| Healthcare bill passes first Senate test (Reuters)
November 21, 2009 at 8:16 pm
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|  Reuters - A sweeping healthcare overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on the biggest healthcare changes in decades.
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| Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 7:01 pm
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|  AP - A court martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force's largest hospital.
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| Police: Ohio suspect may have eaten evidence (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 5:41 pm
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| | AP - Police say a bank robbery suspect in Ohio may have eaten evidence when he gobbled a piece of paper while handcuffed and lying across the hood of a police cruiser. |
| Setting Afghan exit date defeatist: defense panel (AFP)
November 21, 2009 at 3:58 pm
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|  AFP - Despite fierce public pressure to end the war in Afghanistan eight years on, politicians and experts on Saturday decried calls for setting an exit date they say would embolden the Taliban.
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| Soccer hair-pulling fuels debate over sport sexism (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 2:37 pm
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| | AP - The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tactics in a recent game. |
| Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 2:34 pm
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|  AP - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
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| 'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 12:41 pm
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| | AP - Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year. |
| Bush, Ellis, not making trip to Tampa (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm
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|  AP - Running back Reggie Bush and defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis are not traveling with the New Orleans Saints for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay.
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| Obama health drive faces critical vote (AFP)
November 21, 2009 at 12:02 pm
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|  AFP - President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care faced a critical Senate test vote Saturday, amid bitter 11th-hour debate and behind-the-scenes wrangling on a century-old policy feud.
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| Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 11:41 am
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|  AP - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.
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| Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 10:37 am
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|  AP - Berry Gordy founded what would become Motown Records a half-century ago with an $800 loan. Today, that would get you two tickets with a bit to spare to the Motown 50 Golden Gala.
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| Iraq parliament struggles over elusive vote deal (Reuters)
November 21, 2009 at 10:04 am
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| | Reuters - Iraq's parliament suspended efforts on Saturday to reach a deal on a law which is crucial for an election to take place in January and could affect the U.S. military' s plans for a partial withdrawal next year. |
| Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk of mission (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 10:01 am
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|  AP - An astronaut anticipating the birth of his daughter at any moment embarked on the first spacewalk of his career Saturday, tackling a load of maintenance work outside the International Space Station.
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| China says 42 dead, 66 trapped in mine explosion (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 7:57 am
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|  AP - A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them.
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| Race to recreate Big Bang conditions reignited (Reuters)
November 21, 2009 at 7:48 am
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|  Reuters - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.
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| Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 6:16 am
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|  AP - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.
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| Obama asks for patience on economy (Reuters)
November 21, 2009 at 6:02 am
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|  Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism he had returned empty-handed.
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| Healthcare bill faces first Senate test (Reuters)
November 21, 2009 at 5:05 am
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|  Reuters - The U.S. Senate will cast its first crucial test vote on healthcare reform on Saturday, with Democrats close to reaching the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican opposition and open debate.
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| Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 4:42 am
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|  AP - Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.
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| Sri Lanka to free war-displaced civilians (AFP)
November 21, 2009 at 4:09 am
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|  AFP - Sri Lanka said Saturday it plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of internment camps ahead of completing their planned re-settlement in two months.
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| Report: Italy arrests 2 for Mumbai attacks (AP)
November 21, 2009 at 2:52 am
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|  AP - Italy's ANSA news agency reports that police in the northern city of Brescia have arrested two Pakistanis accused of logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai.
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| 31 dead, 82 trapped after China mine blast: media (AFP)
November 21, 2009 at 1:56 am
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|  AFP - An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed 31 workers and left 82 trapped, state-run China Central Television (CCTV) said, the latest deadly incident to hit the industry.
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