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3 NJ mayors, lawmakers arrested in corruption caseThe Associated PressNEWARK, NJ — The mayors of three New Jersey cities, two state legislators and several rabbis were among more than 40 people arrested Thursday in a sweeping corruption investigation that began as a probe into an international money laundering ring that …2 NJ Mayors Arrested [...]
Los Angeles Times
Cambridge Cop's Lawyer: Obama was 'Dead Wrong' on GatesABC NewsThe Cambridge, Mass., police officer who arrested Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the officer's union are slamming President Obama for saying they reacted "stupidly" to the incident at Gates' house …Cambridge Police Officer To Obama: Butt Out of My ArrestFOXNewsObama steps [...]
Times Online
Obama may face a fight in his attempt to get his reforms throughBBC NewsUS President Barack Obama has pledged to push through a health reform package by the end of the year that would reduce health costs, increase choice and widen coverage. Mr Obama has made the issue a top priority of his first [...]
CBS News
Obama improving US image in other countriesUSA TodayPresident Obama may be struggling with his health care initiative, but so far he can claim success in improving the US image worldwide, according to a new poll. According to a new global poll by the Pew Research Center, "In many countries opinions of …Global Views of [...]
BBC News
US accession to amity treaty aims at regaining interests in …XinhuaBEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) — Agreement to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation by the United States indicates America has re-engaged with Southeast Asia and will regain interests in the region, a Chinese analyst said Thursday. …Clinton: NKorea running out of options on nukesThe [...]
FOXNews
Battle Over Health Care Leaves 'Blood in the Water' for Climate BillNew York TimesPresident Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats have spent the better part of this year juggling legislation on health care and climate change. A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. …Obama: health plan "closer than ever" but needs workReutersObama to [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Darkness falls in Asia during total eclipseCNN International(CNN) — The longest solar eclipse of the century cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, luring throngs of people outside to watch the celestial spectacle. A woman looks through a refractor telescope with a …Solar eclipse shrouds Asia in daytime [...]
ABC News
TRANSCRIPT: ABC News' Chris Cuomo Interviews Gov. Arnold …ABC NewsThe president's health care push comes at a time when some states are slashing budgets. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faces a $26 billion shortfall in his state. He discussed the president's health care initiative and his thoughts on what it …Budget to reshape the Golden [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
UK has enough helicopters – BrownBBC NewsGordon Brown has said the UK has enough helicopters for an offensive in Helmand – and said lives lost during the past month were not due to a shortage. It comes after Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch Brown rowed back on comments in a newspaper …Tories and Lib Dems [...]
Straits Times
Mumbai gunman suspect 'ready to die'CNNNEW DELHI, India (CNN) — The alleged gunman captured alive during last year's Mumbai terror attacks told an Indian court Wednesday that he was ready to face execution. Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel burns during last November's attack by gunmen. …Mumbai Defendant Says He Would Accept HangingNew York TimesMumbai attacker [...]
ABC News
Deadline missed for policy on detaining terror suspectsCNNWASHINGTON (CNN) — In a move already drawing fire from liberal activists, aides to President Obama acknowledged the administration will miss its own Tuesday deadline to submit a report detailing its policy on detaining terror suspects. …Reports on US Detention Policy Will Be DelayedWashington PostObama to miss [...]
USA Today
Governor Announces Deal to Balance BudgetWashington PostGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and top lawmakers reached agreement Monday to close a $26.3 billion deficit to balance the state's budget, in a deal that includes $15 billion in spending cuts, they said. California's government began its fiscal year on …Schwarzenegger Shrinks California In Order to Save ItTIMEGovernor, [...]
BBC News
Obama honors Apollo 11 astronauts, praises NASASan Francisco ChroniclePresident Obama vowed Monday to "continue the inspirational mission" of the nation's space program, as he marked the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing flanked by the former astronauts who made history. Obama used an Oval Office photo …Google Earth Adds Moon To Celebrate [...]
Globe and Mail
Mumbai Attack Prosecutor Wants to Pursue Trial After ConfessionBloombergJuly 21 (Bloomberg) — Prosecutors in the trial of the lone gunman from last year's attacks on Mumbai said they want to press ahead with their case, a day after Mohammed Ajmal Kasab delivered a surprise confession of his role. …Suspect Stirs Mumbai Court by [...]
Boston Globe
GOP won't slow Sotomayor debatePhiladelphia InquirerWASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to block a committee vote scheduled for today on advancing the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, delaying the panel's action until next Tuesday. But Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl …Thune to vote against Sotomayor for high courtSioux Falls Argus [...]
Boston Globe
Letter From Washington Life Lessons Should Count on Top CourtNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Senator Lindsey Graham, the engaging South Carolina Republican, lectured the Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor last week that if he had made a comment like hers that a “wise Latina woman” often reaches better …Sotomayor: Put high court on TVUSA Today'Empathy' [...]
CBC.ca
Captors release video of U.S. soldier who went missing in AfghanistanLos Angeles TimesThis frame grab taken from Internet video reportedly posted by Taliban militants shows a captive US soldier whom US military officials identified as Private Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho. The Army private disappeared from his base June 30. …Officials Say Captive [...]
Washington Post
Honduras crisis mediation at an impasseLos Angeles TimesTalks mediated by Costa Rica's Oscar Arias collapse after Honduras' de facto government rejects his proposal, which called for reinstating ousted President Manuel Zelaya. By Tracy Wilkinson and Alex Renderos Reporting from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, …The US Steers Left on HondurasWall Street JournalHonduran interim gov't extends curfew until [...]
BBC News
First Man to Walk on the Moon Stoically Backpedals on EarthWashington PostApollo 11, the historic eight day mission to the moon, which took place from July 16-24, 1969, and made astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin household names, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Comments that include profanity or personal …40 years later, moon [...]
Washington Post
Many Governors Against Health Care Bill, Label it Unfunded MandateFOXNewsIn a heated closed-door session, both Republican and Democratic governors criticized the bill that many said could turn into another unfunded mandate from Congress. By Serafin Gomez BILOXI, Miss. — On the third day of their annual meeting, …Governors Fear Medicaid Costs in Health PlanNew [...]
ABC News
Police: 6 Slain In Tenn., Ala.; Suspect In CustodyCBS News(AP) A suspect was in custody in the slayings of six people, five in southern Tennessee and another about 20 miles away in Huntsville, Ala., authorities said Saturday. Lincoln County, Tenn., Sheriff Murray Blackwelder said at a news conference that his …Five people found dead [...]
ABC News
Round of Talks on Honduras BeginsNew York TimesCIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — As a new round of talks aimed at ending the crisis in Honduras began Saturday, the mediator, President Óscar Arias of Costa Rica, said he was hopeful that they would end the conflict that …Rivals meet for Honduras talksAljazeera.netHonduras interim govt rejects Zelaya [...]
Washington Post
Obama Says Health-Care Reform Essential to Repairing EconomyWashington PostPresident Obama urged Congress today to push past growing doubts and pass comprehensive health-care reform package this year, saying that a better opportunity to remake the nation's health care system may not arise for …Obama Pushes for His Health Care Reform PlanVoice of AmericaObama Reaches Out [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Jakarta Attacks May Be Linked to Bali Bombers, Official SaysBloombergJuly 19 (Bloomberg) — The bombings at the Jakarta JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels that killed nine people, including two suspected attackers, are probably linked with the mastermind of the 2002 Bali blasts, …Investigators sift for Jakarta blast cluesABC OnlineBombings, business and the future of [...]
FOXNews
Back from DC hearings, Sonia Sotomayor tells News she's 'happy to …New York Daily NewsFederal Judge Sonia Maria Sotomayor, arriving at her West Village apartment following her Supreme Court confirmation hearings in Washington DC. Original Filename: IMG_3197.JPG How do you feel Judge Sonia Sotomayor …Women on the Verge of the Law: From Anita Hill to [...]