ABC News | RPT-Japan business lobby worried by Democrats' temp ban Reuters TOKYO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - A proposal by Japan's new ruling party to ban temporary workers on factory floors could hinder corporate strategy and take opportunities away from job seekers, the head of a business lobby said on Monday. ... Press upbeat on Japan's elections Japan awakes to new era as opposition sweeps into power Likely Japanese PM Hardly a Natural Politician |
guardian.co.uk | Eternal reunion as Ted Kennedy joins his two brothers at Arlington New York Daily News AP Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, center, poses with his brothers US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, (l.), and President John F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON - Ted Kennedy followed his brothers Jack and Bobby on ... O'M » |
BBC News | Final rites for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Los Angeles Times The day will begin with a Boston funeral Mass attended by dozens of dignitaries, include a stop on Capitol Hill, and end with his burial next to his brothers at Arlington National Cemetery. By Bob Drogin Reporting from Boston - Sen. ... US prepares for Kennedy funeral Ke! nnedy â€" Liberal icon for future or past? Sen. Ted Kennedy to be laid to rest |
BBC News | Kidnapped California Girl Found 18 Years Later New York Times By REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California girl who was kidnapped at the age of 11 in 1991 has been found alive, having spent 18 years living in sheds and tents behind the home of her accused abductor, a convicted rapist who fathered two ... Kidnapped girl found years later: Jaycee Lee Dugard comes home ... Kidnap suspect had criminal past, brother says Missing US girl bore two children |
Times Online | Ted Kennedy's Wife Vicki Reggie Tamed Senate's 'Last Lion' ABC News Just a week after surgeons biopsied his brain and diagnosed him with terminal cancer, Sen. Ted Kennedy was at the helm of his beloved yacht Mya last year sailing a stiff southern wind from Nantucket to Hyannisport, his wife Vicki ... Health care reform was Sen. Ted Kennedy's unfinished life's work Edward Kennedy remembered fondly in Ireland Americans Across Political Divide Pay Tribute to Kennedy |
guardian.co.uk | Kennedy's wives stood by him through trying periods USA Today By Susan Walsh, AP file By Elise Amendola, AP By Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY During two key elections in his political career, Sen. Edward Kennedy turned to his wife for help. In two cases 30 years apart, his first wife and then his second wife ... Kennedy's Death Raises Issues of Succession Kennedy: Always in the public spotlight Brown pays tribute to Ted Kennedy |
guardian.co.uk | CIA Abuse Cases Detailed in Report on Detainees New York Times WASHINGTON â€"The Justice Department released a long-secret report Monday chronicling abuses inside the Central Intelligence Agency's overseas prisons, showing how interrogators choked a prisoner repeatedly and threatened ... Holder's Decision on Probing CIA Tactics May Mean Prosecutions Proceed with CIA abuse cases Will Holder's 'Reckoning' on Detainee Abuse F » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Suspect in US model murder found dead in Canada Reuters VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A reality TV star wanted for the brutal murder of his bikini model ex-wife in California has been found dead in a motel near Vancouver, Canadian police said on Sunday. Ryan Jenkins, a Canadian who was the subject ... Motel manager says woman checked in reality star Man wanted in model's death is found hanged Reality TV Star, Killing Suspect, Is Found Dead |
Globe and Mail | Hurricane Bill hits NE coast with a bang Boston Globe WESTPORT - Hurricane Bill had barely reached the Carolinas when lifeguards at Horseneck Beach c » |
guardian.co.uk | Letter From Europe Libya Tactics Change, but Goal Doesn't New York Times PARIS â€" Sometime back, a reporter visiting Libya made a phone c » |
New York Times | Bomber's Libyan Welcome Won't Block Qaddafi UN Trip, US Says Bloomberg Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The crowds that welcomed convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi as he returned to his native Libya won't cause the US to try to block a visit to the United Nations next month by Libyan ... Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi flies home to hero's welcome Lockerbie Compassion Fury at 'hero's welcome' for bomber |
Newsweek | The Heart of the 'Prince of Darkness' Washington Post He was an opinionated op-ed man, a combative conservative on television, but through it » |
PC World | Miami man indicted in largest-ever scheme to steal credit card numbers MiamiHerald.com A Miami native who is one of the nation's most well-known hackers is charged with stealing 130 million credit card numbers -- a case prosecutors are c » |
Times Online | PGA shows Tiger isn't invincible FOXSports.com After more than 20 years of covering everything from election campaigns to the Olympic Games, Robert Lusetich will focus on his first love, golf, and specific » |
ABC News | Obama defends healthcare plans, criticizes insurers Reuters GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama reignited his criticism of health insurance companies on Saturday, promising reforms that would prevent firms from capping coverage or charging ... Obama gets personal in health care town h » |
ABC News | Obama Says Insurers Are Trying to Block Change New York Times BELGRADE, Mont. â€" President Obama on Friday accused some insurance companies of trying to undermine his plans for overhauling health care by “funding in opposition,†a comment that could inflame tensions at a time when Mr. Obama ... Obama Tackles Tough Questions at Montana Town H » |
Washington Post | A Surprise as Eagles Sign Vick for 2 Years New York Times Michael Vick, exiled from footb » |
Washington Post | Obama Gives Medal of Freedom to 16 Luminaries New York Times WASHINGTON â€" President Obama took a break from the vitriol of the health care debate on Wednesday to bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 16 luminaries in theater, sports, science, the humanities and politics, ... Obama: 16 medal recipients exemplify 'a life well lived' Kennedy Honored, but Too Ill to Attend Obama honors activists, actors, athletes, others |
Times Online | Last Bodies Recovered From River After Crash New York Times The bodies of two men were recovered from the skeletal remains of a single-engine plane that police divers and crane operators pulled from the Hudson River on Tuesday afternoon, the authorities said. ... Plane lifted from Hudson; final 2 bodies recovered Wreckage, bodi! es from New York air collision found Two Bodies Recovered in Plane Wreckage: Cops |
BBC News | Seven Bodies Recovered After NYC Air Crash, NTSB Says Bloomberg Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The bodies of seven people killed in a crash between a sightseeing helicopter and a sm » |
Xinhua | NTSB: 3 bodies recovered in Hudson air collision The Associated Press HOBOKEN, NJ â€" The National Transportation Safety Board says three of nine presumed victims of a helicopter-plane collision over the Hudson River have been recovered. NTSB chair Deborah Hersman says recovery operations have been c » |
Cash for Clunkers extension signed into law CNN President Obama signed into law a bill passed late Thursday night to extend the popular program aimed at boosting auto sales. By Jennifer Liberto, cnnmoney.com senior writer WASHINGTON (cnnmoney.com) -- President Barack Obama signed a bill Friday ... Obama signs $2 billion 'Cash for Clunkers' extension Take Advantage Of Cash For Clunkers While It Lasts Cash for Clunkers strains new car inventory |
New York Times | Sotomayor makes history Boston Globe While it has been a done deal ever since she survived her confirmation hearings last month without a meltdown, Sonia Sotomayor still made history this afternoon when the US Senate voted to put her on the nation's highest court. ... Senate confirms Sotomayor Senate confirm! s Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court On losing side: Hatch, Bennett vote against Sotomayor |
Times Online | Analysis: Obama lets NKorea's Kim save face The Associated Press WASHINGTON â€" The Obama administration let North Korean leader Kim Jong Il save face by releasing two jailed Americans to former President Bill Clinton. The payoff â€" maybe not right away â€" is likely to be renewed dialogue with Pyongyang about its ... Clinton and Gore, Together Again US journalists held separately for four months: sister Freed Journalists Return to US |
