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This channel is auto generated - the latest articles are added automatically. http://myprops.org/channels/Reuters-Most-Read-Articles/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:17:28 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad reform bill one day before its first crucial test. http://myprops.org/content/Moderate-Democrat-boosts-Senate-health-bill/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:47:23 GMT ANKARA (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media declaring outright that he is anti-Turkish. http://myprops.org/content/New-EU-president-raises-fears-in-aspirant-Turkey/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:53:44 GMT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Three years after a billionaire divorce gone terribly wrong, this is what is left: unfinished plans for America's largest home, several bankruptcies and an auction featuring a talking moose head. http://myprops.org/content/Yard-sale-brings-U.S.-empire-to-bargain-bin-ending/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:44:24 GMT CHICAGO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged her viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting. http://myprops.org/content/Oprah-Winfrey-says-ending-TV-show-feels-right/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:41:47 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available -- by using an immune booster called an adjuvant. http://myprops.org/content/Did-U.S.-make-a-swine-flu-mistake-424025/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:29 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate, having smashed through a Republican wall of opposition, confirmed on Thursday U.S. President Barack Obama's first and longest-stalled judicial nominee. http://myprops.org/content/Senate-confirms-long-stalled-Obama-judicial-pick/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:13 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Thursday ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema. http://myprops.org/content/Philip-Morris-ordered-to-pay-300-million-to-smoker/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:00 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday. http://myprops.org/content/State-local-budget-cuts-a-time-bomb-for-jobs/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:24:46 GMT LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The moon may be new, and the director may be different (Chris Weitz takes over the reins from Catherine Hardwicke), but otherwise, the second installment of the "Twilight" saga remains, for better or worse, exceptionally faithful to its 2008 beginnings. http://myprops.org/content/New-Moon-plays-it-by-the-book/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:06:47 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao's desire to take on Floyd Mayweather may not be enough to persuade the American to climb into the ring for a dream fight against the Filipino, promoter Bob Arum said on Thursday. http://myprops.org/content/Record-wary-Mayweather-may-duck-Pacquiao-Arum/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:58 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world http://myprops.org/content/New-fossils-reveal-a-world-full-of-crocodiles/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:23:45 GMT BEIJING (Reuters) - Barack Obama's first presidential trip to Asia was also his first big step in recasting U.S. ties with a region in flux, and showed this will demand patience and compromise from a superpower used to pushing its weight around. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-in-Asia-building-block-or-bow/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:39 GMT PHOENIX (Reuters) - A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate. http://myprops.org/content/Lou-Dobbs-mulls-run-for-White-House-Senate-92605/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:26 GMT * Says Chrome will run initially on certain netbooks (Recasts lead; adds Google comments, analyst comments) http://myprops.org/content/UPDATE-3-Google-PC-will-start-in-seven-seconds-or-less/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:13 GMT MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web. http://myprops.org/content/Google-PC-will-start-in-seven-seconds-or-less/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:01 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Senator John Kerry's elder daughter, Alexandra, who made a red-carpet splash at the Cannes film festival five years ago in a see-through dress, was arrested in Hollywood on Thursday on suspicion of drunken driving. http://myprops.org/content/Sen.-John-Kerrys-daughter-arrested-in-Hollywood/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:30:55 GMT (For full coverage of the healthcare debate [nN20512341]) http://myprops.org/content/WRAPUP-2-U.S.-Senate-eyes-first-healthcare-vote/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:30:31 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any tax imposed on financial transactions would have to take effect internationally to prevent Wall Street jobs and related business moving overseas, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday. http://myprops.org/content/Wall-Street-tax-must-be-international-Pelosi-148061/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:40:30 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies. http://myprops.org/content/Will-Ferrell-is-Hollywoods-most-overpaid-star-Forbes/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:40:18 GMT RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Fearing loss of life and money, Palestinians are abandoning tunnels that supply the blockaded Gaza Strip with everything from food to fridges to weapons. http://myprops.org/content/Israel-Egypt-squeeze-Gaza-tunnel-business/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:23:58 GMT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Efforts to rescue the sinking Middle East peace process are losing support. http://myprops.org/content/Does-sinking-Mideast-peace-process-hold-any-hope/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:10:17 GMT HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials on Thursday downplayed the consequences of the falling U.S. dollar, underscoring that deflation is still a threat, especially with commercial real estate prices falling. http://myprops.org/content/Fed-officials-play-down-impact-of-weak-dollar/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:09:47 GMT SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Iran on Thursday of consequences of its failure to respond to the offer of a nuclear deal and could have a package of steps to take "within weeks." http://myprops.org/content/U.S.-warns-Iran-of-consequences-over-standoff/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:08:47 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Dallas, a veteran mortgage executive known best for building subprime lender First Franklin into a Wall Street desirable, is fostering a new firm as the industry consolidates. http://myprops.org/content/After-subprime-Bill-Dallas-takes-on-big-banks/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:25 GMT GAZA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes bombed two smuggling tunnels and a military training compound in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, wounding three people, said officials in the Palestinian territory ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement. An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the air strikes against the smuggling tunnels and said strikes had also been carried out against what she called two weapons manufacturing facilities near the Gaza town of Khan Younis. "The strikes ar http://myprops.org/content/Israeli-air-strikes-wound-three-in-Gaza-Hamas/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:08 GMT (For coverage of U.S. healthcare reform, click on [nN20512341]) http://myprops.org/content/FACTBOX-Winners-losers-in-U.S.-Senate-health-bill/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:59:53 GMT CANBERRA (Reuters) - An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, police said on Wednesday. The man, 81-year-old Eric Steward, eventually stopped and asked for directions after driving for nine hours, from the New South Wales country town of Yass to Geelong in the southern Victoria state. http://myprops.org/content/Lost-man-drives-nine-hours-to-get-newspaper/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:39 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for a second time on Wednesday, joining an elite club of double honorees that includes George Clooney and Brad Pitt. http://myprops.org/content/Johnny-Depp-earns-second-sexiest-man-title/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:26 GMT SEOUL (Reuters) - The one certainty in unpredictable North Korea is that if the state detonates a nuclear device or leader Kim Jong-il visits a duck farm, Ri Chun-hee will be on TV boasting about the amazing accomplishment. http://myprops.org/content/The-face-that-launched-a-thousand-North-Korean-tirades/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:14 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid released a long-awaited healthcare reform plan on Wednesday that budget analysts said would extend coverage to tens of millions of the uninsured and reduce the deficit over 10 years. http://myprops.org/content/Reid-unveils-broad-U.S.-Senate-healthcare-plan/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:53:59 GMT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - With U.S. diplomacy seemingly going nowhere, Palestinians are exploring desperate and at best symbolic measures to press a demand for a state that even firm believers in peace among them fear may never emerge. http://myprops.org/content/Let-down-by-Obama-Palestinians-see-few-options/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:53:46 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended the top advisers from his 2008 presidential campaign in the face of sharp criticism from his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin. http://myprops.org/content/McCain-defends-campaign-team-against-Sarah-Palin/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:40:01 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" on Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003. http://myprops.org/content/Johnny-Depp-named-Peoples-sexiest-man-alive/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:48:37 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Construction of new homes in the United States fell sharply last month, showing potential weakness in the economy's recovery, while consumer prices rose slightly more than expected. http://myprops.org/content/U.S.-inflation-edges-up-housing-starts-fall-sharply/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT BEIJING, Nov 18 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-Too-much-debt-could-fuel-double-dip-recession-921982/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:26:49 GMT OAKLAND, Calif., Nov 17 (Reuters) - California faces a budget gap of nearly $21 billion over its current and next fiscal years, according to the state government's budget watchdog agency, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday. http://myprops.org/content/California-budget-shortfall-to-top-21-billion/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:26:34 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," lovelorn character Bella Swan gets dumped by her vampire man, sinks into depression and later flies to Italy to pursue him. While that may sound too extreme, actress Kristen Stewart thinks Bella is setting a good example to girls. http://myprops.org/content/New-Moon-star-Kristen-Stewart-says-be-extreme/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:26:20 GMT LONDON (Reuters) - A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid inadvertently causing their offspring future embarrassment. http://myprops.org/content/Whats-in-a-name-More-than-you-might-think/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:26:04 GMT BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama took time out of his busy diplomatic schedule in China to meet with his half-brother, who lives in the southern part of the country -- but only for five minutes. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-gets-five-minutes-with-half-brother-in-China/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:25:48 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Las Vegas has cleaned up since its days as a magnet for ill-gotten mobster gains, but a Canadian insider trading scam has exposed the smaller-scale money laundering still going on in the desert city's casinos. http://myprops.org/content/Canada-money-launderer-shows-holes-in-Vegas-casinos/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:03:59 GMT SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - New Zealand was on Wednesday named the world's least corrupt nation out of a list of 180 countries, unseating Denmark after a year in which the global recession and ongoing conflicts proved challenging. http://myprops.org/content/New-Zealand-tops-Denmark-as-worlds-least-corrupt-nation/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:39:48 GMT * Army suicide rate nearly double U.S. national rate * Many suicides among soldiers who never fought abroad * U.S. military not near tipping point, top officer says (Adds Mullen comments, background) By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Suicides in the U.S. Army will hit a new high this year, a top general said on Tuesday in a disclosure likely to increase concerns about stress on U.S. forces ahead of an expected buildup in Afghanistan. The find http://myprops.org/content/U.S.-Army-suicides-set-to-hit-new-high-in-2009/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:39:35 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's review of war strategy in Afghanistan has seen a steady supply of leaks that have portrayed a divided administration riven by factions trying to influence the decision. http://myprops.org/content/Washington-leak-machine-weighs-on-Afghan-review/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:39:10 GMT NANTES (Reuters Life!) - It's a unique concept according to its creators, a hotel in the French town of Nantes is offering the chance for people to become a hamster. http://myprops.org/content/French-hotel-offers-guests-a-night-as-a-hamster/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:38:56 GMT BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama continued courting China in talks with Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, opening an opportunity to press him on the economic and currency strains that have shadowed his goodwill visit. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-meets-Wen-as-China-visit-winds-down/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:38:43 GMT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel triggered a fresh rift with Washington over settlement building on Tuesday by approving the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality. http://myprops.org/content/Israel-angers-U.S.-by-approving-new-West-Bank-homes/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:34:11 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frank DiPascali, swindler Bernard Madoff's right-hand man who admitted helping his boss run a decades-long multibillion dollar fraud, was moved from a New York jail to another north of the city five days ago, officials said on Tuesday. http://myprops.org/content/U.S.-moves-Madoff-deputy-DiPascali-to-different-jail/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:45:57 GMT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sarah Palin said a run for the White House in 2012 is "not on my radar screen right now" as the Republican carefully did not close the door to a possible candidacy in an interview that launched her big book tour. http://myprops.org/content/Sarah-Palin-says-presidency-not-on-my-radar-screen/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:12:56 GMT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced concern on Tuesday over a mutiny by pro-settler soldiers that raised fears of more rebellion in the ranks in any future land-for-peace moves with the Palestinians. http://myprops.org/content/Soldiers-mutiny-raises-concern-in-Israel-867253/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:25:13 GMT BERLIN (Reuters) - Public sector corruption in Afghanistan has worsened over the past two years and is now seen to be more rampant than in any country apart from Somalia, according to Transparency International. http://myprops.org/content/Afghanistan-sinks-in-new-corruption-ranking/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:24:57 GMT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao hailed U.S. President Barack Obama's recognition of sovereignty issues dear to China, after a bilateral meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. http://myprops.org/content/China-hails-U.S.-reiteration-of-sovereignty-over-Taiwan/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:46:38 GMT SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - South Korea's stock market has been the clear winner this year over rival Japan and looks set to keep outperforming in 2010, despite a rising won currency, due to a robust economic outlook and cheaper valuations. http://myprops.org/content/KOSPI-to-keep-beating-Nikkei-despite-rising-won/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:46:25 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday. http://myprops.org/content/Had-flu-You-may-have-H1N1-protection/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:46:11 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - "Unfriend" has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a tech-savvy bent. http://myprops.org/content/Unfriend-named-word-of-2009/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:04:59 GMT SYDNEY, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar was off 15-month lows on Tuesday, but its broad downtrend was intact after senior Federal Reserve officials reinforced a view that U.S. rates would stay low for a while, giving dollar funded carry trades a boost. http://myprops.org/content/FOREX-Dollar-stuck-near-15-mth-lows-on-benign-rate-view/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:04:47 GMT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Tuesday that he had agreed with U.S. President Barack Obama to increase international cooperation, after "frank, constructive and fruitful" talks in Beijing. http://myprops.org/content/Chinas-Hu-hails-frank-talks-with-U.S.-Obama/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:04:35 GMT BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday distanced itself from proposals to delay a binding climate pact to 2010, but might be willing to sign up to a "political deal" at climate talks next month if it includes strong commitments from rich nations. http://myprops.org/content/China-studying-plan-to-delay-final-climate-deal/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:04:22 GMT ROME (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. food summit, spent several hours in the company of 200 Italian women recruited by an agency and tried to convert them to Islam, Italian media reported Monday. http://myprops.org/content/Italian-women-disappointed-by-Gaddafi-party/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:04:10 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 49 million Americans -- one in seven -- struggled to get enough to eat in 2008, the highest total in 14 years of a federal survey on "food insecurity," the U.S. government said Monday. http://myprops.org/content/One-in-seven-Americans-short-of-food/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:03:57 GMT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cancer experts fear new U.S. breast imaging guidelines that recommend against routine screening mammograms for women in their 40s may have their roots in the current drive in Washington to reform healthcare. http://myprops.org/content/Experts-question-motives-of-mammogram-guidelines/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:09:06 GMT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sarah Palin said a run for the White House in 2012 is "not on my radar screen right now" as the Republican carefully did not close the door to a possible candidacy in an interview that launched her big book tour. http://myprops.org/content/Palin-says-presidency-not-on-my-radar-screen/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:04:49 GMT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States would veto a Palestinian declaration of statehood in the United Nations Security Council, U.S. senators visiting Israel said Monday. http://myprops.org/content/U.S.-would-veto-Palestinian-state-move-Senators/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:29:02 GMT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Monday that climate change posed a "catastrophic" threat in some of the sharpest comments yet on a subject the Kremlin has often seemed reluctant to confront. http://myprops.org/content/Russias-Medvedev-warns-of-climate-catastrophe/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:50:27 GMT CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis was poised for launch on Monday on one of the final missions to outfit the International Space Station so it can remain flying long after the shuttles are retired. http://myprops.org/content/Shuttle-mission-to-extend-life-of-space-station/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:50:15 GMT NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - India has put its nuclear power plants under alert and tightened security around them after intelligence about possible attacks, a report said on Monday. The step comes after a man arrested in the United States on charges of plotting attacks in India was found to have travelled to Indian states that have nuclear installations. The Press Trust of India quoted unnamed sources in the home ministry as saying that state governments had been asked to step http://myprops.org/content/India-puts-nuclear-plants-on-alert-report/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:50:02 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American squeamishness about talking about sex has helped keep common sexually transmitted infections far too common, especially among vulnerable teens, U.S. researchers reported Monday. http://myprops.org/content/Sex-infections-still-growing-in-U.S.-says-CDC/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:54 GMT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said he was not seeking to contain China's rise and called for more balanced trade between the two powers, which have sparred over currency and economic policy ahead of a summit. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-says-Washington-not-trying-to-contain-China/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:20:10 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co. will announce on Monday it plans to start repaying a $6.7 billion loan to the U.S. Treasury by year-end due to modest operating improvements, a source knowledgeable about the situation said. http://myprops.org/content/GM-to-start-repaying-6.7-billion-U.S.-government-loan-source/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:19:54 GMT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized Monday for years of abuse and pain suffered by thousands of orphans and children sent to Australia from Britain, often without the knowledge of their parents. http://myprops.org/content/Australias-Rudd-says-sorry-to-orphans-child-migrants/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:19:12 GMT LOS ANGELES, Nov 15 (Reuters Life!) - A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl" has revealed her true identity -- Brooke Magnanti, a British research scientist. http://myprops.org/content/British-scientist-unmasked-as-call-girl-Belle-de-Jour/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:18:57 GMT * Asian currencies firm as Obama set to discuss yuan in China (Repeats to more subscribers) http://myprops.org/content/RPT-GLOBAL-MARKETS-Gold-hits-record-high-Asian-shares-rise/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:18:44 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will not rush consideration of healthcare reform legislation sought by President Barack Obama, and lawmakers can expect a number of amendments, the chamber's top Republican said on Sunday. http://myprops.org/content/Senate-wont-rush-health-bill-top-Republican/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:26:52 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Disaster swept the world during the weekend as the apocalyptic movie "2012" registered the biggest opening for a non-franchise movie. http://myprops.org/content/Moviegoers-make-date-with-disaster-film-2012/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:58:43 GMT TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.S. steps to renew sanctions and seize a New York skyscraper linked to Iran show that President Barack Obama is no better than his predecessor George W. Bush, Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-no-better-than-Bush-says-Iranian-parliament-speaker/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:02:26 GMT By Nick ChambersIn Los Angeles on Friday, at the United States unveiling of the Nissan LEAF electric car-set to hit showrooms in late 2010-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn was enthusiastic and clearly proud of the position the Nissan-Renault Alliance has taken as a leader in the development of electric cars and charging infrastructure."The LEAF is a new paradigm of the car," said Ghosn. "LEAF represents a totally new transformational technology that will change the way people drive, use, http://myprops.org/content/Nissan-CEO-Says-Their-Electric-Car-Strategy-is-Unique-in-Industry/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:02:14 GMT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday time was running out for diplomacy to resolve a crisis over Iran's nuclear program, but Russian President Dmitry Medvedev offered softer criticism of Tehran. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-says-time-running-out-for-Iran-on-nuclear-deal/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:38:00 GMT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with "respect" in a television show Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings. http://myprops.org/content/Putin-wins-respect-at-hip-hop-party-607064/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:42:12 GMT BEIJING (Reuters) - Ultra-low interest rates in the United States are fuelling speculation in overseas asset markets and threatening the global economic recovery, a senior Chinese official said on Sunday. http://myprops.org/content/China-rounds-on-U.S.-rates-as-global-economic-risk/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:41:59 GMT LAS VEGAS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines claimed the WBO welterweight title by stopping holder Miguel Cotto in the 12th round at the MGM Grand on Saturday. http://myprops.org/content/Boxing-Pacquiao-stops-Cotto-to-win-WBO-welterweight-title/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:25:10 GMT LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao enhanced his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world with a commanding win over holder Miguel Cotto to claim the WBO welterweight title on Saturday. http://myprops.org/content/Pacquiao-stops-Cotto-to-win-seventh-world-title/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:24:55 GMT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday the world economy was on a path to recovery but warned that failure to re-balance the global economic system would lead to further crises. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-warns-of-more-crises-if-imbalances-persist/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:29:22 GMT SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - In 2005, China administered a spelling test that asked respondents to spell "Google" for a search market report: only 60 percent took the test and more than 20 percent got it wrong. http://myprops.org/content/Google-eyes-China-as-Baidu-fumbles/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:29:07 GMT By Alister Bull WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would hold to account those who missed warning signs that could have prevented a shooting rampage on a Texas army base earlier this month that killed 13 people. "If there was a failure to take appropriate action before the shootings, there must be accountability," Obama said in his weekly address. U.S. government officials say Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the army psychiat http://myprops.org/content/Obama-Ft-Hood-shooter-failings-to-be-held-to-account/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:02:19 GMT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called on Saturday for a new strategy to rebalance global growth, but leaders around the Pacific rim, gathering for a weekend summit, took aim at signs of U.S. trade protectionism. http://myprops.org/content/Obama-seeks-rebalancing-Asia-warns-of-protectionism/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:02:03 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett said that while his businesses have bottomed after the worst financial crisis in decades, he saw few upticks and ruled out a buoyant holiday season. http://myprops.org/content/Buffett-says-his-businesses-bottomed/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:18:51 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Democratic U.S. Representative William Jefferson, who hid $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in prison for bribery, racketeering and money laundering. http://myprops.org/content/Ex-lawmaker-gets-13-years-in-prison-for-bribery/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:59:47 GMT PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. http://myprops.org/content/First-U.S.-marijuana-cafe-opens-in-Portland/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:04:57 GMT JERUSALEM, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Hamas has suspended its rocket launches against Israel since the Gaza Strip war and is similarly curbing other armed Palestinian factions in the territory, Israel's military chief said on Friday. The rare Israeli recognition of Hamas restraint came as both sides pursue Egyptian- and German-mediated prisoner-swap talks. Egypt is also trying to mend a rift between Hamas and U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who has often accused the Islam http://myprops.org/content/Israel-general-says-Hamas-curbing-Gaza-rocket-fire/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:04:45 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner changed American pop culture, one centerfold at a time. http://myprops.org/content/With-Playboy-sale-an-icon-bows-to-changing-times/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:04:33 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Even as they are forced to wait like everyone else for swine flu vaccines in short supply, thousands of nurses and other front-line healthcare workers are fighting mandatory flu immunization policies being put in place by some U.S. hospitals. http://myprops.org/content/Medical-workers-balk-at-mandatory-flu-vaccines-623790/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:04:16 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sarah Palin is stirring controversy with her new book even before it is on shelves, complaining she was "all bottled up" by advisers to Republican presidential candidate John McCain last year. http://myprops.org/content/Palin-stirs-controversy-ahead-of-book-release/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:41:01 GMT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two computer programmers designed codes to falsify thousands of fake trade blotters and phantom records for swindler Bernard Madoff and took hush money to help keep the massive fraud going, U.S. authorities said. http://myprops.org/content/U.S.-arrests-and-charges-two-Madoff-programmers/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:30:15 GMT MOSCOW, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with "respect" in a television show on Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings. http://myprops.org/content/Russias-Putin-wins-respect-at-hip-hop-party/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:30:01 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four co-conspirators will be sent to New York for trial in a court near the site of the World Trade Center, the Obama administration said on Friday, as it took a step toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. http://myprops.org/content/September-11-suspects-to-be-tried-in-New-York/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:29:48 GMT HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged with 13 counts of murder in the Fort Hood Army base shootings may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down due to the gunshots used to subdue him, his lawyer said on Friday. http://myprops.org/content/Fort-Hood-suspect-may-be-permanently-paralyzed/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:29:36 GMT FORT COLLINS (Reuters) - The parents of a Colorado boy whose apparent brush with death in a helium balloon transfixed millions pleaded guilty on Friday to staging a publicity-seeking hoax and will be sentenced next month. http://myprops.org/content/Balloon-boy-parents-face-sentence-in-December/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:29:23 GMT MARENGO, Illinois (Reuters) - Brothers Steve and Ron Pierce spent most of an hour in a chilly northern Illinois field last week clearing a clog of soybean chaff from the guts of their combine, using a mix of tools and their bare hands. http://myprops.org/content/Farmers-scramble-to-finish-harvest-from-hell/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:29:12 GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has dramatically improved security along its border with Mexico and met other requirements set by lawmakers in 2007 for passing immigration reform, a top U.S. official said on Friday. http://myprops.org/content/U.S.-meets-immigration-reform-benchmarks-Napolitano/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:28:59 GMT (Reuters) - Some former bankers are planning to bid for failing banks in the Federal Insurance Deposit Corp auction process, and getting financial backing from Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Deutsche Bank AG, the Wall Street Journal reported citing sources. http://myprops.org/content/Former-bankers-look-to-buy-failing-banks-report/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:39:15 GMT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's military warned the South that it was ready for battle over a disputed sea border, issuing a new threat on Friday that raised tension as U.S. President Barack Obama started a major tour of Asia. http://myprops.org/content/North-Korea-makes-new-threat-as-Obama-arrives-in-Asia/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:39:02 GMT