Times Online | Schools say no to Obama's speech The Detroit News Rochester -- Linda Key's ninth-grader was hoping to see President Barack Obama's address to America's schoolchildren today. Instead, her son, Graham, 14, is expecting a lesson in disappointment on his first day at Stoney Creek High School this year ... Obama to urge kids not to quit Grading the President's address Obama's speech today |
Straits Times | Spacewalkers outfit station for final node Reuters CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking astronauts from the US shuttle Discovery worked outside the International Space Station on Saturday to lay power cables for the orbital outpost's last connecting node. ... Astronauts take mission's 3rd and final spacewalk |
Boston Globe | Ashcroft can be sued over arrests, appeals court rules Los Angeles Times A 9th Circuit panel says the ex-attorney general violated the rights of citizens held as material witnesses without cause after 9/11. Rights advocates praise the ruling in Abdullah Kidd's case. The ex-attorney general was denied general immunity from ... Court » |
Times Online | False alarms compound the misery of LA's wildfires Los Angeles Times LA County's reverse 911 system c » |
New York Daily News | Obama's big gamble on healthcare debate Los Angeles Times The president seeks to retake control of the healthcare debate with his speech to a joint session of Congress next week. But it carries great risk as well. By Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook Reporting from Washington - President Obama's announcement that ... Address to Congress Is Effort To Seize Control of the Debate Obama Aides Aim to Simplify and Scale Back Health Bills President Obama to deliver health care address to joint session of ... |
ABC News | Huge wildfire portends bad Calif. fire season Washington Post Firefighters battle major blazes in Southern California, trying to contain wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and threatened thousands more in foothill suburbs. By GREG RISLING The Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Firefighters reported ... Fierce California fires tear into tattered budget Weather swings Station Fire battle in favor of firefighters Fire crews across Bay Area assisting with Los Angeles wildfire |
