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Amanda Knox’s Parents on ‘Oprah’
Amanda Knox’s parents were on The Oprah Winfrey Show today, maintaining the 23-year-old’s innocence. They divorced when Knox was 3, but they came together for the episode to talk about Amanda, who was sentenced to prison after she was convicted of killing 21-year-old Meredith Kircher while the girls studied abroad in Italy in 2007. [...]
Reid Fights for 60th Vote on Health Bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid struggled to win over the last Democratic vote on health-overhaul legislation as uncertainty grew about whether the measure can be brought to a vote before Christmas. After more than two weeks of debate, Mr. Reid (D., Nev.) remained a vote short of the 60 votes needed to ensure [...]
House rushes to wrap up year, postpone some battles until new year
Washington (CNN) — With a holiday break looming, the House of Representatives Wednesday rushed to wrap up year-end business, and postponed several major battles until next year. With an overwhelming vote, 395-34, the House passed the spending bill for the Department of Defense. The $636 billion measure includes money for the wars in Iraq and [...]
Palin pokes fun at herself at journalists’ dinner
WASHINGTON – Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to journalists Saturday night, drawing laughter when she announced she “came down from my hotel room and I could see the Russian Embassy.” The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate also joked that she had orginally thought of titling her book “How To Look Like [...]
Gates: Afghan relationship will begin to change
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States’ relationship with Afghanistan is going to begin changing in July 2011. Gates made the comments in an interview to be aired Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation. When President Barack Obama announced this past week that he was sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, he [...]
In Tuesday speech, Obama to promote new job ideas
WASHINGTON – In his latest job creation effort, President Barack Obama is trying to find practical and politically feasible ways of spurring hiring among skittish employers. Among the ideas expected in his economic speech Tuesday is an expanded program that gives people cash incentives to fix up their homes with energy-saving materials, senior administration officials [...]
