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Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.
Nations:U.S. People:Harry Reid John Kerry Mitch McConnell Patrick Leahy Christopher Dodd Max Baucus Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2009 US Health Reform 111th Congress Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2010-03-13
Senators: Lift ban on gays donating blood
WASHINGTON - The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday.
Nations:U.S. People:John Kerry Al Franken Sheldon Whitehouse Bob Casey Russ Feingold Dick Durbin
2010-03-07
3.1M customers face Oscar night without broadcast
NEW YORK - Cablevision subscribers were scrambling Sunday to hook up antennas or find live TV on the Internet in order to watch the Academy Awards after ABC's parent company Walt Disney Co. switched off its signal in a dispute over fees.
Nations:U.S. People:John Kerry David Paterson Source:(AP)
2010-03-07
Taliban leader's arrest a new blow to insurgents
ISLAMABAD - The capture of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 commander by a joint CIA and Pakistani team dealt a fresh blow to insurgents under heavy U.S. attack and raised hopes that Pakistani security forces are ready to deny Afghan militant leaders a safe haven.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:John Kerry Hamid Karzai Barack Obama Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2010-02-16
Firms scale back from US climate push
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Three major US companies said they were leaving a coalition pushing for action on climate change, dealing a potential fresh blow to landmark legislation to cut carbon emissions.
People:John Kerry Barack Obama George W. Bush
2010-02-16
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