Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare....
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club....
Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday....
Biden says Senate handed Obama a big victory
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system....
2 dead after shooting at Oregon intersection
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) -- A gunman fatally wounded a passenger in another vehicle at an Oregon intersection Saturday, setting off a police chase that ended when the suspect crashed and was killed by officers, authorities said....
Police: Man fatally stabbed over NYC subway seat
NEW YORK (AP) -- A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car early Saturday morning in midtown Manhattan, police said....
Report: Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 228
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian television says a passenger ferry with more than 200 people onboard sank in rough waters near Sumatra island....
China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
HEGANG, China (AP) -- Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 - the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years....
3 bomb blasts leave 5 dead, 25 wounded in India
GAUHATI, India (AP) -- Police say three bombs have exploded in India's restive northeast killing five people and wounding more than 25 others....
Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations
VATICAN CITY (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....
Israeli aircraft strike tunnels, arms factories
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli military says its aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip....
Romanians vote for president amid political crisis
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Romanians began voting for a new president on Sunday in an election that could open the door to an international loan aimed at ending the country's deep recession....
Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack
MUMBAI, India (AP) -- The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors....
Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate
LONDON (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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