Reuters | 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 ... Japan lifts » |
The AtlanticWire (blog) | Palin: Health Care Summit 'Painful' to Watch But 'Productive' for Americans FOXNews This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," February 25, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Just a short time ago the White House health care summit came to an end in Washington. ... Could Tea Party candidates hurt the GOP? Green Party reaches out to Tea Party activists Palin: Obama Was 'Arrogant' to Criticize McCain |
The Hindu | 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 Democrats looking hard at 51-vote shortcut for health reform A Historic and Dangerous Senate Mistake |
Times Online | 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 Tilikum, the killer whale Death reopens killer-whale debate |
BBC News | Former VP Cheney hospitalized, resting comfortably Los Angeles Times From AP WASHINGTON - Former vice president Dick Cheney was hospitalized after experiencing chest pains today, an aide said. Cheney assistant Peter Long issued a statement that the 69-year-old Cheney was resting comfortably and his doctors were ... Cheney hospitalized after experiencing chest pains Chest pains send ex-VP Cheney to hospital Former Vice President Dick Cheney Hospitalized With Chest Pains |
Boston Globe | 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 Will Seek to Control Insurance Rate Hikes Obama helped bring on the healthcare backlash Obama to propose limits on insurance rates |
CNN International | Romney's gearing up for 2012 with lessons from '08 on his mind Washington Post For most of the past year, Mitt Romney has been off the stage. While Sarah Palin has commanded headlines, while other Republicans have jumped into intra-party controversies over purity and as GOP leaders have vied with one another to bash ... Ron Paul wins CPAC presidential straw poll US Rep. Ron Paul bests the field in presidential straw poll Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC |
ABC News | Acquaintances Saw No Anger in Pilot in IRS Building Crash New York Times Rodolfo Gonzalez, Austin American-Statesman, via AP Investigators surveyed the metal skeleton of a sm » |
Globe and Mail | 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 ... Tax Protester Crashes Plane Into IRS Office |
FOXNews (blog) | Senator Retires, and Voters, Too, Grow Dismayed New York Times HAMMOND, Ind. â€" Brent Kruse, a retired railroad conductor, says he is an independent-minded, loosely affiliated Democrat who “votes for the man, not the party.†In the last presidential election, he said, he flirted with the idea of ... Kissing Off Congress, Evan Bayh Breaks Hearts: Margaret Carlson US Sen. Evan Bayh to appear on `The View' John Mellencamp for Evan Bayh's senate seat? |
Reuters | Hidden enemy delays advance in Marjah Times Online US Marines and Afghan troops were bogged down by sniper fire and home-made bombs on the third day of their biggest offensive since the overthrow of the Taleban in 2001. Nato and » |
Telegraph.co.uk | UK role in Afghan Operation Moshtarak 'goes to plan' BBC News The first stage of a major Nato offensive in southern Afghanistan involving 1000 UK troops has gone to plan, the Ministry of Defence has said. British soldiers are among 15000 Nato troops searching for the Taliban in Marjah and Nad Ali in Helmand ... NATO rockets kill 12 Afghan civilians US and Afghan Troops Expand Control in Marjah |
Boston Globe | 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 People Killed, Three More Wounded In Shooting At UAHuntsville Deadly shooting at University of Alabama US university teacher kills three, wounds three |
Sydney Morning Herald | 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 ... Doctor: Clinton Most Likely Recognized Chest Pain as Serious Bill Clinton gets stents in artery after having chest pains Stents Are Increasingly Common but Not Without Risk |
The Guardian | Charlie Wilson, lawmaker of movie fame, dies at 76 Reuters HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former US Representative Charlie Wilson, the swashbuckling Texan chronicled in film for helping secure billions of dollars to fund covert US operations against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s, died on Wednesday of cardiac ... Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson Dies |
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 Obama: Murtha 'tough-as-nails' leader WA congressman in line for Murtha's defense slot |
CBC.ca | Blizzard pounds Washington, DC, and mid-Atlantic states Los Angeles Times Hundreds of thousands of homes in the District of Columbia lose power, and parts of Maryland and West Virginia are buried under 20 inches of snow. By Mark Silva Reporting from Alexandria, Va. - Buried by a blizzard that has left hundreds of thousands ... Snowstorm's intensity has DC region hunkering down Blizzard paralyzes US mid-Atlantic; two killed Postal Service Suspended in Mid-Atlantic Areas Hit With Storm |
Times Online | Tea Party Movement Produces New Political Organization FOXNews In a bid to advance the tea party movement from holding r » |
Telegraph.co.uk | 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 10 Americans in Haiti Are Charged With Abduction Americans charged with child kidnapping in Haiti |
