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Health Care Bill Clears First Senate Hurdle - 5 Hours ago

WASHINGTON- Democratic leaders secured the last two votes to move ahead on historic health care legislation, clearing the way for a Saturday night showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative.

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China mine blast death reach 87 - 4 Hours ago

At least 87 people are now known to have died in a coal mine blast in northern China, state media reports. Another 21 miners are reportedly still trapped at the pit in Hegang City in Heilongjiang province.

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Deadly explosion kills 87 in NE China colliery - 5 Hours ago

Rescue workers stand by the mine entrance as smoke billows out after a gas explosion at a coal mine in Hegang City, in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, November 21, 2009.[Xinhua] More photos The

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Michael Scott mourned at private funeral Saturday
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In recession, one road leads home
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'China has stake in Kashmir issue'
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Jacko 'moonwalk' glove sells for 350,000 US dollars
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World powers to discuss Iran rejection of nuclear deal
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Bomb attack targets Pakistan police: official
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HEALTH CARE VOTE: The day the Senate Democrats say they have enough votes to continue - 6 Hours ago
'We don't want to be an unruly mob, we want to know we are not going to be silent any longer,' says Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Miller-Meeks says she's simply trying to protect the relationship between
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Swine flu may be peaking in U.S. - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday. But they stressed that influenza, especially a pandemic, could hit several
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US Senate healthcare vote begins - 5 Hours ago
Mr Reid's healthcare bill is more than 2,000 pages long The US Senate has begun voting on whether to hold a full debate on a bill designed to overhaul the country's healthcare provision. Earlier, Democrats
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Politics/Law

Healthcare bill passes first Senate test - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping healthcare overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on the biggest healthcare changes
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Obama's approval: 49 pct, new Gallup low - 4 Hours ago
Public approval of the job that President Barack Obama is performing has fallen below 50 percent for the first time in the Gallup Poll's daily tracking of opinion. The 49-percent approval for Obama's
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Patients fed up with health care look abroad - 5 Hours ago
Medical tourism is the practice of traveling abroad to get operations not covered by provincial health care plans, or those too expensive to get in the U.S. It has proved to be a very successful business
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Business

LyondellBasell says receives offer from Reliance - 2 Hours ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Indian energy giant Reliance Industries has made a non-binding cash offer to buy a controlling interest in bankrupt petrochemicals company LyondellBasell Industries, LyondellBasell
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Royal Bank of Scotland shows lack of loyalty and ethics as it backs Krafts bid for - 5 Hours ago
The state-controlled bank does the chocolate maker a discourtesy as it opts for a quick buck There's a sequel to my story last week about Royal Bank of Scotland coming under fire for using taxpayers'
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Labour backs down over unmasking banks' top earners - 5 Hours ago
Government retreats over naming bank top earners Top 20 highest paid employees now unlikely to be identified unless they have boardroom roles Thousands of the highest-paid bankers in the City look likely

Finance

Obama asks for patience on economy - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism
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US SEC puts hedge fundsâ?? high frequency trading under scanner - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON: US securities enforcers are looking at some of the high frequency trading that hedge funds are doing, a top Securities and Exchange Commission official said on Friday. The SEC is looking at
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Stocks slide for third straight day - 5 Hours ago
Client News Release City of Industry, CA --(www. FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 11/20/2009 - US Market industry news provided by Financial News USA. US stocks fell for a third straight day, while the dollar
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Sports

McCluster passes Ole Miss to 25-23 win over LSU - 5 Hours ago
OXFORD, Miss. -- Dexter McCluster ran for 148 yards and passed for a touchdown, and Mississippi survived a last-ditch drive by 10th-ranked LSU for a 25-23 victory Saturday. After recovering an onside
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Iginla hat trick lifts Flames over Kings 5-2 - 6 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES -- Jarome Iginla scored a goal in each period to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Iginla completed his first hat trick of the season, and ninth
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Saturday is a wash at LPGA Tour Championship - 5 Hours ago
All of Saturday's play at the LPGA Tour Championship was canceled when overnight rain left The Houstonian Golf & Country Club unplayable. The tournament, the final one for the LPGA Tour season, has
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Industry

Poll boost for Brown as Tories drop - PA - 3 Hours ago
Gordon Brown has been boosted by a poll suggesting the Tories' lead has been slashed. An Ipsos MORI survey for The Observer put David Cameron's party on 37% - just six points ahead of Labour. The gap
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Record bite for â??New Moonâ??: $72.7 million - 6 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES - Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single-day domestic box office record set by 'The
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Atlantis astronauts complete second spacewalk of mission - 3 Hours ago
U.S. astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik wrapped up the second space walk for space shuttle Atlantis's STS-129 mission on Saturday, NASA said. This is a file photo of Astronaut Robert L. Satcher
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Internet

Message from Tolkien for Facebook and the net monopolists - 5 Hours ago
Social networks that want to dominate a corner of cyberspace should remember AOL LIKE MANY people in his business, the technology publisher Tim O'Reilly is a heavy user of the Twitter microblogging service.

Social networking a web of deceit - 5 Hours ago
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Google Chrome OS Source Code Now Available For Download - 5 Hours ago
Today on twitter Google released the Source Code for the anticipated operating system named 'Chrome OS'. the source code can be downloaded for more info on the Google Chrome OS and web browser watch the
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Science

US: Converted Organics exhibits organic fertilizer Products at major trade shows - 3 Hours ago
Converted Organics Inc. announced that the Company is exhibiting its organic fertilizer products today at the California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA) and the Organic Fertilizer Association
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Israel: Syngenta to supply fungicide to Makhteshim-Agan Syngenta, the Basel provider - 3 Hours ago
Syngenta, the Basel provider of crop protection solutions, signed a long-term agreement to supply Makhteshim-Agan, the Airport City, Israel, agrichemicals specialist, with the fungicide azoxystrobin.

BRIEF: Monsanto addresses pollution - 3 Hours ago
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- MON | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate

Entertainment

'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' rises to No 1 at box office - 3 Hours ago
Vampire romance movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" raked in $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," studio
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Heidi Klum - Klum Back On The Runway - 6 Hours ago
Caption: Heidi Klum (Picture) Victoria's Secret Fashion Show after party at M2 Ultra Lounge New York City, USA .... Supermodel HEIDI KLUM returned to the runway on Thursday (19Nov09), just five weeks
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Glorious 39 | Film review - 5 Hours ago
Romola Garai, Eddie Tremayne and Juno Temple in Stephen Poliakoff's Glorious 39. This is an enjoyable conspiracy thriller in the manner of John Frankenheimer's Seven Days in May, starring the fetching

Technology

Swine flu likely hitting a peak in US: Official - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON: The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health officials and Quest Diagnostics said yesterday. But both Quest and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Smoking near your iMac may void warranty - 2 Hours ago
According to Apple smoking isn't only bad for you, but it's also bad for your computer, and now two iMac owners are claiming that Apple voided their warranties due to second-hand smoke. Apple has allegedly
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Brazilian Breaks Secrecy of Brazil's E-Voting Machines With Van Eck Phreaking - 2 Hours ago
After the report last week that Brazil's e-voting machines had withstood the scrutiny of team of invited hackers, reader ateu writes with news that a hacker has shown that the Linux-based voting machines

Health

Democrats Unite to Hold Off Senate GOP Health Care Filibuster - 3 Hours ago
In a rare weekend vote, with Senators sitting in their assigned seats to signify the importance of the moment, Democrats secured help from nervous moderate members and reached the 60 votes they needed

Flu kills four Hajj pilgrims, Saudi Arabia says - 5 Hours ago
A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, the Saudi Health Ministry said. The victims of the virus were a 17-year-old Nigerian female
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Two nationally-known nutrition experts help Chilean Avocado Group reach thousands - 3 Hours ago
Thousands of registered dietitians from all dietetic specialties and all U.S. states learned about the benefits of monounsaturated fats, also known as' MUFAs, courtesy of the Chilean Avocado Importers

Culture

Picasso, Warhol... Burton? - 4 Hours ago
The creator of Edward Scissorhands wins fine art status with a show at MoMA in New York Tim Burton with his work at MoMA in New York last week. Photograph: Jemal Countess/ 'Is there a doctor here?' asks

Artists cast as saviours of British cinema - 5 Hours ago
After the success of Steve McQueen and Sam Taylor-Wood, the UK Film Council aims to fund debuts by a new crop of artists turned film-makers First came Turner prize-winner Steve McQueen's gritty film Hunger,

Postcard art: Having a cool time. Wish you were here - 5 Hours ago
They don't look much like contemporary art-lovers. There are no sharp suits, silly haircuts or bold spectacle frames. Instead, the queue snaking outside the Royal College of Art (RCA) is made up of a