Los Angeles Times | FOREX-Yen gains broadly as opposition wins Japan vote Reuters LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The yen rose broadly on Monday, hitting a seven-week high against the dollar, buoyed by a decisive result for the opposition in Japanese elections and after f » |
BBC News | Eternal reunion as Ted Kennedy joins his two brothers at Arlington New York Daily News AP Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, center, poses with his brothers US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, (l.), and President John F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON - Ted Kennedy followed his brothers Jack and Bobby on ... O'M » |
BBC News | Camelot continues: Caroline Kennedy finds her voice for beloved ... New York Daily News Caroline Kennedy speaks at a memorial for US Sen. Edward Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts. But Friday night - as Kennedy remembered her late uncle at a presidential library in Boston that bears her slain father's name ... Kennedy Memorial and Burial Schedule Kennedy To Be Buried Saturday at Arlington Cemetery O'M » |
guardian.co.uk | Kidnap suspect had criminal past, brother says San Francisco Chronicle There was, he rec » |
BBC News | Youngest son reflected Kennedys' ambition, foibles USA Today WASHINGTON â€" Outsized in their ambition, their flaws, their tragedies and their accomplishments, the Kennedys have long occupied prime real estate in the political arena and the public imagination. After Sen. ... In Senate, loss widens chasm of ideology Ken! nedy's literary chapter in history ends with Ted's death Md. officials remember Kennedy |
Telegraph.co.uk | Kennedy remembered as patriarch of the senate Boston Globe Because of Ted Kennedy, more young children could afford to become healthy. More young adults could afford to become students. More of our oldest citizens and our poorest citizens could get the care they need to live longer, fuller lives. ... Mass. Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies at 77, After Cancer Battle US Senator Edward Kennedy dies Reaction to Sen. Edward Kennedy's death |
guardian.co.uk | CIA report spurs review of interrogations USA Today By Susan Walsh, AP By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY WASHINGTON â€" Revelations that US interrogators threatened terror suspects with handguns and an electric drill prompted Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday to reassess whether it may be necessary to ... Report invites questions of legality of CIA actions 'Inhumane' CIA terror tactics spur criminal probe CIA Releases Documents Fmr. Vice President Cheney Requested Be ... |
Times Online | Suspect in model's murder found dead CNN LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Ryan Alexander Jenkins, a reality TV contestant who is suspected in his wife's slaying in California, was found dead in a hotel in British Columbia, Canadian authorities announced Sunday. Sgt. Duncan Pound announced ... Police: Reality TV star found dead US murder suspect 'dead in motel' Man suspected of killing model found dead in Canada, sources say |
ABC News | South Korea Honors Former President Kim in State Funeral Today Bloomberg Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea honors the late Kim Dae Jung with a state funeral today after hundreds of thousands, including delegates from North Korea, paid their respects to the former president at commemorative ... NKorean leader sent message to SKorea's Lee: officials Officials of 2 Koreas Meet in the South N Korean envoys meet South's Lee |
CBC.ca | Some Dealers Stop Taking 'Clunkers' Washington Post The Cash for Clunkers has highlighted an aspect of the auto industry that's rarely focused on -- what happens to a car after it dies? By Dana Hedgpeth Some car dealers stopped accepting new vehicles under the US government's "Cash for Clunkers" program ... Last weekend for Cash for Clunker deals Dealers in Metroplex, nationwide are waiting for Cash for Clunkers ... In some places Cash for Clunkers already done |
CBC.ca | Cash for Clunkers Chugs to a Halt BusinessWeek The Transportation Dept. will end its popular trade-in program on Aug. 24. But dealers will have to wait for the government to catch up to their rebate claims By David Kiley The popular cash-for-clunkers government program, which gave US consumers ... Cash for Clunkers ending Ca! sh For Clunkers Runs Out Of Gas 'Cash for clunkers' program to end Monday |
ABC News | New White House tactic to bring GOP back to health debate? CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In the chess game over health care reform, the White House's last move was to say Democrats might use a procedural move to get a bill through without working with Republicans. Congress will take up the health care ... ObamaCare's Contradictions |
Times Online | ISAF, Afghan Forces Mobilized for Election Day Security Voice of America The Australian military officer responsible for the international effort to help provide security for Thursday's Afghan presidential election says he is concerned about the potential for insurgent attacks on polling stations, ... Attacks rock Kabul ahead of vote; media restricted Afghanistan Imposes News Censorship on Election Day Afghanistan suicide attack kills eight as Taliban target Kabul |
ABC News | Health Care: Choose Your Own Adventure Atlantic Online Step 2: If you're afraid that ObamaCare will spell the end of private insurance and be a total disaster, Go to Step 54. If you support -- in general -- the consensus insurance reforms in the House and Senate bill, go to Step 3. ... Liberals complain over Obama concession Obama May Eliminate Certain Parts of Reform Effort to Get Health ... Why Are Democrats Pretending They're Fighting Giant Insurance ... |
ABC News | White House Appears Open to Insurance Co-ops New York Times The Obama administration sent signals on Sunday that it has backed away from its once-firm vision of a government organization to provide for the nation's 50 million uninsured and is now open to using nonprofit cooperatives instead. ... Democratic senator: Public health insurance option dead Public insurance plan not essential: Sebelius Sebelius: Public Health Plan Not Essential |
BBC News | Family `ecstatic' after word Mo. man will be freed The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. â€" Family members of a Missouri man imprisoned in Myanmar for swimming to the home of detained Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi waited Saturday for his return to the United States, and said they were thrilled that his ordeal ... Burma's junta unlikely to buckle US man at center of Suu Kyi uproar has troubled past Senator gains release of American jailed in Myanmar |
New York Times | Obama says insurance companies holding US hostage Reuters BELGRADE, Mont., Aug 14 (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama, pushing for healthcare reform during a trip to conservative Montana, said on Friday the country was "held hostage" by insurance companies that deny ... Obama in Montana, live Obama to Make Case for He! alth Reform at Montana Town H » |
Times Online | Clinton Urges Political Reconciliation in Liberia Voice of America US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday c » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Security Remains Main Concern in Upcoming Afghan Presidential Polls Voice of America Afghans go the polls later this month in the country's second presidential election since the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. The biggest concern remains security as Taliban insurgents step up attacks aimed at disrupting the vote. ... Marines assault Taliban town in Afghanistan Troops move to secure southern Afghanistan before vote US Marines Fight for Strategic Taliban Stronghold in Afghanistan's ... |
Washington Post | As Health-Care Debate Rages, Obama Takes to the Stump New York Times WASHINGTON â€" President Obama traveled to New Hampshire on Tuesday to try to defuse fears about his plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, an issue at the center of one of the fiercest public-policy debates ... Obama to Push Health Care Reform in Town H » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Hudson divers seek 2 victims, hope to raise plane The Associated Press HOBOKEN, NJ â€" Divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday, but their first priority is to recover the bodies of two remaining victims of the air collision that killed nine people, a chief investigator said. A Pennsylvania family and ... Divers battle tough conditions in Hudson ! Hudson River Crash: Did Blind Spots Play a Role in Collision? Hudson River crash was 'inevitable,' colleague of helicopter pilot ... |
FOXNews | Sotomayor Sworn In, Becoming Supreme Court's First Hispanic Justice Washington Post Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday morning as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court in a brief ceremony that completed a remarkable ascent for a Puerto Rican girl from the South Bronx . Sotomayor, 55, rested her left hand ... Bronx's Sonia Sotomayor offici » |
The Associated Press | Jobless claims drop 38000 to 550000 MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- First-time filings for state unemployment benefits declined by 38000 to a season » |
