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Boston Globe | White House trumpets reports on job creation Washington Post The White House on Friday embraced reports showing that the $159 billion in grants and loans made so far under the economic stimulus package has created or saved about 640000 jobs, even as Republicans and ... Jobs created with stimulus funds lag in Texas |
Globe and Mail | Series even: Burnett outduels Yankees nemesis Martinez USA Today By Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY By Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY NEW YORK â" The New York Yankees' secret weapon was camouflaged » |
Los Angeles Times | Swine flu vaccine is here and you still have your shot Houston Chronicle Mahely Hernandez , right, and her sister, Edith Tristan, wait at the Northside Health Center with their children, Aziel, 9 months old, and Jordan, 2. Harris County has exhausted its supply of the ... Vaccine Shortage Is Political Test for White House State swine flu deaths rise to 14 Focusing on key swine flu issues |
AFP | UN staff killed in Kabul attack BBC News At least three United Nations employees have been killed and some injured in an attack in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, the UN says. Heavy gunfire and an explosion were heard at a guesthouse used by the UN, after militants entered the ... Dawn attack rocks central Kabul Milita! nts in Kabul house battle Afghan forces Three UN staff killed in Kabul shootout |
Los Angeles Times | Harry Reid, shopping for reelection insurance Washington Post The Senate majority leader, after haggling behind closed doors with members of his Democratic caucus, realized that he couldn't cobble together the 60 votes he needed to pass health-care legislation with a government-run health plan. ... Reid Says Bill Will Have Public Plan |
Times Online | Scientists aim to dispel fears on H1N1 flu vaccine Los Angeles Times Those who think the vaccine was rushed into production can be reassured, experts say. It is 'made just like » |
FOXNews | Senate, House May Be Moving Closer on Public Option Bloomberg Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats are leaning toward including a government-run insurance plan in US health-care legislation that would » |
New York Daily News | US Clears 66 Executives For at Least $1 Million in Total Pay Bloomberg Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration pay cuts ordered for seven taxpayer-rescued US firms leaves 66 executives -- about half those reviewed -- with total long-term compensation of at least $1 million. Multimillion-dollar packages ... 3 AIG execs get bonus OK from pay czar US unveils broad effort to limit executive pay bofa Executive Tops Pay Czar's List |
AFP | White House to push for big pay cuts CNNMoney.com Obama's pay czar will demand 50% decline in compensation, on average, for top earners at seven firms that received the most bailout funds. By David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer Washington attorney Kenneth Feinberg has been actively reviewing pay ... Obama's Pay Play Feinberg Said to Order 50% Pay Cuts at Rescued Firms Obama administration to order executive pay cuts at bailed-out firms |
Times Online | US lobbied Afghanistan's Karzai to accept runoff CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a blizzard of personal meetings in Kabul, Afghanistan, and in telephone conversations from Washington, US officials lobbied Afghan President Hamid Karzai to abide by the nation's constitution and accept a runoff election. Sen. ... Obama troop plan hangs in balance as Afghan vote set Hamid Karzai agrees to contest run-off after Afghanistan poll Afghans race to organize Karzai-Abdullah runoff |
Los Angeles Times | US Should Not Wait on Afghan Election to Make Troop Decision, Lawmakers Say FOXNews Members of Congress from both parties say President Obama shouldn't delay moving forward with a new strategy until there's a credible government in place in Afghanistan. By Judson Berger A defaced election poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is ... us presses Karzai over election outcome Clinton says Karzai set to announce his intentions Karzai to weigh in on Tuesday: US |
USA Today | Snowe pushes health care compromise as positions harden CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A key figure in the contentious health care debate c » |
New York Times | Healthcare overhaul bill clears Senate Finance Committee Los Angeles Times Sen. Olympia Snowe is the sole Republican to side with Democrats as the bill passes, 14 to 9. Her support for the bill requiring health insurance for » |
Washington Post | Rates to rise under Senate health plan, industry group says CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Health insurance premiums for the typical American family would increase by another $4000 by 2019 under a key Senate overhaul plan, according to an industry trade group analysis. Sen. Max Baucus' Finance Committee is likely to vote ... White House blasts health insurance sector report Seniors lobby ch » |
ABC News | Gunmen hold up to 15 hostages in Pakistan army HQ The Associated Press RAWALPINDI, Pakistan â" Heavily armed militants were holding up to 15 soldiers hostage inside Pakistan's army headquarters Saturday after they stormed the complex in an audacious assault on the heart of the nuclear-armed country's most powerful ... Pakistan: six soldiers killed and 15 taken hostage in terror attack Armed militants hold hostages at Pakistani army HQ Gunmen hold soldiers hostage inside Pakistan army HQ |
FOXNews | White House weighs Pakistan's role in winning war The Associated Press WASHINGTON â" Recognizing the US can neither win in Afghanistan nor succeed more broadly against al-Qaida without Pakistan's cooperation, President Barack Obama's war council is weighing a new role for Pakistan in the 8-year-old struggle in the region. ... Obama team tries to hash out new plan for Afghanistan Afghan War Draws Comparisons to Vietnam Speaking Up About Afghanistan When It Counts |
FOXNews | Obama confronts scepticism over Afghanistan guardian.co.uk President Barack Obama is confronting division and scepticism within his own party, and accusations of indecision from the opposition Republicans, as he considers c » |