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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Five more banks, including a California-based institution that reportedly received federal bailout funds in 2008, were closed Friday by regulators, bringing the 2009 total to 120 failed banks.

The latest banks to be taken over were U... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136855 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:14:36 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism
Sat Nov 7, 2009 6:42am EST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.

Since being... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136844 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:51:34 Source: [b]BBC News[/b]

Ecuador has introduced electricity rationing after a drought led to acute water shortages at the country's main hydro-electric power plant at Paute.

There have already been blackouts in the capital, Quito, and the Pacific port city of Guayaquil, officials say.

They say... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136820 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:23:51 Source: [b]AP[/b]

WASHINGTON — Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had finally lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama’s top... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136713 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:37:54 Source: [b]Plain Dealer[/b]

By Henry J. Gomez, The Plain Dealer
November 06, 2009, 9:53PM
Thomas Ondrey/The Plain DealerCleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- ...

WOIO Channel 19 first reported that Lori Frazier, Jackson’s niece, moved in with Sowell in 2005 about a month after he was released from... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136709 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:33:17 Source: [b]Telegraph.co.uk[/b]

Mrs Munley was one of the "first responders" who returned fire after army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan went on the rampage at the sprawling Fort Hood base in Texas.

She shot Hasan four times but was herself wounded in the gun battle. Her condition is now st... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136679 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:37:03 Source: [b]Clarion Ledger[/b]

A Wisconsin man was sentenced late today in federal court in Jackson to three years in prison for making a threat on the Internet to assassinate then-President-elect Barack Obama.

Steven Joseph Christopher, 42, faced a maximum five years in prison.

After a nearly... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136674 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:32:49 Source: [b]New York Times[/b]

By DAVID LEONHARDT

For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession — until now.

With the release of the jobs report on Friday, the broadest measure of... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136668 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:18:40 Source: [b]Omaha World Herald-AP[/b]

By MIKE GLOVER AP Political Writer

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) An aide said Friday that lawyer Roxanne Conlin intends to seek the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2010 and the right to oppose Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, who is seeking a sixth Senate term.
... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136605 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:48:45 Source: [b]El Universal[/b]

The government of President Álvaro Uribe asked Spain to explore "mechanisms to verify and monitor the situation" on the border with Venezuela, where tension has arisen over the last few days, the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs said Friday in a statement.

Colomb... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136554 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:22 Source: [b]Iowa politics.com[/b]

U.S. Sen. Grassley: Pushes immigration authorities to hold employers accountable for H-1B Visa fraud
11/6/2009



WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to step up its commitment to end the fraud and abuse of the... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136518 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:17:42 Source: [b]CNN[/b]

Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- The suspect in Friday's shooting of six people in a downtown high-rise is a 40-year-old "man with economic woes that include a recent bankruptcy filing, federal records show.

In his filing last May for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, under which he sought to ha... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136464 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:28:06 Source: [b]The Grand Rapids Press [/b]

ZEELAND -- Hundreds of ODL Inc. employees cheered when they heard there would be no layoffs during the slow production period in November and December. Instead of being laid off, 35 employees will receive their full salaries while they work at area nonprofit ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136457 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:22:20 Source: [b]AFP[/b]

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TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, ousted in a military-backed coup four months ago, called for fresh protests Friday after the collapse of a US-brokered deal to end the crisis.

Zelaya said last week's deal was no longer valid after d... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136390 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:54:47 Source: [b]The Associated Press[/b]

Schools emerge as new tactic in gay marriage votes
By The Associated Press
11.06.2009 3:30pm EST

(San Francisco) In one ad after another, voters in California and Maine were besieged with images of what would supposedly happen if same-sex marriage were legal... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136282 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:49:04 Source: [b]AP[/b]

KILLEEN, Texas -- An apartment complex manager says the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood, Texas recently had a religious bumper sticker torn off his car.

The manager, John Thompson, says a fellow soldier allegedly keyed Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's car and ripped up the bum... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136264 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:42:10 Source: [b]Bloomberg[/b]

“My economic team is looking at ideas such as additional investments in our aging roads and bridges, incentives to encourage families and businesses to make buildings more energy efficient,” additional tax cuts to spur hiring, and more steps to ease the flow of credit to sm... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136260 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:06 Source: [b]Associated Press[/b]

CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez's government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups.

The deployment to the Venezuelan b... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136257 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:39:09 Source: [b]Reuters[/b]

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – More than 25 NATO and Afghan troops were wounded during a search Friday for two missing U.S. paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said. The Taliban said the two missing soldiers were dead and it had recovered their bodies.

... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136252 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:36:44 Source: [b]Miami Herald[/b]

Posted on Friday, 11.06.09
Dominican Republic town blames U.S. firm for birth defects
A small Dominican Republic town plagued by birth defects wants to know if a U.S. power company is to blame.

BY FRANCES ROBLES
frobles@MiamiHerald.com
ARROYO BARRIL, D... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136248 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:34:33 Source: [b]Wash Times[/b]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | U.S. military officials sent a medical team to a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan this week to take blood samples from members of an Army unit after a soldier in the unit died from an Ebola-like virus.

Dr. Jim Radike, an expert in internal ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136222 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:20:36 Source: [b]http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/11/attorney_general_serves_search.html[/b]

Investigators in khaki pants and polo shirts loaded several dozen computers and other electronic items into an SUV. They are also carrying records out of the building on handcarts.

The large office bui... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136208 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:12:55 Source: [b]CBS News/AP[/b]

[i]More Details Emerge on Suspected Fort Hood Gumnan; Former Classmate Remembers Him Railing Against War on Terror[/i]

(CBS/ AP) A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136203 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:11:11 Source: [b]MSNBC/AP[/b]

ATLANTA - At the height of the nationwide salmonella outbreak nearly a year ago, FBI agents raided two peanut plants and carried away boxes of evidence. FDA inspectors found roaches, mold and a leaky roof. Then, Congress revealed e-mails from the peanut company's top executi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136184 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:59:59 Source: [b]guardian.co.uk,[/b]

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AVAAZ organization's activists in a performance during the closing day of Meeting on Climate Change in Barcelona, Spain, 06 Nov 2009. Photograph: Toni ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136152 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:32:06 Source: [b]Manchester Guardian[/b]

[div class="excerpt"]Britain "cannot, must not and will not walk away" from Afghanistan, Gordon Brown said today.

The prime minister also gave the Kabul government a stern warning that it had to clean up and reform if it was to continue receiving international ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136059 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:46:03 Source: [b]WV Metro News[/b]

The AFL-CIO is throwing its support behind U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi health care reform bill.
In a release Thursday, the union said the legislation covers the goals set by President Obama to make "health care more affordable and more accessible while holding in... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136028 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:28 Source: [b]Bloomberg[/b]

Afghan Air Strike ‘Appropriate,’ German Defense Minister Says
By Patrick Donahue and Karin Matussek

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said that a military air strike in Afghanistan was justified, after federal prosecutors were ask... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4136010 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:53 Source: [b]San Francisco Chronicle[/b]

Tree-huggers be warned, you may soon be picking-up part of the energy bill for the neighbors that leave all the lights on.

In a recent application to the state, Pacific Gas and Electric asked to raise service rates by 5 percent for their best energy conserv... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135995 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:14:11 Source: [b]MSNBC/The Elkhart Truth[/b]

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. - Former Vice President Dick Cheney held back no criticism Thursday of President Barack Obama, strongly questioning the administration's policy in Afghanistan and its approach to combating terrorism.

Cheney, speaking to the Economic Clu... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135739 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:31 Source: [b]Congressional website[/b]

Washington, DC – Today, Representative Anthony Weiner (D - Brooklyn and Queens), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, released the following statement on his decision to withdraw his single payer amendment to H.R. 3962, the House health... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135728 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:50:07 Source: [b]WPTV[/b]

WESH TV, The NBC affiliate in Orlando reports authorities were dispatched to a shooting at a downtown Orlando high-rise Friday morning.

The station says rescue crews were called to the 16 story Gateway Center at 1000 Legion Place around 11:30 a.m.

Dispatchers with the Or... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135707 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:19 Source: [b]UPI[/b]

Colombia's Uribe under fire over U.S. bases pact
Published: Nov. 6, 2009 at 11:22 AM

http://photos.upi.com.nyud.net:8090/story/t/3ddf4e13680da45e19a1a7d9d3999b56/Colombias-Uribe-under-fire-over-US-bases-pact.jpg

BOGOTA, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is o... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135681 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:28:05 Source: [b]NY Daily News[/b]

Republican leaders are pleased their health reform plan would lower premiums on average up to 10% - and shave $68 billion from the federal deficit.

But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found an odd feature in the 230-page bill: Coverage would be more expen... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135671 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:21:12 Source: [b]Al Jazeera[/b]

Saudi jets and ground forces have carried out more raids against Yemeni Houthi fighters, the government has said.

The operations were to "neutralise the firing by intruders" and to clear areas where they had encroached on Saudi territory, the government said in a statem... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135663 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:16:19 Source: [b]Yahoo News[/b]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.

The Whi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135624 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:55:52 Source: [b]AP[/b]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the "whole nation is grieving right now" over the mass killings at Fort Hood. He urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officials gather facts about the shootings.

The president on Friday ordered flags at the White... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135613 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:51:40 Source: [b]Star Telegram[/b]


Arab-American and Muslim groups condemned the mass shooting at Fort Hood and expressed concern that the tragedy would cause thousands of Muslims and Arabs who serve honorably in the U.S. military to be viewed with suspicion.

“I hope we don’t go down that road of lo... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135590 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:07 Source: [b]Telegraph UK[/b]

[b]Nicolas Sarkozy[/b], the French president, [b]has dealt a heavy blow to Tony Blair’s hopes of becoming European Union president by withdrawing his support[/b] for the former premier’s candidacy.

The French move, at an EU summit in Brussels, confirmed David Miliban... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135531 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:13:05 Source: [b]CNN[/b]

(CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to deliver remarks at a Wisconsin Right to Life event Friday evening, one of the few speeches the former Republican presidential nominee will have given since she resigned the governorship last summer.

But Palin appears to be doing... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4135398 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:51