American News World http://americannewsworld.com News Around The web, and Around The World Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:17:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Lawmaker’s clash with fellow Democrats nothing new (AP) http://americannewsworld.com/us/lawmakers-clash-with-fellow-democrats-nothing-new-ap/ http://americannewsworld.com/us/lawmakers-clash-with-fellow-democrats-nothing-new-ap/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:17:56 +0000 Yahoo! News: U.S. News ap/20100311/us_stupak_health_care U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee meets with George O'Hara at the Page Street Senior Center in West Branch, Mich., Monday, March 8, 2010. Stupak withstood President Bill Clinton's charm offensive and voted against free-trade legislation and now is the unofficial leader of a small but powerful bloc threatening to undercut another Democratic president's cherished initiative: health care reform. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Shortly after entering Congress in 1993, Rep. Bart Stupak withstood President Bill Clinton's charm offensive and voted against free-trade legislation — an early display of the independent streak that has put him at odds with fellow Democrats many times since.


]]> U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Menominee meets with George O'Hara at the Page Street Senior Center in West Branch, Mich., Monday, March 8, 2010. Stupak withstood President Bill Clinton's charm offensive and voted against free-trade legislation and now is the unofficial leader of a small but powerful bloc threatening to undercut another Democratic president's cherished initiative: health care reform. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Shortly after entering Congress in 1993, Rep. Bart Stupak withstood President Bill Clinton's charm offensive and voted against free-trade legislation — an early display of the independent streak that has put him at odds with fellow Democrats many times since.


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]]> http://americannewsworld.com/us/lawmakers-clash-with-fellow-democrats-nothing-new-ap/feed/ 0 Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android (Reuters) http://americannewsworld.com/technology/opera-rolls-out-mobile-browser-for-android-reuters/ http://americannewsworld.com/technology/opera-rolls-out-mobile-browser-for-android-reuters/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:17:43 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News nm/20100311/us_opera_android Yahoo! News: Technology News

]]> http://americannewsworld.com/technology/opera-rolls-out-mobile-browser-for-android-reuters/feed/ 0 Mass school closures approved in Kansas City, Mo. (AP) http://americannewsworld.com/us/mass-school-closures-approved-in-kansas-city-mo-ap/ http://americannewsworld.com/us/mass-school-closures-approved-in-kansas-city-mo-ap/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:15:38 +0000 Yahoo! News: U.S. News ap/20100311/us_closing_schools In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2010, the Kansas City Board of Education building, located near the Sprint Center, is seen from McGee Street, in Kansas City, Mo. Sale of the building would help as the board tries to cut $50 million from next years budget. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools.


]]> In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2010, the Kansas City Board of Education building, located near the Sprint Center, is seen from McGee Street, in Kansas City, Mo. Sale of the building would help as the board tries to cut $50 million from next years budget. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools.


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]]> http://americannewsworld.com/us/mass-school-closures-approved-in-kansas-city-mo-ap/feed/ 0 Report: Iran sentences professor to 6 years (AP) http://americannewsworld.com/world/report-iran-sentences-professor-to-6-years-ap/ http://americannewsworld.com/world/report-iran-sentences-professor-to-6-years-ap/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:15:22 +0000 Yahoo! News: World News ap/20100311/ml_iran A woman holds a picture of slain Iranian protester Neda Agha-Soltan at a protest in the German city of Frankfurt to highglight anger at the results of Iranian elections in late June 2009. The killing of Agha-Soltan came to symbolise the public uprising against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in elections the country's opposition says were rigged.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AP - An Iranian appeals court sentenced a university professor to six years in prison for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, local media reported Thursday.


]]> A woman holds a picture of slain Iranian protester Neda Agha-Soltan at a protest in the German city of Frankfurt to highglight anger at the results of Iranian elections in late June 2009. The killing of Agha-Soltan came to symbolise the public uprising against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in elections the country's opposition says were rigged.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)AP - An Iranian appeals court sentenced a university professor to six years in prison for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, local media reported Thursday.


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]]> http://americannewsworld.com/world/report-iran-sentences-professor-to-6-years-ap/feed/ 0 India aims to be world’s fastest growing economy (AP) http://americannewsworld.com/business/india-aims-to-be-worlds-fastest-growing-economy-ap/ http://americannewsworld.com/business/india-aims-to-be-worlds-fastest-growing-economy-ap/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:14:33 +0000 Yahoo! News: World News ap/20100311/as_india_fastest_economy In this Saturday, March 6, 2010 photo, workers fit gloves at Marvel Gloves Industries, a company which produces 3 million pairs of gloves a month mostly used in industrial production in India, in Ankaleshwar, about 195 kilometers (122 miles) south of Ahmadabad, India. India's Finance Ministry in an economic survey released in February made an assertion that India could soon overtake China's growth rates and become the fastest growing economy in the world within next four years. Driven by a record rebound in manufacturing, a senior executive at Marvel Gloves Industries said that despite importing gloves they are unable to meet demands of the industry. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - Just how fast can India grow? Ask Manal Farooq, who can't make gloves quickly enough.


]]> In this Saturday, March 6, 2010 photo, workers fit gloves at Marvel Gloves Industries, a company which produces 3 million pairs of gloves a month mostly used in industrial production in India, in Ankaleshwar, about 195 kilometers (122 miles) south of Ahmadabad, India. India's Finance Ministry in an economic survey released in February made an assertion that India could soon overtake China's growth rates and become the fastest growing economy in the world within next four years. Driven by a record rebound in manufacturing, a senior executive at Marvel Gloves Industries said that despite importing gloves they are unable to meet demands of the industry. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP - Just how fast can India grow? Ask Manal Farooq, who can't make gloves quickly enough.


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]]> http://americannewsworld.com/business/india-aims-to-be-worlds-fastest-growing-economy-ap/feed/ 0 Ga.’s system to defend the poor still reeling (AP) http://americannewsworld.com/us/ga-s-system-to-defend-the-poor-still-reeling-ap/ http://americannewsworld.com/us/ga-s-system-to-defend-the-poor-still-reeling-ap/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:14:25 +0000 Yahoo! News: U.S. News ap/20100311/us_georgia_public_defenders FILE - In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, Brian Nichols sits with members of his defense team as the sentencing phase of his trial continues at the Atlanta Municipal Court Building in downtown Atlanta. Brian Nichols was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to life in prison for the killings of a judge, court reporter, deputy and federal agent during the March 2005 rampage. But Georgia's legal system is dealing with the aftermath of his taxpayer-funded defense. .(AP Photo/Kimberly Smith, Pool, File)AP - Georgia's public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on the way to his conviction.


]]> FILE - In a Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 file photo, Brian Nichols sits with members of his defense team as the sentencing phase of his trial continues at the Atlanta Municipal Court Building in downtown Atlanta. Brian Nichols was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to life in prison for the killings of a judge, court reporter, deputy and federal agent during the March 2005 rampage. But Georgia's legal system is dealing with the aftermath of his taxpayer-funded defense. .(AP Photo/Kimberly Smith, Pool, File)AP - Georgia's public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on the way to his conviction.


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]]> http://americannewsworld.com/us/ga-s-system-to-defend-the-poor-still-reeling-ap/feed/ 0 BP to pay 7 bln dlrs for Devon Energy assets (AFP) http://americannewsworld.com/world/bp-to-pay-7-bln-dlrs-for-devon-energy-assets-afp/ http://americannewsworld.com/world/bp-to-pay-7-bln-dlrs-for-devon-energy-assets-afp/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:42 +0000 Yahoo! News: World News afp/20100311/britaincompanytakeoveroilbp British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy seven billion dollars for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy seven billion dollars for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.


]]> British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy seven billion dollars for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy seven billion dollars for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico.


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]]> http://americannewsworld.com/world/bp-to-pay-7-bln-dlrs-for-devon-energy-assets-afp/feed/ 0 Democrats, White House close in on health bill (AP) http://americannewsworld.com/business/democrats-white-house-close-in-on-health-bill-ap/ http://americannewsworld.com/business/democrats-white-house-close-in-on-health-bill-ap/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:35 +0000 Yahoo! News: Politics News ap/20100311/us_health_care_overhaul House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul.


]]> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about healthcare reform at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jose Luis MaganaAP - A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul.


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]]> http://americannewsworld.com/business/democrats-white-house-close-in-on-health-bill-ap/feed/ 0 Ex-freshman, veteran kingpin equal Democratic woes (AP) http://americannewsworld.com/politics/ex-freshman-veteran-kingpin-equal-democratic-woes-ap/ http://americannewsworld.com/politics/ex-freshman-veteran-kingpin-equal-democratic-woes-ap/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:09:47 +0000 Yahoo! News: Politics News ap/20100311/us_democrats_ethics FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 file photo shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. One is a former Democratic freshman who was little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y. district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax bills. But now, Republicans — looking for any opening to regain control of the House — are portraying newly resigned first-termer Eric Massa and veteran Charles Rangel as dual symbols of Democratic ethical misconduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax legislation.


]]> FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 file photo shows Eric Massa, Democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District in Rochester, N.Y. One is a former Democratic freshman who was little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y. district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax bills. But now, Republicans — looking for any opening to regain control of the House — are portraying newly resigned first-termer Eric Massa and veteran Charles Rangel as dual symbols of Democratic ethical misconduct. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)AP - One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax legislation.


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]]> http://americannewsworld.com/politics/ex-freshman-veteran-kingpin-equal-democratic-woes-ap/feed/ 0 Safety agency under spotlight in House hearing (AP) http://americannewsworld.com/business/safety-agency-under-spotlight-in-house-hearing-ap/ http://americannewsworld.com/business/safety-agency-under-spotlight-in-house-hearing-ap/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:07:58 +0000 Yahoo! News: Politics News ap/20100311/us_toyota_recall_safety Yahoo! News: Politics News

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