guardian.co.uk | Obama More Bartender Than Mediator At Beer Summit New York Times By REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama played bartender-in-chief on Thursday at a "beer summit" of the main players in a raci » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Police search Las Vegas home of Jackson's doctor Reuters LOS ANGELES, July 28 (Reuters) - Las Vegas police searched the home of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal doctor, on Tuesday as the probe into the star's sudden death increasingly appeared to focus on whether the ... Michael Jackson Doctor's Las Vegas Home, Office Searched DEA searches home of Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray in ... Police search home of Michael Jackson's doctor |
FOXNews | Are lobbyists silver lining in health care storm? The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" A strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Barack Obama, is keeping the drive for health care going even as lawmakers seem hopelessly at odds. Lobbyists. The drug industry, the American Medical Association, ... Would the Health Plan Help Sm » |
Times Online | Gates' Liberal College Town No Stranger to Racial Dust-Ups ABC News The arrest of an African-American professor at his home near Harvard University gives a rare view into racial tensions in a seemingly unlikely place: America's ivory tower and its liberal environs. ... Arrest of Gates also shines a light on 'disorderly conduct' laws Police unions don't get apology from Obama, but happy with reversal Gates isn't the face of racial profiling |
Telegraph.co.uk | Friends defend officer who arrested black scholar The Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. â€" Supporters say the white policeman who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his home is a principled police officer and family man who is being unfairly described as racist. Friends and fellow officers â€" black and ... Gates' Daughter C » |
FOXNews | FACT CHECK: Obama's health care claims adrift? The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama's assertion Wednesday that government will stay out of health care decisions in an overhauled system is hard to square with the proposals coming out of Congress and with his own rhetoric. Even now, nearly half the ... The President On the Issues Experts Dispute Some Points in Health Talk Obama losing favour with healthcare reform |
New York Times | Asia swathed in darkness with the longest total eclipse of the century guardian.co.uk Tourists, astronomers and residents across a large swathe of Asia turned their eyes to the heavens today as the longest eclipse of the 21st century arrived. Viewing for many was marred by heavy clouds and rain, but the drama of the total eclipse â€" as ... Longest 21st century solar eclipse wows millions Darkness envelops Asia during total eclipse Solar Eclipse Crosses Asia, Plunging Millions Into Darkness |
Washington Post | Obama: August healthcare deadline may "spill over" Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the August deadline he had set for Congress to pass initial healthcare legislation may "spill over," but repeated that he wanted reforms enacted soon. "I want this done now," Obama said in an ... Conservative Leaders Deplore Proposed Health-Care Reform Obama demands Congress move quickly on healthcare reform Endless Summer |
Telegraph.co.uk | Officials Say Captive Soldier Shown on Taliban Video Is Bowe ... ABC News Department of Defense officials confirmed the identity of a captured American soldier in a video posted online Saturday by the Taliban. Detained and scared, US GI is questioned by captors on tape. Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, 23, ... US soldier captured by Taliban: 'I'm afraid' US names soldier in Taliban video US Condemns Video of Soldier Captured in Afghanistan |
BBC Sport | Can this happen? Watson keeps lead at British Open The Associated Press TURNBERRY, Scotland â€" Tom Watson has a plan to win the British Open. It no longer reads like a fairy tale. Even as he slipped out of the lead Saturday in the testing breeze of Turnberry, the 59-year-old didn't blink except to hold back the occasional ... Easy to pull for 'old boy' Watson during improbable run Joggin' Goggin: Aussie runs into Open contention Retief Goosen only two shots off the lead at British Open |
BBC News | How Sotomayor's comments compare to Roberts, Alito The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" Supreme Court nominees rarely take risky or controversial positions when in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sonia Sotomayor is no exception. She's following a path charted by several nominees before her, including Chief ... Sen. Grassley Questions Judge Sotomayor at Supreme Court ... Hatch asks Sotomayor questions posed by public Sotomayor hearings: The complete transcript, Day 4, Part 2 |
Telegraph.co.uk | Sotomayor: Judges look at specific cases, not broad policies CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor avoided direct answers Wednesday to persistent questions about her personal views on abortion and gun control by repeatedly saying she needed the specific circumstances of a case in order to ... Sen. Klobuchar Questions Judge Sotomayor at Supreme Court ... Republican Senators Press Sotomayor on Abortion Views As Republicans press, Sotomayor declines to detail abortion views |
FOXNews | Sotomayor Says Identity Won't Distort Her Decisions New York Times WASHINGTON â€" Judge Sonia Sotomayor insisted on Tuesday, in the face of sometimes skeptical questioning from Republicans, that she would never » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Sotomayor faces Senate hearing Washington Post WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pick to fill his first US Supreme Court vacancy, Sonia Sotomayor, goes before a Senate hearing on Monday with most people betting she already has enough votes to win confirmation. ... Sotomayor's a slam dunk, say Obama, Schumer on eve of ... Congressional Business Goes On, Despite Sotomayor Hearings Poll: Most Undecided About Sotomayor |
BBC News | Report: Urumqi bans illegal public assembly CNN International (CNN) -- A city in China's far west that witnessed deadly protests last weekend has banned public assembly without police approval, state media reported. Police are shown on patrol in Urumqi, China, on Saturday, July 11. ... China blast: terrorism ruled out says official China Bans Public Gatherings in Urumqi Amid Mourning Bar example of ethinic unity, says Japanese bar owner |
Times Online | G-8 Says Economic Recovery Too Weak to Withdraw Stimulus Effort Bloomberg July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Group of Eight leaders said the economic recovery from the steepest recession since World War II was too fragile for them to consider reversing efforts to pump money into the economy. ... Silvio Berlusconi makes playboy's G8 Near Tents and Ruins, G-8 Summit Meeting Opens G8 Summit Focused on Economy, Climate Change |
guardian.co.uk | Mystery Surrounds Michael Jackson's Burial FOXNews July 7: Michael Jackson's brothers carry his casket to a stage in the Staples Center for the singer's public memorial. July 7: Michael Jackson's brothers carry his casket to a stage in the Staples Center for the singer's public memorial. ... Paris Jackson C » |
guardian.co.uk | Obama and Medvedev offer to scrap 1000 nuclear warheads each guardian.co.uk President Barack Obama shakes hands with the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, at the Kremlin today. Photograph: Vladimir Rodionov/AFP/Getty Images The US and Russia have agreed to work towards cutting deployed nuclear warheads to as few as 1500 each ... US, Russia agree on new nuclear arms limits Summit may unlock Russia trade Obama and Medvedev announce framework for nuclear cuts |
BBC News | Signs point to murder-suicide in McNair case SportingNews.com Evidence suggests that former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was killed in a murder-suicide with Sahel Kazemi, a 20-year old woman he had been dating for several months, media outlets are reporting. McNair was found shot to death in a Nashville ... McNair brought spotlight to sm » |
Telegraph.co.uk | Alaska's governor Sarah Palin to resign, dooming her presidential ... New York Daily News Sarah Palin announces that she is resigning as Governor of Alaska. Some Republican insiders say this dooms any hopes of a presidential bid. She must think it's best for Alaska, she always puts her state first. ... Palin Stirs Debate About Her Political Future With Resignation Palin resignation splits GOP Palin stepping down as Alaska governor |
