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Seattle Times, 11.03.10 15:35 UTC

Democrats, White House close in on health bill

A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul.

Huffington Post, 11.03.10 14:00 UTC

Simon Johnson: The Speech For Which We Have Been Waiting

For nearly two years now we have waited for a speech. We need a simple speech and a direct speech - most of all a political speech - about what exactly happened to our financial system, and therefore ...


Telegraph, 11.03.10 14:00 UTC

Portrait of officer who burnt the White House to go on sale

A tiny portrait of a British Navy hero who helped set the White House ablaze is estimated to fetch up to £15,000 at auction next month.


Miami Herald, 11.03.10 12:27 UTC

After U.S. visit, Haiti president optimistic on direct aid

U.S. lawmakers and President Barack Obama pledged to help Haiti recover from the January earthquake.


Los Angeles Times, 11.03.10 08:14 UTC

Obama touts plan to cut waste in Medicare, Medicaid

Pitching his healthcare reform legislation in suburban Missouri, the president announces a broadened initiative to block fraud in government health programs.


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11.03.10 07:27 UTC

Leaders in House Block Earmarks to Corporations

WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders on Wednesday banned budget earmarks to private industry, ending a practice that has steered billions of dollars in no-bid contracts to companies and set off ...


Belfast Telegraph, 11.03.10 06:19 UTC

They've got a deal! Oh no they haven't! It's panto time again

Barack Obama was bouncing with excitement in the White House on Tuesday as word came in that Stormont had accepted the devolution of policing and justice. "Thank God," he breathed to a shiny-eyed ...


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