FOXNews | Auto 'Clunkers' Offer Suspended After Going Through $1 Billion Bloomberg July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The US government's $1 billion “cash for clunkers†program to spur new car sales is “suspended†after running through the money six days after it began, Senator Debbie Stabenow said. ... US auto "clunker" program limit, new funding sought Too many clunkers, too little cash 'Cash for clunkers' program runs out of gas |
FOXNews | Flu vaccine to pregnant women first San Francisco Chronicle (07-29) 15:57 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal panel recommended today that pregnant women and others at high risk for serious complications from the swine flu get priority for a vaccine when it becomes available in the f » |
Times Online | Police Search Home of Jackson's Doctor New York Times LAS VEGAS â€" The police searched the home and office of Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, here on Tuesday morning. Detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles bureau of the ... Neighbor Describes Scene at Dr. Murray's Vegas Home DEA Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray's home; sources say doc ... Michael Jackson Doctor's Las Vegas Home, Office Searched |
Straits Times | New Home Sales Surge 11 Percent in June Washington Post New homes sales surged in June to their highest rate this year, according to Commerce Department data released Monday, another sign that the housing market could be starting to stabilize even as prices continue to stumble. ... New-Home Sales Jumped 11% in June From May |
Times Online | Contador Wins, but Armstrong Has Other Victory New York Times Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Spain celebrated on the podium in Paris on Sunday. By JULIET MACUR PARIS â€" With the Arc de Triomphe in the distance and a sea of fans along the roadside, Lance Armstrong stood on the podium at the Tour de ... Alberto Contador wins Tour; Lance Armstrong 3rd Tour de France Stage 21: Alberto Contador wins second title, Lance ... Alberto Contador wins Tour de France again |
Times Online | Harvard prof Henry Louis Gates 'happy to oblige' Obama invite for ... New York Daily News Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says he would be "happy to oblige" Obama on his invite to have a beer with Sgt. James Crowley. Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley is surrounded by fellow officers offering support ... Gates' Liberal College Town No Stranger to Racial Dust-Ups What beer's on tap for Obama, Gates and Crowley? Black professor in race row arrest accepts Obama's invitation for ... |
ABC News | Should the president have spoken out on Gates arrest? Boston Globe I don't think it was the president's place to interfere. He's creating a racial divide, and I think it's tot » |
New York Times | Professor is down-to-earth, friends say Boston Globe Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. (left) was in New York yesterday and interviewed by CNN's Soledad O'Brien (right). Gates's profile has been raised since being arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct outside his home in Cambridge. ... Fierce debate continues over Gates' arrest Obama says police acted 'stupidly' in arresting black professor With Vigor, Obama Wades Into a Volatile Racial Issue |
New York Times | A Defining Moment Nears for President New York Times President Obama will hold a prime-time news conference on Wednesday that will in effect be a “six-month report card.†By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON â€" Six months into his administration, President Obama is at a pivotal moment. ... Obama to hit airwaves as health care plan wanes Obama may have to wait for health care passage How will we pay for health-care overhaul? |
ABC News | 2 Panels to Miss Deadline on Detainees New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Two Obama administration panels will miss a Tuesday deadline to report on their efforts to meet President Obama's directive to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by January, administration officials said ... Reports on US Detention and Interrogation Policy Delayed White House Prefers Gitmo Detainees Be Tried in Criminal Courts |
Los Angeles Times | Idaho town prays for return of captured US soldier Houston Chronicle By JOHN MILLER AP Writer © 2009 The Associated Press HAILEY, Idaho â€" Friends and family of an Idaho soldier who was captured in Afghanistan prayed for his safe return Sunday, shaken by the image of the frightened young private in a Taliban video posted ... Captors release video of U.S. soldier who went missing in Afghanistan Officials Say Captive Soldier Shown on Taliban Video Is Bowe ... Americans react to video of captive US soldier |
msnbc.com | Cronkite's Funeral Scheduled for Thursday New York Times Plans were set on Saturday for a private funeral for Walter Cronkite, the pioneering CBS News anchorman. Walter Cronkite on the air in the early 1960s. For decades on CBS, he signed off with his signature “And that's the way it is. ... Cronkite: Trusted Guide Through History Mainers rec » |
guardian.co.uk | New Haven firefighters speak USA Today In introducing Frank Ricci, one of the witnesses appearing to testify on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, DR.I.,noted that "his name was mentioned second only to Sotomayor at these hearings. ... Ben Vargas Testifies at Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings ! Why judge drama failed to ignite Witness quotes from Sotomayor hearings |
FOXNews | Democrats press for HMO fees to fund health reform Reuters WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - A group of Democrats on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday c » |
guardian.co.uk | US top court nominee accepts gun rights decision Reuters WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said on Tuesday that she accepted the high court's ruling last year that an individual's right to own guns is guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the ... Sotomayor on Sotomayor: Revises, extends her words Sotomayor and the "Wise Latina" Vanguard Sotomayor hearings: Expert analysis â€" pro and con |
ABC News | Senators Stake Out Positions as Sotomayor Hearings Start New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The Senate Judiciary Committee quickly split along partisan lines Monday as it began a weeklong debate on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, with Democrats and Republicans presenting starkly ... Cornyn talks tough as Senate opens Sotomayor hearings |
Washington Post | Cheney kept CIA program from Congress, source says CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The CIA withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress during the Bush administration on direct orders from then-Vice President Dick Cheney, current CIA director Leon Panetta told members of Congress, ... Cheney linked to secrecy of CIA program Democrats May Investigate Secret Program Cheney to CIA: Don't Tell Congress About Program |
Telegraph.co.uk | Africans reach out to Obama via text messages CNN International (CNN) -- The text messages address various issues and come from » |
guardian.co.uk | Jackson health records are subpoenaed Los Angeles Times Multiple doctors are being asked by the LA County coroner's office to provide information on the singer's treatments, sources say. By Richard Winton, Harriet Ryan and Cara Mia dimassa Investigators trying to determine how Michael Jackson died are faced ... Portrait of Jackson's pill consumption emerges Michael Jackson's Burial At Neverland Ranch Still A Possibility LA coroner seeks Jackson medical files - report |
Times Online | G8 welcomes developing states, eyes climate, trade Reuters L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's richest and main developing nations meet on Thursday to try to find common ground on global warming and international trade, with the poorer countries seeking ... G-8 leaders have ambitious environmental goals S! ilvio Berlusconi and Gordon Brown: the Italian job G8 summit aims at enhancing confidence in global economy |
Los Angeles Times | Jackson memorial: both affirmation and denial Los Angeles Times (From left) Janet Jackson, Paris Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Jermaine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson I during the public memorial service for Michael Jackson held at Staples Center. With no practical reason for so much coverage, we see the power of ... Fans At Michael Jackson Memorial Moved By Paris, Al Sharpton Millions Remember Michael Jackson Online Certificate: Jackson's Cause of Death 'Deferred' |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama, Medvedev Sign Nuclear Understanding Washington Post President Obama will spend three days in Russia hoping to work with President Dmitry Medvedev to create an outline a nuclear arms control treaty. President Barack Obama walks with Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and First Lady ... Obama, Medvedev Agree to Reduce Nuclear Arsenals US and Russia agree nuclear weapons cut Obama Resets Russian Ties With Arms Cuts, Afghan Deal |
Globe and Mail | Honduran government vows to keep deposed president out CNN International TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- Authorities here closed the airport and restricted the airspace over the nation's capital in anticipation of deposed President Jose Manuel Zelaya's announced return Sunday. A soldier stands guard at the international ... UN's D'Escoto to travel to Honduras with Zelaya Tense Honduras moves to block return of ousted leader Honduras 'to stop Zelaya plane' |
