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Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Just One Year After Obama's Victory, a Different Kind of 'Change' Is in the Air

A year later, change again drove voters on an Election Day -- with much different results. The same dynamics that powered President Obama to victory -- frustration with the status quo, economic anxieties, hope that new leadership can bring answers -- now
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Man gets 30 years in killing of Houston-based DEA agent

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans man who pleaded guilty to robbing and beating a federal drug agent to death has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Forty-seven-year-old Ameal Parker pleaded guilty in July to a second-degree murder charge in the death of
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:39:00 GMT

Just One Year After Obama's Victory, a Different Kind of 'Change' Is in the Air

Last November, to vote for change. A year later, change again drove voters on an Election Day -- with much different results. The same dynamics that powered President Obama to victory -- frustration with the status quo, economic anxieties, hope that new
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:25:00 GMT

Lessons For Obama, Post-Election

3 CommentsHistoryDetection = new HistoryDetection(}); new SocialCallout('socialMediaCallout'); (CBS) Stories Republicans Sweep N.J., Va. Gov. Races (The Nation) White House aides announced Tuesday night that President Obama was not watching off-year
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:24:00 GMT

Classical music has its day at the White House

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Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:24:00 GMT

U.S. vendors look to Cuban market

Richard Waltzer has a pitch for Cuba: Miller beer and Hagen-Dazs ice cream. If he has his way, those products soon will be available at supermarkets and beach resorts on the communist island. 'This is one of the things people are going to pay premium
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:47:00 GMT

A 'life-saver' for Afghanistan

It looks likes a cross between a Humvee and a monster truck, and Pentagon officials hope it can save the lives of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The Pentagon is rushing the M-ATV, the latest version of the U.S. military's blast-resistant vehicles, to
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:14:00 GMT

53 charged in probe of violent NYC drug crews

NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors in New York City have charged 53 people with running open-air drug markets at two housing projects near Yankee Stadium. Authorities say the gang sold heroin and crack, and some of the heroin was sold under the brand name
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMT

US disappointed in Italian verdict on CIA kidnap

WASHINGTON -- The United States expressed disappointment over an Italian court's conviction of 23 Americans in absentia of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Wednesday that the United
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:10:00 GMT

Voters give GOP a lift, Democrats a warning

By seizing gubernatorial seats in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans on Tuesday dispelled any notion of President Obama's electoral invincibility, giving the GOP a lift and offering warning signs to Democrats ahead of the 2010 midterm elections.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:09:00 GMT

U.S. officials meet with Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi

Reporting from Bangkok, Thailand - Senior U.S. officials were allowed to meet today with Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, in a further sign of thawing relations between Washington and the Asian nation's secretive military
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:25:00 GMT

Italy jails suspected CIA agents

Two dozen Americans -- most thought to work for the CIA -- were sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday by an Italian court for their role in the seizing of a suspected terrorist off the streets of Milan in 2003, Italian media reported. They did not
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:58:00 GMT

Loss in Maine Sets Back Drive for Same-Sex Marriage

Supporters of gay marriage watched election results on the issue trickle in on Tuesday night in Portland, Maine. They had far more money, ground troops and political support, and geography was on their side, given that New England has been more accepting
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:55:00 GMT

Utah AG Shurtleff Suspends US Senate Campaign

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Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:26:00 GMT

'79 hostage crisis still casts pall on U.S.-Iran relations

Watch Christiane Amanpour interview newsmakers at 3 p.m. ET daily on CNN International and 2 p.m. ET Sunday on CNN USA. (CNN) -- Thirty years ago Wednesday, Iranian student revolutionaries climbed over the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:19:00 GMT

No Doha deal is better than a bad one: U.S. nominees

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - (Reuters) - The United States will not agree to a deal in world trade talks unless other countries make better offers to open their markets to U.S. farmers, manufacturers and service companies, two U.S. trade nominees said on
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:12:00 GMT

Anti-U.S. rallies take a turn in Tehran

Reporting from Tehran and Beirut - Large stretches of the Iranian capital erupted in chaos and violence today as antigovernment protesters and security forces clashed on the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy by radical students.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:51:00 GMT

1979 hostage crisis still casts pall on U.S.-Iran relations

Thirty years ago Wednesday, Iranian student revolutionaries climbed over the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized dozens of Americans, whom they ultimately held hostage for 444 days. The hostage crisis, coming in the aftermath of Iran's
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT

White House: Tuesday's GOP wins not about Obama

WASHINGTON -- The White House says that Republican wins in two governors' races were not referendums on the president. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday that voters went to the polls in Virginia and New Jersey to work
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT

SPIN METER: Rankings unfair to US higher ed?

-- The United States spends more money than any other country, and its elite institutions are the world's best. But overall the system is wasteful, fails too many - and is falling behind other countries. No, the topic isn't health care - it's higher
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:41:00 GMT

Interactive: Assessing Barack Obama

A year after Barack Obama was elected president, that defined his candidacy — and then some. He is in the middle of lengthy debate over whether to expand the , and he continues to press for an . While it will be years before it is possible to gauge the
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:29:00 GMT

NYT analysis: Victories rekindle GOP’s hope

WASHINGTON - The Republican victories in the races for New Jersey and Virginia governors put the party in a stronger position to turn back the political wave President Obama unleashed last year, setting the stage for Republicans to raise money, recruit
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:54:00 GMT

GOP gets a lift; Democrats get a warning

By seizing gubernatorial seats in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans on Tuesday dispelled any notion of President Obama's electoral invincibility, giving the GOP a lift and offering warning signs to Democrats ahead of the 2010 midterm elections.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:42:00 GMT

Fire burns home in north Houston overnight

Details were sketchy, but the fire was reported around 1:30 a.m. at a home on North Main near 40 1/2 Street.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT

SW Houston condo resident kills possible intruder

The resident of a southwest Houston condominium unit shot and killed a possible intruder in his home this morning, then realized he knew the man afterward, police said. Houston police homicide detective W.L. Neeler said police were trying to learn more
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:10:00 GMT

U.S. election analysis

Republicans won key victories Tuesday night in both Virginia and New Jersey, winning the governor's races in both states. And as the AP's Liz Sidoti explains, the key to their victories was independent voters.
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:48:00 GMT

Clinton: US Wants Israel Settlement Halt 'Forever'

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesday, saying Washington does not accept the legitimacy of the West Bank enclaves and wants to see their construction
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT

GM backs out of Opel sell off

GM says improving business environment behind its decision not to sell Opel Decision a setback for Canadian firm Magna which was in line to buy auto unit GM said in March it wanted to sell Opel after reporting losses of $30.9 billion London, England
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:02:00 GMT

U.S. envoys meet Myanmar dissident

Kurt Campbell (left) and deputy Scot Marciel STORY HIGHLIGHTS Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and deputy Scot Marciel shown greeting Aung San Suu Kyi Visit is part of a shift in U.S. policy toward the Southeast Asian country Suu Kyi, a Nobel
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:02:00 GMT

U.S. diplomats meet with pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi

U.S. diplomats met with imprisoned pro-democracy leader on Wednesday, Myanmar TV showed. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and deputy Scot Marciel were shown greeting her outside the Inya Lake Hotel in the former capital, Yangon, before they
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:50:00 GMT