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Betrayal of 20,000 cancer patients: Rationing body rejects ten drugs (allowed in Europe) that could have extended lives
Up to 20,000 people have died needlessly early after being denied cancer drugs on the NHS, it was revealed yesterday.
Democrats Link Student Loan Overhaul To Health Care Reform Bill
3.13.10 - WASHINGTON — 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....
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WASHINGTON (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. ...
STATES MAY HOLD TAX REFUNDS FOR MONTHS
Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five months....
Mexican military copter over U.S. neighborhood...
BROWNSVILLE — The Zapata County sheriff Thursday was questioning why a Mexican military helicopter was hovering over homes on the Texas side of the Rio Grande....
Germany Applies Brakes to Google & Co.
The German government has discovered the Internet and data privacy as a political issue. The new debate over who should control the online world reveals a clash of two cultures, with the American ideal of freedom contrasting with the European desire for privacy. ...
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
3.11.10 - SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state....
China Becomes World's Biggest Internet Market...
(Reuters) - Media companies longing to bring a paid-for culture to the Internet might just get what they want if they pay more attention to the smartphone revolution that is changing the way people access the Web. ...
Congressional Black Caucus: Obama not listening
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are headed to the White House for a meeting on jobs Thursday, and they’ll have a few words to say about how President Barack Obama is doing his. ...
Google prepared to leave China
A second Google executive said on Wednesday that the company had not changed its decision to stop censoring its Chinese language search site and it was prepared to shut down the website if necessary. ...
Obama tells Missouri crowd: Health care system in greatest need of reform.
3.10.10 - Health care system in greatest need of reform....
Face-off: Sebelius confronts insurers
It was a snapshot of the biggest fight in health reform, inside a ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton, with one of Obama’s top lieutenants giving insurance industry an earful about how they should stop fighting reform and get on board, or risk seeing their industry laid low. ...
A policy change on abortion, but how radical?
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars that some abortion opponents fear ...
Obama's Health Care Push: 'Knock On Doors, Talk To Your Neighbors, Pick Up The Phone'
GLENSIDE, Pa. — Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage....
Public sector cuts: the years of plenty are over
Telegraph View: the two-day strike is just the start of a painful process of cutbacks. ...
New White House Program Will Pay Homeowners To Sell At A Loss
In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of them to leave. ...
American Al-Qaeda spokesman arrested
KARACHI: The American-born spokesman for Al-Qaeda has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a government official said yesterday, the same day Adam Gadahn appeared in a video calling for violence....
Inside the world of Obama's secret-service bodyguards
3.8.10 - Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history. But who wants to kill him? And how likely are they to succeed?...
Dems hunt for healthcare reform votes; House leaders struggle...
Democrats do not have a firm grip on the votes needed to pass sweeping healthcare reform legislation in the House of Representatives, one House leader admitted on Sunday....
Unlike Health Care, Cost Is No Object For Bloated Nukes Program
The lead story in Saturday's Washington Post, about the nuclear weapons decisions facing President Obama, runs longer than 1,300 words, but five a reader won't find are "cost," "dollars," "money," "debt," or "deficit." A reader would also search in vain for any talk of a "fiscal crisis" or a need to balance nuclear weapons priorities with available revenues. ...- Obama-backed website on government spending is found lacking
- Lehman 'used accounting gimmicks'
- Bush's union transparency rules retracted under Obama
- Another state to feds: Take your gun regs and stuff 'em
- House Democrats Announce Plan To Ban Corporate Earmarks
- REID PLEDGES FILIBUSTER REFORM
- Reid Slams Justices Roberts, Kennedy, And 'Those Characters' On Supreme Court
- FLASHBACK: Sen. Byrd Single-Handedly Stopped President Clinton From Using Reconciliation...
- Silver bullet from U.S. states kills 'mandatory' Obamacare
- Capitol Confidential: Exclusive: Pentagon Lawyers Push Back Against Holder’s GITMO Attorneys
- New EU Leadership Further Strains Israel-EU Relations
- 'Hamas used kids as human shields
- Nearly half of recruits for Afghan police fail drugs test
- Muslim terrorists kills Muslim again
- Kabul 'does not want proxy wars'
- Editorial: Complete capitulation
- US condemns Israeli expansion
- Iraq election: Purple fingers, but hard work ahead
- Islam Does Not Imprison Women
- Even The Taliban Questions Afghan Media Ban
- Germany plans state role in training imams
- Ed Balls 'wants to expand 50p tax rate' to double the number of earners hit
- Don't mention the war, girls: For sale, a treasure trove of very un-PC WWII propaganda posters
- Labour unveils radical plans to scrap 700-year-old House of Lords for elected 'senate'
- Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims
- Europe wakes from its Obama dream
- POPE UNDER PRESSURE ABUSE CLAIMS SWEEP CHURCH IN EUROPE
- Russia's Motor City Fights To Survive
- Drones Are Lynchpin of Obama's War on Terror
- SARKOZY SCOLDS USA: 'NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO BEHAVE'
- Strong quakes shake Chile inauguration...
- UN and Ministry of the Interior inform about plot to kill Guatemalan congresswoman
- Chile Leader Enters Changed Political Landscape
- What's Andy Warhol doing in rural Colombia?
- World's richest man: Mexico's Carlos Slim!
- UNIFEM: Changing the Game: Gaining Traction in Fragile States
- Germany Looks to Play Catch-Up in South America
- Hunger again in Guatemala, appeal seeks $ 34 million to prevent food shortage
- The Role of the Right to Food in achieving Sustainable Global Food Security
- In Buenos Aires, a brave few go veggie
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marg
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2010-03-15 13:40:16
Good luck identifying the so called "good" or "bad" teachers! All teachers have their strengths and weaknesses.
With great curriculum and good guidance ...
Green Goat
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2010-03-15 11:58:34
New name for NCLB? Your comments please, lol. Lets help the President and Secretary of Education!
Jon Bower
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2010-03-15 09:50:13
As a resident of Massachusetts, which has the highest performance of any state on international tests, I'm sad to see Texas selecting content for their ...
M Collins
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2010-03-15 08:39:45
Bravo! Finally, a cogent and coherent response to the strange happenings down in Texas.
Diane
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2010-03-15 08:13:41
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"A lot of people are not going to like what I say here, but it's the truth."
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