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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Obama To Give Healthcare Speech Next Week

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress on healthcare reform during prime time Sept. 9, a senior official said Wednesday. Obama plans to offer more specifics about what he wants to see in a healthcare bill, aides told Politico. Presidential... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 31, 2009

India moon mission terminated

NEW DELHI, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- India's unmanned moon mission was called off after space scientists lost radio contact with the Chandrayaan-I craft, the space agency said. The decision was made Sunday after Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced there was no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Missing Texas boaters found alive

HOUSTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Three fishermen missing since Aug. 21 have been found alive nearly 180 miles off the coast of Texas, the U.S. Coast Guard said. A pleasure boat found the men sitting atop the hull of their capsized 23-foot catamaran Saturday evening, the Houston Chronicle reported Sunday.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Kennedy: 'Champion of those who had none'

BOSTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy 's body was escorted Saturday from a Catholic basilica in Boston to the strains of "America The Beautiful." The mass was held at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Roxbury, Boston 's largest black... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Canada 'ready' for 2010 Olympics

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Representatives of the International Olympic Committee declared the Vancouver and Whistler areas in British Columbia ready for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The IOC's Coordination Commission, led by Rene Fasel, made its final visit to the site of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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