Why Rush Limbaugh would go to Costa Rica if Obama's healthcare plan passes
(The Christian Science Monitor) 11.03.2010, 23:31:00 The Christian Science Monitor - Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said this week he’d go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if Congress passes proposed reforms to the US healthcare system. |
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Dems seek agreement, quick vote on health care
(AP) 12.03.2010, 21:18:10 AP - Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand. |
Norway doomsday seed vault hits 1/2 million mark
(AP) 11.03.2010, 00:01:58 AP - Two years after receiving its first deposits, a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island has amassed half a million seed samples, making it the world's most diverse repository of crop seeds, the vault's operators announced Thursday. |
Authorities: No illegal drugs found in Haim case
(AP) 12.03.2010, 20:49:40 AP - Authorities said Friday they had recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Corey Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his death. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter declined to identify the drugs. Haim was battling flulike symptoms in the days before he died. |
Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement
(AP) 12.03.2010, 21:35:29 AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government's announcement this week of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem, calling it "a deeply negative signal" for the Mideast peace process and ties with the U.S. |
First Lady marks International Women’s Day with Hillary ‘President’ joke
(The Newsroom) 11.03.2010, 20:50:31 The Newsroom - In a fitting show of solidarity for International Women's Day, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made light of the brutal 2008 battle Clinton conducted to defeat Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. As Michelle Obama launched a State Department commemoration of International Women's Day, she briefly stumbled over Clinton's job title. "Let me thank my dear friend, Senator - Secretary Clinton. I almost said, 'President Clinton,' " said the first lady to laughter and applause. "But let me thank you for that kind introduction, and most of all thank you for your friendship, thank you for your support, and thank you for your indispensable advice in getting me through this first year and helping me figure out how to get my family settled in our new life in D.C." |
Democrats to use reconciliation, so what is it?
(The Newsroom) 12.03.2010, 00:24:58 The Newsroom - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed today that he plans to use the "reconciliation process" to pass the final changes to the Senate's health care reform legislation. So... what the heck is it? |
Women on the pill may live longer
(AP) 12.03.2010, 18:06:44 AP - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. |