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The Huffington Post:
Lieberman Tells Reid To His Face, He'll Vote Against Current Health Care Bill — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) informed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in a face-to-face meeting on Sunday that he will vote against a health care bill that includes …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Lieberman Rules Out Voting for Health Bill — WASHINGTON — In a surprise setback for Democratic leaders, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, said on Sunday that he would vote against the health care legislation in its current form. — The bill's supporters had said earlier …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Lieberman, Nelson: Public-option compromise still not good enough — Two key senators criticized the most recent healthcare compromise Sunday, saying the policies replacing the public option are still unacceptable. — Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) both said a Medicare …
Joseph Berger / New York Times:
Summers Predicts Job Growth by Spring — Lawrence H. Summers, President Obama's top economic advisor, predicted on Sunday that by the spring the ranks of working Americans will start to grow once again. — “Most professional forecasters are looking for a return to job growth by the spring …
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Michael M. Weinstein / New York Times:
Paul A. Samuelson, Groundbreaking Economist, Dies at 94 — Paul A. Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics and the foremost academic economist of the 20th century, died Sunday at his home in Belmont, Mass. He was 94. — His death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute …
David Rose / Daily Mail:
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Climate change emails row deepens as Russians admit they DID come from their Siberian server — The claim was both simple and terrifying: that temperatures on planet Earth are now ‘likely the highest in at least the past 1,300 years’.
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BBC:
Berlusconi is bloodied by attack — Mr Berlusconi was whisked away with blood on his face following the incident — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy is recovering in hospital after an assault left his face covered in blood following a rally in Milan.
Bradley Olson / Houston Chronicle:
Houston makes its choice; Parker makes history — Nation watches as city becomes the largest in U.S. to choose an openly gay leader — Annise Danette Parker was elected mayor of Houston on Saturday, winning her seventh consecutive city election and becoming both the first contender …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Houston picks conservative Annise Parker as mayor, first lesbian …
Houston picks conservative Annise Parker as mayor, first lesbian …
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New York Post:
Ask Ashley — Spitzer's babe answers all your love-life questions! — Sure, she's made some mistakes. But now Ashley Dupre, the former escort who brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer, is sharing what she's learned in her new sex, love and relationship column — exclusively in the New York Post.
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Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times:
WMD not point of Iraq war, Tony Blair says — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the staunchest ally of President Bush, says that absent the WMD claims, he still would have found an argument for invading Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein. — Tony Blair, seen here at the United Nations …
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Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Blagojevich's lawyers seek FBI interview with Obama — Rod Blagojevich's lawyers want the FBI to give up details of interviews conducted last year of President Obama, his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, White House adviser Valerie Jarrett and others as part of the investigation into the former governor.
Christinia Crippes / The Hawk Eye:
Harkin considers raising bill to end filibuster — Revenge could have been sweet. — The 1994 election saw a greater shift from Senate Democrats than the 2006 shift from Republicans. — So, in 1995 as a member of the newly minority party, Sen. Tom Harkin could have exacted revenge …
Joseph Rago / Wall Street Journal:
Health Care's ‘Radical Improver’ — How medicine's digital revolution can empower doctors and patients, with or without ObamaCare. — Printer — Friendly — Watertown, Mass. — 'It's a little bit like talking to a young prince," says Jonathan Bush, chairman and CEO of Athenahealth …
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Summers: ‘No more important issue’ than job growth — President Barack Obama's top economic adviser said Sunday that “there's no more important issue facing the country than job growth,” but it will take time to see the recession recovery that's expected. — National Economic Council …
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