Last Minute News Topics» break http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Oil spill and Iraq combat over, Obama takes break (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/oil-spill-and-iraq-combat-over-obama-takes-break-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/oil-spill-and-iraq-combat-over-obama-takes-break-ap#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:02 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/oil-spill-and-iraq-combat-over-obama-takes-break-ap President Barack Obama is greeted by Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., as he deplanes from Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Bourne, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, as he travel to Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – Finally, President Barack Obama can relax on vacation.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/oil-spill-and-iraq-combat-over-obama-takes-break-ap/feed 0 Kagan set to break silence as hearings commence (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/kagan-set-to-break-silence-as-hearings-commence-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/kagan-set-to-break-silence-as-hearings-commence-ap#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:51:10 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/kagan-set-to-break-silence-as-hearings-commence-ap U.S. Solicitor General and Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan smiles as she begins her day-long tour of Captiol Hill at the office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Capitol Hill in Washington May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesAP – Elena Kagan, a trailblazer for women and the law, is hitting a new path that could be strewn with a few rough patches: the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/kagan-set-to-break-silence-as-hearings-commence-ap/feed 0 Kagan to break silence as marathon vetting begins (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/kagan-to-break-silence-as-marathon-vetting-begins-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/kagan-to-break-silence-as-marathon-vetting-begins-ap#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:55:37 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/kagan-to-break-silence-as-marathon-vetting-begins-ap U.S. Solicitor General and Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan smiles as she begins her day-long tour of Captiol Hill at the office of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Capitol Hill in Washington May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesAP – Elena Kagan will be making the argument of her life on Monday when she faces a Senate panel on her confirmation to the Supreme Court.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/kagan-to-break-silence-as-marathon-vetting-begins-ap/feed 0 Andy, Yankees break out brooms in Bronx http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/andy-yankees-break-out-brooms-in-bronx http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/andy-yankees-break-out-brooms-in-bronx#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:38:42 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/andy-yankees-break-out-brooms-in-bronx Ramiro Pena provided the big hit with Derek Jeter taking the day off with a cold, and Andy Pettitte did all the rest in a 5-2 victory that completed a three-game sweep of the Rangers and sent the Yankees off to the West Coast with four straight wins.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/andy-yankees-break-out-brooms-in-bronx/feed 0 Senate returns to business tax break measure (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/senate-returns-to-business-tax-break-measure-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/senate-returns-to-business-tax-break-measure-ap#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:03:43 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/senate-returns-to-business-tax-break-measure-ap Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky. heads for the weekly caucus lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Bunning has again blocked the U.S. Senate from extending unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the jobless. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – After buying time by resolving an impasse over jobless benefits and other programs that had briefly lapsed, the Senate is returning to a $100 billion-plus bill reviving popular tax breaks and extending longer and more generous jobless benefits through the end of the year.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/senate-returns-to-business-tax-break-measure-ap/feed 0 Dems, GOP: Summit will not break logjam on health (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/dems-gop-summit-will-not-break-logjam-on-health-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/dems-gop-summit-will-not-break-logjam-on-health-ap#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:40:33 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/dems-gop-summit-will-not-break-logjam-on-health-ap President Barack Obama listens during his meeting with members of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP – Here’s one point on which Democrats and Republicans agree on health care: President Barack Obama’s much-touted televised summit has virtually no chance of breaking the political logjam.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/dems-gop-summit-will-not-break-logjam-on-health-ap/feed 0 Russian police break up protests, scores detained (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/russian-police-break-up-protests-scores-detained-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/russian-police-break-up-protests-scores-detained-ap#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:17:39 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/russian-police-break-up-protests-scores-detained-ap OMON, riot police, officers detain a participant of an unauthorized anti-Kremlin protest in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Riot police quickly broke up the protest and detained several dozen demonstrators. The timing was a nod to the 31st Article of the Russian constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP – Russian police broke up anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Sunday, and detained scores of demonstrators, including several opposition leaders.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/russian-police-break-up-protests-scores-detained-ap/feed 0 Obama speech fails to break gridlock on health care (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-speech-fails-to-break-gridlock-on-health-care-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-speech-fails-to-break-gridlock-on-health-care-ap#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:22:52 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-speech-fails-to-break-gridlock-on-health-care-ap House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, January 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP – President Barack Obama’s health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans. Democrats stared down a political nightmare — getting clobbered for voting last year for ambitious, politically risky bills, yet having nothing to show for it in November.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-speech-fails-to-break-gridlock-on-health-care-ap/feed 0 Obama speech fails to break health care logjam (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-speech-fails-to-break-health-care-logjam-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-speech-fails-to-break-health-care-logjam-ap#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:56:15 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-speech-fails-to-break-health-care-logjam-ap (L-R)US Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Robert Menendez, and Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin, seen here adressing the media on Capitol Hill, vowed to pursue efforts to remake US health care, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AP – The morning after President Barack Obama urged Congress to finish the job on health care overhaul, a key moderate Democrat on Thursday likened the sweeping legislation to a patient hovering near death.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-speech-fails-to-break-health-care-logjam-ap/feed 0 Brangelina break up http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/brangelina-break-up http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/brangelina-break-up#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:42:16 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/brangelina-break-up Say it ain’t so – Brangelina might soon be just Brad and Angelina. The Hollywood power couple is headed for splitsville, London’s News of the World reported Saturday.

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