Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Wednesday's Top News: Calling for a New Stimulus, Obama Is Ready to Rumble

Today's Top Stories

Calling for a New Stimulus, Obama Is Ready to Rumble

By MICHAEL SCHERER / WASHINGTON

In asking Congress for a second major stimulus effort in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, the President shows a new partisan edge

The Afghanistan Surge: How Will the Taliban Respond?

By TIM MCGIRK

Sending more U.S. troops won't defeat the insurgency, but Western officials are hoping it could help press the Taliban into a compromise

Why Does Google Search Love Examiner.com?

By BELINDA LUSCOMBE

Searches on Google for popular news topics often turn up stories from a little-known website ahead of stories from major media sites. Is this another case of David whipping Goliath, or is it just the weird science of search-engine optimization?

Could the Senate Kill Obama's PhRMA Deal?

By KATE PICKERT

News outlets are reporting tonight that the 10 senators tapped to negotiate an alternative to or compromise on the Senate health reform bill's public option have dropped the idea of a government-run health insurance plan altogether

Refining the Projections on Global Temperature Rise

By MICHAEL D. LEMONICK

A new study suggests that the most recent global temperature projections — a rise of 4°C or 7°C by 2100 — are incomplete

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By Amy Sullivan

No surprise here. As expected, the Senate voted down the Nelson abortion amendment late Tuesday (technically, they voted to table the amendment, which is essentially the same thing as killing it) by a vote of 54 to 45. Pro-choice GOP Senators Snowe and Collins supported the move, while pro-life Democratic Senators Bayh, Casey, Conrad, Dorgan, [...]

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Quotes of the Day

"The peoples of Europe are welcoming and tolerant: it's in their nature and in their culture. But they don't want their way of life, their mode of thinking and their social relations distorted."
French President NICOLAS SARKOZY,
defends Switzerland's ban on building minarets
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Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests

By Bryan Coll

Young men are turning away from the priesthood in one of Europe's traditional Catholic strongholds. Some dioceses could soon be without priests if new recruits aren't found -- quickly

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