheaded refusal to exempt or discharge Maj. Hasan, and you can then start to imagine how a lot of editors and viewers wouldn't put up much of a fuss if the story changed to something more palatable to the American public. So with no one interested in protecting Maj. Hasan's motives, and everyone interested in protecting the Army's behavior, the story gets changed from one of "it could have been prevented if Army bureaucrats/officers weren't such raging assholes to Maj. Hasan" to a barrage of leaks from unnamed Army officials, who argued that Maj. Hasan never said peep to anyone about wanting out of the service</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450172">4.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450172">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450172">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Department of Defense Ethics in Journalism Bad Journalism Psychology Racism Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/427557 http://newstrust.net/stories/427557 <span><a href="/sources/business_week">Business Week</a> - By Theo Francis, Ben Levisohn, Christopher Palmeri, Jessica Silver-Greenberg - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - Across the nation, local governments and related public entities, already reeling from the recession, face another fiscal crisis: billions of dollars in fees owed to UBS, Goldman Sachs (GS), and other financial giants on investment deals gone wrong.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/427557">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/427557">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/427557">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance U.S. Economy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450015 http://newstrust.net/stories/450015 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By V. Dion Haynes - Nov. 24 (News Report) - Joblessness for 16-to-24-year-old black men has reached Great Depression proportions -- 34.5 percent in October, more than three times the rate for the general U.S. population. And last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that unemployment</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450015">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450015">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450015">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Racism The Black Experience Jobs U.S. Economy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448960 http://newstrust.net/stories/448960 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - Nov. 24 (News Analysis) - The Connecticut senator says any public option will compel him to block a final vote on the health bill. His objection, he says, is based on fiscal risk.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448960">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/448960">See&nbsp;Info&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448960">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Congress U.S. Senate Democratic Party Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447665 http://newstrust.net/stories/447665 <span><a href="/sources/desmoines_register">Des Moines Register</a> - By Michael Bugeja - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - They arrive at Gray's Lake Park in the morning, basking on borrowed time of a mild mid-November, realizing the winter can arrive any day like layoffs without warning. They are the unemployed, strolling with friends, partners or retirees, or sometimes alone. Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone knows someone else out of work in what some call "The Second Depression." They are neighbors, acquaintances, family members, colleagues, friends. They may be you. They belong to "The New Poverty," people who followed the rules, paid bills and mortgages on time and whose lives were scuttled by Ponzi and subprime schemes happening far away.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447665">3.8 average</a> - <a href="/stories/447665">5&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447665">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447260 http://newstrust.net/stories/447260 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Tom Raum - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. Strip the Fed of its bank regulation powers, some in Congress are demanding. Get probing audits of its behind-the-scenes operations, others say. The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is always fair game for criticism and second-guessing, usually over interest rate actions. But this year the criticism is much broader as Congress responds to widespread public anger that the Fed bailed out Wall Street but not ordinary Americans, and with unemployment in double digits.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447260">3.4 average</a> - <a href="/stories/447260">3&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447260">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Finance Money U.S. Economy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/449709 http://newstrust.net/stories/449709 <span><a href="/sources/cbs_news">CBS News</a> - By Steve Kroft - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - Every medical study ever conducted has concluded that 100 percent of all Americans will eventually die. This comes as no great surprise, but the amount of money being spent at the very end of people's lives probably will. Last year, Medicare paid $50 billion just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients' lives - that's more than the budget of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Education. And it has been estimated that 20 to 30 percent of these medical expenditures may have had no meaningful impact. Most of the bills are paid for by the federal government with few or no questions asked. You might think this would be an obvious thing for Congress and the president to address as they try to reform health care. But what used to be a bipartisan issue has become a politically explosive one - a perfect example of the costs that threaten to bankrupt the country and how hard it's going to be to rein them in</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/449709">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/449709">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/449709">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Economy Medicare Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448186 http://newstrust.net/stories/448186 <span><a href="/sources/common_dreams">Common Dreams</a> - By Russell Mokhiber - Nov. 23 (News Report) - The Democratic health care bill is a massive bailout of the private health insurance industry. It is convoluted and complicated. And it should be defeated.That's the take of a number of leading single payer activists.They will hold a press conference the day before Thanksgiving. And call on Congress to defeat the more than 2,000 page bill. Start from scratch. And pass single payer, Medicare for all, national health insurance.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448186">3.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/448186">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448186">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/445949 http://newstrust.net/stories/445949 <span><a href="/sources/new_republic">New Republic</a> - By Jonathan Cohn - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - The ritual is becoming familiar. Health care reform passes a major political hurdle. And progressives don?t know whether to laugh or cry. Last time, the occasion was a vote in the House of Representatives. Health care reform passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats had extracted a major concession on abortion rights. This time, it was a vote in the Senate--not on whether to pass a bill, but whether to begin debating one. This measure, too, passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats and one notorious independent made clear they were prepared to shut things down later if legislation includes a public insurance option. It?s no fun to watch this unfold. And yet this is the exactly the sort of drama you should expect for the next few weeks, as the Senate deliberations play out. The bill Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced last week is not everything it could be--not by a long shot. And progressives will try their ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/445949">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/445949">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/445949">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Congress Democratic Party Republican Party Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446988 http://newstrust.net/stories/446988 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By Alison Flood - Nov. 23 (Other) - Former vice-presidential candidate?s memoir racks up 300,000 sales on its first day in shops Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, has become one of the bestselling non-fiction books in history after it sold 300,000 copies in its first day on sale. Palin's publisher HarperCollins told American press that Going Rogue has proved so popular it has been forced to print an extra 300,000 books after an initial print run of 1.5m, with about 300,000 sold on 17 November – its day of publication – alone. Going Rogue is currently sitting at the top of Amazon.com?s bestseller list, ahead of Stephenie Meyer, Dan Brown and Stephen King. Palin's first-day sales are behind Bill Clinton?s, whose 2004 memoir My Life sold 400,000 in its first 24 hours, but ahead of Hillary Clinton's, whose autobiography Living History broke records when it was published in 2003, selling 200,000 copies on publication day. The figures are nonetheless a long way behind fiction sales</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446988">2.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446988">See&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446988">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Sarah Palin Books Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/445531 http://newstrust.net/stories/445531 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Elizabeth Williamson - Nov. 23 (News Report) - The White House is lukewarm about proposals by congressional Democrats to introduce broad legislation to create jobs, instead favoring targeted measures that would be less likely to inflate the deficit, administration officials said. There is as yet no agreement within the White House or in Congress on how to try to curb the U.S. jobless rate. But the differences in opinion suggest that rifts could emerge among Democrats as they wrestle with how to beat back the highest unemployment rate in a generation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/445531">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/445531">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/445531">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Jobs U.S. White House Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447801 http://newstrust.net/stories/447801 <span><a href="/sources/the_hill">The Hill</a> - By Michael O'Brien - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Any troop increase for Afghanistan should come with a "war surtax" on high income Americans, a top House chairman said Monday. Rep. David Obey (D-Wisc.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, warned that if President Barack Obama decides to send additional troops to Afghanistan, it should be funded with the new tax."If we have to pay for the healthcare bill, we should pay for the war as well," Obey told ABC News in an interview.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447801">3.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/447801">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447801">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Taxes War Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446640 http://newstrust.net/stories/446640 <span><a href="/sources/daily_telegraph">Daily Telegraph</a> - By Andrew Gilligan - Nov. 23 (News Report) - On the eve of the Chilcot inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the 2003 invasion and its aftermath, The Sunday Telegraph has obtained hundreds of pages of secret Government reports on “lessons learnt” which shed new light on “significant shortcomings” at all levels. They include full transcripts of extraordinarily frank classified interviews in which British Army commanders vent their frustration and anger with ministers and Whitehall officials.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446640">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446640">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446640">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> United Kingdom War in Iraq Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/443059 http://newstrust.net/stories/443059 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Katharine Q. Seeleye - Nov. 22 (News Analysis) - The Senate debate on health care, set to begin the week after Thanksgiving, is now on course to collide with the holiday season. One question for advocacy groups on all sides will be whether to keep up their barrage of pointed commercials, even as chestnuts roast and stockings are hung.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/443059">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/443059">4&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/443059">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Advertising Lobbying Health Care Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/442609 http://newstrust.net/stories/442609 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Andrew Rice - Nov. 22 (Special Report) - Fearing food shortages, investors from wealthy countries are snapping up land in poor countries to grow food there. Is this development or exploitation?</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/442609">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/442609">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/442609">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Food Farming Global Economy Poverty Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/444988 http://newstrust.net/stories/444988 <span><a href="/sources/daily_telegraph">Daily Telegraph</a> - By Andrew Gilligan - Nov. 22 (News Report) - The deep hostility of Britain's senior military commanders in Iraq towards their American allies has been revealed in classified Government documents leaked to the Daily Telegraph. In the papers, the British chief of staff in Iraq, Colonel JKTanner, described his US military counterparts as “a group of Martians” for whom “dialogue is alien,” saying: “Despite our so-called ‘special relationship,’ I reckon we were treated no differently to the Portuguese.”</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/444988">3.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/444988">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/444988">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> United Kingdom War in Iraq Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446112 http://newstrust.net/stories/446112 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Kendra Marr - Nov. 22 (News Report) - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 11 of his Senate colleagues blasted Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday for supporting the legalization of undocumented immigrants.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446112">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/446112">See&nbsp;Info&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446112">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Immigration U.S. Senate Obama Administration Republican Party Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/437215 http://newstrust.net/stories/437215 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Pamela Hess, Anne Gearan - Nov. 21 (Breaking News) - WASHINGTON – The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/437215">3.2 average</a> - <a href="/stories/437215">4&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/437215">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Terrorism Department of Defense U.S. Senate Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/437216 http://newstrust.net/stories/437216 <span><a href="/sources/bloomberg">Bloomberg</a> - By Edwin Chen, Julianna Goldman - Nov. 21 (News Report) - President Barack Obama said he is committed to pushing through a free trade agreement with South Korea that has been stalled by the U.S. auto lobby and unions, who argue it doesn’t do enough to open up Korean markets. Obama’s joint press conference in Seoul today with South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak was a last chance on his four- nation Asia trip to show he opposes protectionism. The accord has been held up in Congress, where lawmakers are demanding wider access for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. Lee said today he is willing to reopen talks on the auto industry.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/437216">3.1 average</a> - <a href="/stories/437216">3&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/437216">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Cars North Korea Transportation Lobbying Obama Administration Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/439391 http://newstrust.net/stories/439391 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Carl Hulse - Nov. 21 (News Analysis) - While Republicans dispute that they are pure obstructionists, there is evidence to suggest that they are using their procedural power to slow even legislation and nominations that they know they have no chance of blocking. And in some cases, many Republicans do not truly expect to prevail.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/439391">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/439391">See&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/439391">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Senate Democratic Party Republican Party U.S. Congress Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/436935 http://newstrust.net/stories/436935 <span><a href="/sources/npr">National Public Radio</a> - Nov. 21 (News Analysis) - No Republicans will vote Saturday night to advance the Senate's health care bill to open debate, Republican Whip Sen. John Kyl says. That leaves the fate of the vote in the hands of a few moderate Democrats, all of whom are needed to reach the 60 votes needed to push the bill forward. Host Scott Simon speaks with Kyl on his party's chances of defeating the bill.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/436935">1.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/436935">See&nbsp;Review&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/436935">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Republican Party U.S. Congress Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/436346 http://newstrust.net/stories/436346 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Chris Frates - Nov. 21 (News Analysis) - Nancy Pelosi did it. Can Harry Reid? Two Saturdays ago, Pelosi passed health reform on a squeaker of a House vote. Today, Reid can’t spare a single Democrat as the Senate decides whether to start debate. If not, President Barack Obama’s reform hopes suffer immeasurable harm.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/436346">3.2 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/436346">See&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/436346">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Congress Democratic Party Republican Party Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/432753 http://newstrust.net/stories/432753 <span><a href="/sources/american_prospect">American Prospect</a> - By Joanne Kenen - Nov. 20 (News Analysis) - Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort system, they argue, and we fix rising health-care costs. And year after year, Democrats resist placing arbitrary caps on awards to people who may have suffered from an egregious medical error. The fight plays out like a predictable old Western -- good guys versus bad guys. Depending on your politics, the villain is either the greedy doctor or the greedy trial lawyer.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/432753">3.7 average</a> - <a href="/stories/432753">7&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/432753">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Law Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/430568 http://newstrust.net/stories/430568 <span><a href="/sources/abc_news">ABC News</a> - By Jonathan Karl - Nov. 20 (News Report) - The health care bill includes a $100 million section for increasing medicaid subsidies to the state of Louisiana. The Note, authored by ABC News' Rick Klein, covers politics, the White House, Congress, Democrats, Republicans, and all latest political campaigning for the 2012 presidential race. Washington's first and most influential tipsheet, The</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/430568">3.2 average</a> - <a href="/stories/430568">3&nbsp;Reviews&nbsp;&raquo;</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/430568">Review It</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Health Care