Sunday, February 28, 2010

Chile troops impose curfew in quake-stricken towns - Reuters


The Guardian


Chile troops impose curfew in quake-stricken towns

Reuters


CONCEPCION, Chile, March 1 (Reuters) - Chile's government scrambled on Monday to provide aid to thousands of homeless in coastal towns devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunamis as 10000 troops moved into stricken areas to quell ...


Bachelet Appeals for Aid as Aftershocks Continue

Voice of America


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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

Killer whale experts say: Reintroduce Tilikum to the wild - Orlando Sentinel


Killer whale experts say: Reintroduce Tilikum to the wild

Orlando Sentinel


Regardless of what SeaWorld decides as Tilikum's long-term future, a conversation has started within the whale research and advocacy communities about what ought to be done with an orca linked to three human ...


SeaWorld parks to resume killer whale shows after trainer's death

Los Angeles Times


Whale, Trainer Play on Film Before Attack

CBS News


Killer whale fans say end the shows: Your turn to vote

USA Today


ABC News -Newsday (subscription) -WBXH


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Thursday, February 25, 2010

At summit, Republicans prove they aren't putting America's health first - Washington Post


CBC.ca


At summit, Republicans prove they aren't putting America's health first

Washington Post


Republicans say the country can't afford President Obama's health-care proposals. (Marvin Joseph/the Washington Post) By Steven Pearlstein I'm not sure what else was accomplished at Thursday's Blair House summit, but surely one result is that we ...


Healthcare summit reveals chasm between parties

Los Angeles Times


Democrats looking hard at 51-vote shortcut for health reform

CNN


Hurtful health care debate

WQAD


New York Times -CBS News -TIME


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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Trainer decided as child to work with whales - Orlando Sentinel


CBC.ca


Trainer decided as child to work with whales

Orlando Sentinel


The moment she saw her first Shamu show three decades ago, Dawn Brancheau knew she wanted to work with killer whales. "It was her dream to do it," said Marion Loverde, Brancheau's mother. "She loved her job. ...


Animal trainer killed at SeaWorld

Los Angeles Times


Tilikum, the killer whale

Washington Post


Death reopens killer-whale debate

MiamiHerald.com


USA Today -Christian Science Monitor -WBZ


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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Democrats could bypass GOP on health care bill - CNN


Times Online


Democrats could bypass GOP on health care bill

CNN


Sen. Mitch McConnell says Dems are using reconciliation to jam bill through a "reluctant Congress" Washington (CNN) -- As a major White House meeting on health care reform approaches this week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged Tuesday that ...


Democrats hope bipartisan vote on jobs bill will be blueprint for future

Washington Post


Scott Brown's 'tea party' fans feel burned by jobs vote

Los Angeles Times


With jobs bill, Democrats' new strategy: piecemeal legislation

Christian Science Monitor


Reuters -Boston Globe -Public Radio International PRI


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Monday, February 22, 2010

Cheney hospitalized after experiencing chest pains - Reuters


Globe and Mail


Cheney hospitalized after experiencing chest pains

Reuters


Former US Vice President Dick Cheney speaks about national security at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington in this file photo from May 21, 2009. Cheney, 69, was hospitalized in George Washington Hospital on February 22, ...


Former VP Cheney hospitalized, resting comfortably

Los Angeles Times


Chest pains send ex-VP Cheney to hospital

msnbc.com


Former Vice President Dick Cheney Hospitalized With Chest Pains

FOXNews


The Guardian -NPR -Daily C »


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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Jousting begins ahead of health-care summit - Washington Post


Kansas City Star


Jousting begins ahead of health-care summit

Washington Post


The health-care proposal that will appear on the White House Web site Monday will be a broad "starting point" for discussion at this week's televised health-care summit, not a detailed piece of legislation, ...


Obama helped bring on the healthcare backlash

Los Angeles Times


Washington to Revisit Health Care Reform

CBS News


Governors want "into the game" on healthcare

Reuters


Washington Times -American Medical News -El Paso Inc


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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Ron Paul wins CPAC presidential straw poll - USA Today


CNN International


Ron Paul wins CPAC presidential straw poll

USA Today


Rep. Ron Paul, hero of a fervant band of libertarians, unexpectedly won the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference today, claiming 31% of the votes cast. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who has carried the ...


US Rep. Ron Paul bests the field in presidential straw poll

CNN


Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC

FOXNews


Ron Paul wins conservative straw poll

Washington Post


Christian Science Monitor -NECN -Minneapolis Star Tribune


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Friday, February 19, 2010

For Texas Pilot, Rage Simmered With Few Hints - New York Times


CBC.ca


For Texas Pilot, Rage Simmered With Few Hints

New York Times


Rodolfo Gonzalez, Austin American-Statesman, via AP Investigators surveyed the metal skeleton of a sm »


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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Man Angry at IRS Crashes Plane into Office - CBS News


New York Times (blog)


Man Angry at IRS Crashes Plane into Office

CBS News


A building in Austin, Texas was in flames after being hit by a plane that the pilot apparently plowed into because he was angry at the US government and the IRS. Don Teague reports. Raw video from a plane that crashed into an Austin, TX office building ...


2nd body found inside Texas building hit by plane

Houston Chronicle


Tax Protester Crashes Plane Into IRS Office

W »

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

One year later, political battle rages over stimulus' effectiveness - Los Angeles Times


Reuters


One year later, political battle rages over stimulus' effectiveness

Los Angeles Times


Meanwhile, fresh data shows the US economy continuing to make a gradual, if halting, recovery. By Don Lee Reporting from Washington - One year after launching the largest federal economic stimulus program in American history, a fiercely partisan ...


Breaking Down Year One of the Stimulus

FOXNews


Judging stimulus: Jobless rate high, growth real

The Associated Press


A year into stimulus, large chunk remains

Christian Science Monitor


Reuters -USA Today -MiamiHerald.com


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Obama stimulus plan halted economic freefall, White House - Reuters


The Canadian Press


Obama stimulus plan halted economic freef »


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Monday, February 15, 2010

Taliban Resist Afghan Offensive - Wall Street Journal


The Guardian


Taliban Resist Afghan Offensive

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Fleming hurt in Biden motorcade crash - msnbc.com


ABC News


Fleming hurt in Biden motorcade crash

msnbc.com


Former Olympians Peggy Fleming and Vonetta Flowers were slightly hurt in a vehicle collision in Vancouver while serving with the official US delegation. View scenes from the torch lighting during the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. ...


Biden's Motorcade Involved in Vancouver Accident Injuring Two

FOXNews


Biden, Cheney talk terror and war, and agree on little

Los Angeles Times


Cheney and Biden Spar on Separate Sunday Talk Shows

ABC News


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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010

Three killed in University of Alabama shooting - Reuters


ABC Online


Three killed in University of Alabama shooting

Reuters


BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville were killed and three other staff members wounded in a shooting on Friday at a science building on the campus, authorities said. ...


Three killed in University of Alabama shooting

Los Angeles Times


Deadly shooting at University of Alabama

BBC News


US university teacher kills three, wounds three

AFP


WALA-TV FOX10 -9&10 News -Right Pundits


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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Bill Clinton hospitalized - CNN


Telegraph.co.uk


Bill Clinton hospitalized

CNN


New York (CNN) -- Former President Bill Clinton was in "good spirits" Thursday after undergoing a procedure to insert two stents into one of his coronary arteries, his office said. Clinton, 63, was hospitalized at the Columbia campus of New ...


Bill Clinton gets stents in artery after having chest pains

Los Angeles Times


Stents Are Increasingly Common but Not Without Risk

W »


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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson Dies - Wall Street Journal


CBC.ca


Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson Dies

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Obama, Republicans spar over starting point for health care summit - CNN


ABC News


Obama, Republicans spar over starting point for health care summit

CNN


President Obama meets with congressional leaders, including (from left) Reps. Steny Hoyer, John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi. Washington (CNN) -- President Obama said Tuesday his televised health care summit with Republican leaders on February 25 should ...


Obama, Republicans find common ground on jobs

Reuters


President Obama to GOP leaders: Stop 'grandstanding' and get to work on jobs ...

New York Daily News


Work with me to create jobs, Obama asks GOP

MiamiHerald.com


ABC News -Washington Post -Baltimore Sun


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Monday, February 8, 2010

John Murtha, US defense appropriations chair, dies - Reuters


CBC.ca


John Murtha, US defense appropriations chair, dies

Reuters


WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - US Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday. ...


Rep. John Murtha dead at 77

USA Today


Obama: Murtha 'tough-as-nails' leader

Washington Post


WA congressman in line for Murtha's defense slot

Seattle Post Intelligencer


FOXNews (blog) -TheCelebrityCafe.com -The Washington Independent


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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Gas blast at Conn. power plant kills at least 5 - Houston Chronicle


ABC News


Gas blast at Conn. power plant kills at least 5

Houston Chronicle


MIDDLETOWN, Conn. รข€" An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more in a blast that shook homes for miles. At least 12 people were injured in ...


Deadly Blast Hits Connecticut Plant

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Saturday, February 6, 2010

'Snowmageddon' Paralyzes US East Coast; Two Dead - Wall Street Journal


Reuters


'Snowmageddon' Paralyzes US East Coast; Two Dead

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Friday, February 5, 2010

Tea Party Movement Produces New Political Organization - FOXNews


Times Online


Tea Party Movement Produces New Political Organization

FOXNews


In a bid to advance the tea party movement from holding r »


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Thursday, February 4, 2010

US missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti - CNN International


Globe and Mail


US missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti

CNN International


Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Ten Americans who were detained last week while trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country were charged Thursday with kidnapping children and criminal association, a government official said. ...


US Baptists charged with kidnapping Haitian children

Telegraph.co.uk


10 Americans in Haiti Are Charged With Abduction

New York Times


Americans charged with child kidnapping in Haiti

Times Online


The Guardian -W »


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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Toyota grapples with PR bungles, tarnished brand - Reuters


Washington Post


Toyota grapples with PR bungles, tarnished brand

Reuters


TOKYO (Reuters) - Faced with an unprecedented rec »


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