Thursday, September 03, 2009

SPB News for Thursday

Obama To Address Joint Session Of Congress Sept 9

Dying Manson follower Atkins loses bid for release

State Dept. Looking Into Alleged Misbehavior Of Contractors In Afghanistan

'People's Veto' Of Same-Sex Marriage Law On Nov. Ballot In Maine

WH Argues Against Releasing Bush-Era Detainee Information

Obama To Discuss Health Care At Labor Day Union Picnic

New DNC Ad: 'Dick Cheney, Wrong Then, Wrong Now'

Lt. Gov. Garamendi Wins Dem Primary For CA House Seat

Iranian Report: Obama Sends Second Letter To Khamenei

Allen Stanford Has Leg Surgery To Remove Aneurysm

Freed US journos break silence
Pair say they were forcibly dragged from China by North Korean soldiers.

Kennedy Memoir Talks of Chappaquiddick, J.F.K. and Other Presidents — In a memoir being published posthumously, Senator Edward M. Kennedy talks remorsefully about the car accident that claimed the life of Mary Jo Kopechne - a turn of events many consider a chief reason that he was never able

GOP calls VA pamphlet a 'death book.' Experts say it isn't While Republicans are calling a Department of Veterans Affairs health planning booklet a "death book" that encourages veterans to kill themselves or forgo care, ethicists and legal and medical experts say it's a reasonable attempt to help America's veterans plan for the end of their lives.

Pfizer Pays $2.3 Billion to Settle Marketing Case The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle civil and criminal allegations that it had illegally marketed its now-withdrawn painkiller, Bextra. It was the largest health care fraud settlement and the largest criminal fine of any kind ever. It was Pfizer’s fourth settlement over illegal marketing activities since 2002.

Obamas captured in Kennedy-like Oval Office photo An unusual and yet strangely familiar image of life intruding into the Oval Office has been captured by a White House photographer. As Barack Obama looks through papers, his eight-year-old daughter, Sasha, spies on him from behind a sofa. The photograph, released by the White House, was taken by Peter Souza, whose brief is to document the Obama presidency.

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