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Get all the latest headlines from around the world in one place! http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:19 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:19 Source: [b]The Associated Press[/b]

Philippine gay group fights to contest elections
By The Associated Press
11.20.2009 4:15pm EST

(Manila, Philippines) A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year’s polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cann... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4155151 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:24:12 Source: [b]AP[/b]

Pentagon: US to look at own role in Afghan graft

By LOLITA C. BALDOR (AP) – 1 hour ago

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4155139 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:39 Source: [b]TheIndyChannel[/b]

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was met by a cheering crowd of more than 1,000 people when she arrived in Noblesville Thursday night, but not everyone left happy.

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The store handed out 1,000 wristbands for Thursday night's b... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4155138 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:20 Source: [b]AHN[/b]

Former CNN host Lou Dobbs says he is not ruling out running for Senate or making a run for the White House in 2012.

Dobbs, 64, has been answering questions about his future since leaving CNN earlier in November after being pressured by network executives to alter his style of ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4155116 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:58 Source: [b]Guardian U.K.[/b]

Hundreds of private emails and documents allegedly exchanged between some of the world's leading climate scientists during the past 13 years have been stolen by hackers and leaked online, it emerged today. The computer files were apparently accessed earlier this week fr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4155087 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:27 Source: [b]Detroit News[/b]

Last Updated: November 20. 2009 1:32PM
Toyota's image under scrutiny
Safety advocates say acceleration issue may not be easy fix
Christine Tierney / The Detroit News


For years, Toyota Motor Corp. has investigated complaints from drivers saying their Toyota and Le... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4155042 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:30 Source: [b]AP[/b]

[div class] COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison told The Associated Pr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4155041 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:59 Source: [b]Canadian Press[/b]

The Federal Court says the refugee board must reconsider the case of a lesbian who deserted from the U.S. army and fled to Canada.

Judge Yves de Montigny said the board erred last February when it rejected Bethany Smith's bid for refugee status.

Smith said she fl... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4155037 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:16 Source: [b]WRAL[/b]

Durham, N.C. - Public health officials confirmed Friday that four patients at Duke UniversityHospital have a drug-resistant form of the H1N1 influenza virus.The four patients have been treated at the hospital over the last six weeks, officials said.Last summer, health officials ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154992 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:53 Source: [b]WTEN[/b]

COLONIE, N.Y. -- Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are promising a military mother they will find out exactly what happened to her daughter.

Staff Sergeant Amy Seyboth Tirador died in Iraq earlier this month. She was laid to rest on Monday.

The Army says she ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154976 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:45 Source: [b]AP[/b]

ZURICH — FIFA suspended Iraq from soccer because of political interference in the national federation.

Soccer's world governing body says it is "unacceptable" for Iraq's Olympic committee to disband the federation this week for alleged financial and administrative irregularitie... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154966 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:22 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai is an "unworthy partner" who does not deserve a big boost either in U.S. troops or civilian aid, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.

Pelosi, a skeptic on sending more troops to Afghanistan, also said... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154962 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:32 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

November 21, 2009
Ohio Sues Credit Rating Agencies

By REUTERS
Ohio’s attorney general sued Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings on Friday, asserting that they provided misleading credit ratings that led to hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for state funds... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154955 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:01 Source: [b]UK Independent[/b]

Britain knew that American agents were using barbaric torture techniques on terror suspects, including British resident Binyam Mohamed, it emerged yesterday. Secret reports sent between MI5 and the CIA in 2002 reveal that the American security services were using tortu... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154937 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:41 Source: [b]CNN[/b]

Brussels, Belgium (CNN) -- Representatives of six world powers and the European Union met in Brussels on Friday to discuss Iran's apparent rejection of a key part of a nuclear deal.

A statement will be issued "soon," according to the office of Javier Solana, the EU's foreign p... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154932 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:53:51 Source: [b]CNN International[/b]

A British man who strangled his wife in his sleep while dreaming that she was an intruder walked free from court Friday after the case against him was withdrawn, prosecutors said.

The UK's Crown Prosecution Service requested that the case against Brian Thomas, wh... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154925 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:06 Source: [b]WP[/b]

The Democratic Party raised $11.5 million in October, a record month for a non-presidential election year in the post-McCain-Feingold era, according to a party source.

That leaves the Democratic National Committee with $12.3 million in cash on hand and $4.4 million in outstandi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154922 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:48:27 Source: [b]Democracy Now[/b]

On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by US-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest “School of the Assassins” at Ft. Benning

Thousands are gathering at Fort Benning in Georgia this weekend for the annual protest to shut down the US Army training ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154854 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:52:53 Source: [b]Washington Post[/b]

Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill with the disease, officials announced Friday.

In a statement, the Norwegian ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154853 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:51 Source: [b]Detroit Free Press[/b]

POSTED: 10:30 A.M. NOV. 20, 2009 | UPDATED: 11:28 A.M. TODAY
Asian carp may have breached barrier for lake
BY TINA LAM
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER


Great Lakes advocates said today they’ve been told that DNA evidence of one species of Asian carp has been detecte... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154832 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:41:23 Source: [b]AP[/b]

By KWANG-TAE KIM (AP) – 10 hours ago

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean official says a gunman has opened fire on the island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself.

The Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't a... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154828 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:40:03 Source: [b]CNN Political Ticker[/b]

Washington (CNN ) - Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson announced Friday that he would be supporting the motion to proceed that would allow the Senate to begin debate on the Democrats' health care reform legislation.

"Throughout my Senate career I have consistently rejec... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154805 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:19:58 Source: [b]AP[/b]

WASHINGTON – The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any pu... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154797 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:15:55 Source: [b]Wall Street Journal[/b]

Some of the largest shareholders in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have urged the Wall Street firm to reduce the size of its bonus pool, arguing that it should pass along more of its blockbuster earnings to investors, according to people familiar with the situation.

... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154772 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:32 Source: [b]SF Gate[/b]

UC Berkeley students took over a campus building in protest this morning, a day after the University of California regents voted to raise tuition by 32 percent.

An undetermined number of protesters barricaded themselves at about 6 a.m. inside Wheeler Hall, which houses the... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154763 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:52:56 Source: [b]Chicago Trib[/b]

Army veteran William "Bill" Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping other veterans.

On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a Midlothian bank to deposit money the south suburb's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2580 had raised during a benefit.

He nev... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154742 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:22 Source: [b]Watertown Daily Times[/b]

[div class="excerpt"]The race for the 23rd Congressional District is finally, mathematically, over.

Rep. William L. Owens could lose all 3,072 absentee ballots left to be counted and still win the race.

Mr. Owens led the race by 3,176 votes after the 11 co... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154650 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:31 Source: [b]Computerworld[/b]

The two lawmakers who successfully added H-1B hiring restrictions to the financial bailout bill earlier this year have introduced legislation that would bar any firm that lays off 50 or more workers from hiring guest workers.

This legislation, introduced by Sen. Bern... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154635 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:36:23 Source: [b]cbs/ap[/b]




WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2009
Change Ahead for Cervical Cancer Detection

Women in their 20s Should Get Pap Smear Every Two Years, Not Annually, OB/GYN Organization Says


Learn about the most common cancers, who gets them and how they are treated.

(CBS/ AP) Most... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154606 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:52:16 Source: [b]Omaha World Herald-AP[/b]

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud.

U.S. District ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154561 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:26:21 Source: [b]Omaha World Herald[/b]

By Henry J. Cordes

When it comes to riding out the Great Recession, we're No. 1.

Forbes on Thursday put Omaha-Council Bluffs at the top of its list of the nation's fastest-recovering major metropolitan areas. Magazine editors said the area's diverse economy, ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154550 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:17:38 Source: [b]BBC[/b]

East African leaders are due to sign a common market treaty later on Friday.

The presidents of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi are expected to agree to the free movement of people and goods across the region.

It is hoped that the deal will lead to greater eco... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154525 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:20:08 Source: [b]du[/b]

[font size=2][b]STOCK MARKET WATCH, Friday November 20, 2009[/b]

Bush Administration Officials Convicted = 1
Name(s): David Safavian

Bush Administration Officials Charged = 1
Name(s): Richard Lopez Razo

Financial Sector Officials Convicted since 1/20/09 = [b][font color... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154508 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:34:54 Source: [b]AP[/b]

HOUSTON — A woman who claimed she was raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary has been awarded nearly $3 million by an arbitrator to settle her case.

Tracy Barker had sued U.S. contractor KBR Inc., its former parent company Halliburton and se... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154498 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:57 Source: [b]BBC[/b]


Iran's compromise deal is likely to be rejected
Representatives of the six major powers negotiating with Iran over its nuclear programme will meet in Brussels later on Friday.

They are to discuss their response to Iran's rejection of a key part of a deal that would allow T... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154497 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:58:30 Source: [b]Associated Press[/b]

[b]Suicide bomber kills 13 in western Afghanistan[/b]
By AMIR SHAH (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
November 20, 2009 3:17 AM EST

KABUL - A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Fri... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154466 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:14:52 Source: [b]BBC[/b]

By Jonathan Fildes
Technology reporter, BBC News >


Internet search giant Google has lifted the lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS.

The free and open source system is initially aimed at low-cost netbooks and does away with many of the features of a traditi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154461 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:02:17 Source: [b]NY Times[/b]

MEXICO CITY — As the presidential election draws near in Honduras, the de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti, and the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, continued their political jockeying on Thursday, with Mr. Micheletti announcing that he would briefly cede power to increase t... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154423 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:57:10 Source: [b]Wall Street Journal[/b]

Some Treasury bills maturing at the start of next year traded at negative rates Thursday, a sign of investors' strong demand for the safest securities at a time when T-bills are in scarce supply.

When market participants buy Treasury bills at negative rates, th... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154384 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:05:35 Source: [b]The Chicago Tribune[/b]

George W. Bush's political leanings are certainly more right than left, so one might have expected his presidential library to be an exercise in lock-step traditionalism.

Yet the plans unveiled Wednesday are more complicated than that, even if they are by no me... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4154369 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:39:41