Democrats Hold Line, But Cracks Show

Senate Democrats pushed ahead with President Barack Obama's vision of health reform Saturday night – after a day that exposed significant divides in the party that could make it all but impossible to complete work on a plan by year's end, or even sink the bill altogether.

Climate Change Pushes Poor Women To Prostitution, Dangerous Work

The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous work, and sometimes even the flesh trade, a United Nations official said.

White House at odds with bishops over abortion

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Pope tells artists beauty can be a path to God

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."

Hackers Leak Researchers' E-mails, Claims Of Manipulation Of Climate Data

LONDON – Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.

Obama Job Approval Down to 49%

PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, putting him below the majority approval level for the first time in his presidency.

U.S.Lawmakers Defend 'In God We Trust'

Forty-four U.S. legislators have signed on to defend the national motto, "In God We Trust," and the Pledge of Allegiance – which contains the word "God" – from an attempt by an atheist group to have the words erased from the face of the newly built Capitol Visitor Center.

Obama Retreats on Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama and other world leaders agreed today that next month's much-anticipated climate change summit will be merely a way station, not the once hoped-for end point, in the search for a worldwide global warming treaty.

Obama Green-Lights Arab Land Grab

TEL AVIV – A top Palestinian Authority negotiator told WND that the Obama administration won't stand in the way of a Palestinian threat to unilaterally ask the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state outside of negotiations with Israel.

Gore's Climate Speech: 800 Attend, 200 Protest

BOCA RATON — Confused Palm Beach County voters helped thwart Al Gore's 2000 bid to become president of the United States, but he was introduced as "president of the planet" when he returned here Saturday night to deliver an environmental lecture.

Recanvassing May Alter Outcome Of NY 23 Race - To Be Decided By Absentee Ballots

Washington -- Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was down 5,335 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted on election night, and he had barely won his stronghold in  …

'Moderate' Terror Pals: Media Still Promoting CAIR

Just as security officials overlooked Maj.

NASA: Water Found On Moon

Substantial water reserves have been found beneath the Moon's surface, Nasa announced yesterday, paving the way for a permanent lunar base.

The Associated Press: Obama wants domestic spending cuts in next budget

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, mindful of public anxiety over the government's mushrooming debt, is shifting emphasis from big-spending policies to deficit reduction.

Fla. man arrested for calling 911, asking for sex

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Florida police say a man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 looking for sex claimed it was the only number he could dial after running out of cell phone minutes.

Rep. Steve King: Bauer was hired to 'erase tracks' between Obama, ACORN

Newly appointed White House counsel Bob Bauer is "perfectly positioned to be tasked with erasing the tracks between Obama and ACORN," one Republican lawmaker charged Friday.

The Worlds Most Powerful People 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama emerged, unanimously, as the world's most powerful person, and by a wide margin. But there were a number of surprises. Former President George W.

Obama To Attack Guns As Public-Health Threat?

Second Amendment advocates are expressing alarm that the most significant attack on gun rights across the United States in years soon could come in the form of a workplace "safety" regulation under President Obama's nominee to run the federal Occupational Safety and Health Admini …

Man killed by VP's Secret Service vehicles

Two U.S. Secret Service armored vehicles used to protect Vice President Biden struck and killed a pedestrian in Temple Hills early Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Official: Obama won't take any current war options

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S.

Al Gore's Current Media cuts 80 jobs

Current Media, a cable television company co-founded by former US vice president Al Gore, announced Wednesday that it is cutting 80 jobs as part of a reorganization.

CAIR speaker to Muslims: OK to attack Fort Bragg

A Council on American-Islamic Relations adviser and regular speaker at its events has suggested Islamic law permits Muslims to attack C-130 military transport planes carrying the 82nd Airborne out of Fort Bragg, N.C., according to a stunning new book exposing Washington-based CAI …

China proves to be an aggressive foe in cyberspace

One day in late summer 2008, FBI and Secret Service agents flew to Chicago to inform Barack Obama's campaign team that its computer system had been hacked. "You've got a problem.

Placenta Teddy Bear Repulses Many

After giving birth, many women choose to have the placenta -- the organ that supplies a fetus with oxygen and food -- tossed out by hospitals. But now someone is paying tribute to the placenta in a new and innovative way.

'Gay' blogger calls church-bomb threat a 'joke'

A homosexual blogger passed off as a "joke" a suggestion by a contributor to his website that there might be church bombings because of Christians' refusal to support the homosexual lifestyle. But several individuals named in the column are taking the threat seriously.

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    The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous work, and sometimes even the flesh trade, a United Nations official said.

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