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December 2009

December 23, 2009 - Final Senate Healthcare Vote Scheduled  Click here ; Quinnipiac Poll: Using Public Funds for Abortion ‘Extremely Unpopular’ with Americans  Click here ; U.S. Military Defends Pregnancy Policy In Iraq   Click here ; New Homes Sales Sink 11% in November  Click here ; California Official Orders Removal of Christmas Angel After Complaint  Click here ; Zogby: 39 Percent Not in Mood for Christmas  Click here

December 22, 2009 - Reid Bill Says Future Congresses Cannot Repeal Parts of Reid Bill  Click here ; Health Care Bill’s Individual Mandate Is Unconstitutional, Conservative Group Argues  Click here ; Modified loans are quickly in default   Click here ; Rep. Parker Griffith switches to GOP  Click here ; U.S. recovery expectations drive dollar up, gold down  Click here ; Study: Mississippi is 'most religious' state  Click here

December 21, 2009 - Senate Democrats clear health care hurdle  Click here ; Sen. Ben Nelson Faces Backlash Over His Vote for Senate Health Care Bill  Click here ; Who wins, who loses in Senate health bill   Click here ; Health plans on collision course  Click here ; Joe Biden update: Working from home again today  Click here ; Judge hears final arguments in inmate's sex-change  Click here

December 18, 2009 - Obama, other leaders in last-minute climate talks  Click here ; On environment, Obama and scientists take hit in poll  Click here ; Senate Democrats block GOP filibuster   Click here ; New credit card has 79.9% interest rate  Click here ; Kucinich panel to investigate Citigroup tax ruling  Click here ; Spending earmark sends $100,000 grant to wrong coast  Click here

December 17, 2009 - 'CRU cherrypicked Russian climate data', says Russian  Click here ; Blizzard Dumps Snow on Copenhagen as Leaders Battle Warming  Click here ; Health bill held up by single Democrat and GOP tactics   Click here ; Sen. Coburn: ‘I Don’t Think We Ought to Take Tax Money from Americans to Cover Any Health Care’  Click here ; Democrats' blues grow deeper in new poll  Click here ; Drunk 4-Year-Old Steals Christmas Presents  Click here

December 16, 2009 - Health care overhaul bill slowed by read-a-thon  Click here ; Howard Dean: Health Care Bill 'Bigger Bailout for the Insurance Industry Than AIG'   Click here ; Canadian Company Will ‘Offset’ Emissions From Obama’s Air Force One Flight to Copenhagen Climate Conference   Click here ; U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup's bailout repayment  Click here ; Fed to Strike Upbeat Note on Economy  Click here ; Tiger Woods crisis sparks new ‘reputation risk insurance’ for sponsors  Click here

December 15, 2009 - Gore: Polar ice may vanish in 5-7 years  Click here ; Inconvenient Truth for Gore as Arctic Ice Claims Don't Add Up   Click here ; Obama's Safe Schools Czar Tied to Lewd Readings for 7th Graders   Click here ; Raid violated privacy rights of alleged illegal immigrants, Colorado's top court rules   Click here ; Tough road for immigration bill  Click here ; Va. middle school cancels mock U.N. debate on Taliban  Click here

December 14, 2009 - Senate Dems struggle to get health care on track  Click here ; Larry Summers: recession is over   Click here ; Judge backs student’s First Amendment rights   Click here ; Canada freezes as snow storm strands thousands  Click here ; You've Got Mail, But the Mailman Hid It  Click here ; CU weighs using timers to control dorm showers  Click here

December 11, 2009 - Health care loophole would allow coverage limits  Click here ; For feds, more get 6-figure salaries   Click here ; Chinese Minister Links ‘One-Child’ Policy to Emissions Reduction at Climate Conference  Click here ; House OKs $3.9 billion in earmarks in spending bill  Click here ; Few troubled mortgages being modified permanently  Click here ; University of Colorado places ban on Nerf guns  Click here

December 10, 2009 - Administration Warns of 'Command-and-Control' Regulation Over Emissions  Click here ; Obama's Top Science Adviser to Congress: Earth Could Be Reaching Global Warming ‘Tipping Point’ That Would Be Followed by a Dramatic Rise in Sea Level Click here ; Polls show dim support for health care bill  Click here ; Health Care Workers Are Most Trusted Americans, Members of Congress Are Least Trusted, Says Gallup Poll  Click here ; War president addresses incongruity of accepting peace prize  Click here ; Scientists: Killing 1 Owl May Save Another  Click here

December 9, 2009 - Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag  Click here ; Climategate: Gore falsifies the record  Click here ; Senate rejects Nelson amendment on abortion  Click here ; Black Caucus calls on Obama for more help for African Americans  Click here ; Gov't Posts Airport Screening Secrets Online  Click here ; N.J. fugitive was working for homeland security office in Georgia, authorities say  Click here

December 8, 2009 - Senator Boxer Compares Viagra Prescription To Abortion in Opposing Amendment to Health Care Bill  Click here ; Republican Party Blasts Sen. Reid Over ‘Slavery’ Comment  Click here ; Watered-Down 'Public Plan' Emerges in Senate  Click here ; Obama eyes repaid gov't bank loans for jobs help  Click here ; Supreme Court to decide if Christian college group must allow gays, others to get school nod  Click here ; Limos and Private Jets for Climate Dignitaries   Click here

December 7, 2009 - If ‘Public Option’ Stands, Senators Say They'll Block A Vote on Health Care Bill   Click here ; EPA: Greenhouse gases endanger human health  Click here ; Christmas trees banned for climate summit   Click here ; After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%  Click here ; NPR reporter pressured over Fox role  Click here ; HPD officer's '666' badge strikes fear  Click here

December 4, 2009 - Navy Seals Could Face Year in Prison Over Alleged Punching of Terrorist Suspected of Masterminding Fallujah Murders  Click here ; United Nations to Probe Climate E-Mail Leak  Click here ; Boxer Suggests Leaked E-Mails Represent 'Criminal' Hacker Conspiracy  Click here ; House Votes to Extend Tax on Wealthy Estates  Click here ; Houston braces for icy night after record early snowfall  Click here ; Four-country study finds no cancer link to cellphone usage  Click here

December 3, 2009 - China sentences 5 church leaders to labor camp  Click here ; Researcher: NASA hiding climate data  Click here ; Senate to skip holiday if health care bill stalls  Click here ; Struggling media will need government help: US congressman   Click here ; California Junior High Principal Apologizes For Not Warning Parents About Pro-Homosexual Program for 8th Graders  Click here ; White House accepts some blame in gatecrasher saga  Click here

December 2, 2009 - 116 U.S. Troops Died in Afghanistan While Obama Pondered Reinforcements  Click here ; A war strategy with echoes of Bush  Click here ; Hoyer Signals Support for War Tax  Click here ; Inhofe Asks Boxer to Investigate Possible Scientific ‘Conspiracy’ in ‘Climategate’   Click here ; Tempers Flare As Senate Debates Health Care  Click here ; Group’s Annual ‘Naughty and Nice’ List Shows More Merchants Acknowledging Christmas  Click here 

December 1, 2009 - White House Dismisses ‘Climategate’ Because ‘Most People’ Believe in Global Warming  Click here ; UK climate scientist to temporarily step down  Click here ; Democrats 'nervous' about Afghanistan plan  Click here ; Dick Cheney slams President Obama for projecting ‘weakness’   Click here ; Millions of Families Will Pay $2,100 More in Annual Health Insurance Premiums Under Senate Bill  Click here ; Some toy drives check immigration status  Click here

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