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FROM TODAY'S BOSTON GLOBE
Catholic Church pushes,
and some push back
Some lawmakers see the church’s maneuvering over the health care bill’s amendment prohibiting insurance companies from paying for abortions as part of a broader activist push, which some welcome and others find worrisome. (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
Latinos, blacks hit harder by recession
(Globe Staff / Pat Greenhouse)
Latinos and African-Americans in Mass. and across the country are facing high unemployment rates that could be the worst in decades. (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)
Senate Democrats move on crucial health vote
With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial test vote tonight on their sweeping health care bill, with wavering moderates appearing to be falling in line. (By Erica Werner and David Espo, Associated Press)
Blackwater guard’s case to be dropped
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents yesterday. (Associated Press)
Couple admits to spying for Cuba
A former State Department official and his wife admitted in federal court yesterday that they spied for Cuba over the past three decades. (Washington Post)
Diocese backs benefits for pedophiles
The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep making the payments. (Associated Press)
S.C. lawmakers to consider impeaching governor Sanford
Lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Governor Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said yesterday. (Associated Press)
Man convicted in death of father, 85
A New York state man has been convicted of reckless endangerment after leaving his 85-year-old father in a car on a hot day and finding him dead three hours later. (Associated Press)
Postal Service OK’s North Pole letters
An Alaska senator says the US Postal Service is resuming a program allowing volunteers to respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in care of the North Pole, Alaska, post office. (Associated Press)
Sears Tower plot ringleader sentenced
The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago’s Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced yesterday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge. (By Curt Anderson, Associated Press)
Senate bill keeps a place for Mass. Connector
Senator John F. Kerry’s office said yesterday that Kerry helped make sure that under the health care bill the Senate will begin debating today, Massachusetts could continue operating the Health Insurance Connector that is considered a linchpin of the state’s landmark 2006 health reform law. (By , Boston Globe)
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Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy
President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future. (Associated Press Writer, 6:11 a.m.)
Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect
WASHINGTON -- The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials. (Associated Press Writers, 5:01 a.m.)
Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect
WASHINGTON -- The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials. (Associated Press Writers, 6:01 a.m.)
Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
The gunman who carried out Saipan's most violent attack in recent memory ended his life on the same rocky cliffs where numerous Japanese leapt to their deaths to avoid capture by U.S. troops during World War II. (Associated Press Writer, 4:31 a.m.)
Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters
Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all. (Associated Press Writer, 4:31 a.m.)
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