Obama pushes health care reform in Capitol visit
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama appealed directly to senators’ desire for history-making change and their short-term political fears today in urging them to stand together and overhaul the nation’s health care system. [More]
Associated Press | December 6
Bin Laden could be sneaking into Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden may be slipping back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Or the U.S. might not have a clue, more than eight years after the al-Qaida leader masterminded the terrorist attacks on America. [More]
Associated Press | December 6
Deal reached in Iraq over elections
BAGHDAD — Iraqi leaders reached agreement today to clear the way for parliament elections early next year that are seen as an important step toward political reconciliation and easing the withdrawal of U.S. troops, an official said. [More]
Associated Press | December 6
Chuck Liddy / Raleigh News & Observer |
Bell-Boeing Osprey chopper makes Afghan combat debut
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — When a couple of Bell-Boeing VM-22 Osprey tilt rotors joined a fleet of CH-53 helicopters, dropping out of the predawn darkness Friday in the northern end of the Now Zad valley in Helmand Province to deliver the... [More]
By Jay Price
McClatchy Newspapers | December 6
Associated Press |
N. Koreans burn bills in anger over currency reform
SEOUL, South Korea — North Koreans set piles of old bills alight in anger over their government’s surprise move to redenominate the national currency, a report said, a sign of growing frustration among citizens left with hoards of... [More]
By Kwang-Tae Kim
Associated Press | December 6
Tennessee mayor rips into Obama for preempting ‘Peanuts' special
In the opinion of Arlington, Tenn., Mayor Russell Wiseman, President Barack Obama's speech this week on the war in Afghanistan was deliberately timed to block the Christian message of the “Peanuts” television Christmas... [More]
Scripps Howard News Service | December 6
Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press |
Sen. Baucus defends his decision to nominate girlfriend for U.S. post
WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana’s U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is “highly... [More]
Associated Press | December 6
State may ban devices that fool drug tests
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker has filed legislation to outlaw special devices designed to fake urine samples and fool drug tests in the state. [More]
Associated Press | December 6
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