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Health News National News Political News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:14:58 GMT 778755 2009-11-22T02:14:58Z <a name="778755"></a><div class="hentry a778755" reltag="Health News"> <div class="synpTtlArt"><img src="http://www.aolcdn.com/ch_news/pdeyebrowart" alt="Politics Daily" title="Politics Daily" /></div> <h3 class="entry-title TtlArt"><a rel="bookmark" href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/21/senate-votes-to-bring-health-care-reform-bill-to-floor/">Senate Votes to Start Health Care Debate</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-21T21:14:58Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 6 HOURS 56 MINUTES AGO</span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/health">Health News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/politics">Political News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 0 --> <div class="synpTxt">In a 60-39 vote during a rare Saturday session, the Senate passes a measure that allows the legislative body to begin debating sweeping changes to health care. Senators will begin debating the bill after Thanksgiving.</div> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/21/senate-votes-to-bring-health-care-reform-bill-to-floor/">Full Coverage</a></div> </div><div class="synpShrHide"></div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/coal-mine-blast-death-toll-jumps-to-87/778227 Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people. World News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:35:41 GMT 778227 2009-11-22T03:35:41Z <a name="778227"></a><div class="hentry a778227" reltag="World News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/coal-mine-blast-death-toll-jumps-to-87/778227">Coal Mine Blast Death Toll Jumps to 87</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-21T22:35:41Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 5 HOURS 35 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=765349 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> 0</span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/world">World News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Left, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 1, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs434" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanLeftWrap"> <div class="enhanLeftWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/638811/1258839804459.JPEG " alt="" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs434"></a> <div class="synpTxt">Rescuers work to free 21 people trapped underground after a gas explosion tore through a coal mine. The blast kills at least 87 others. About 528 workers were underground at the time of the explosion. The country's mining industry is considered the world's deadliest and kills hundreds of miners every year.</div> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/coal-mine-blast-death-toll-jumps-to-87/778227">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng null"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/coal-mine-blast-death-toll-jumps-to-87/778227#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/coal-mine-blast-death-toll-jumps-to-87/778227', 'Coal Mine Blast Death Toll Jumps to 87');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/coal-mine-blast-death-toll-jumps-to-87/778227', 'Coal Mine Blast Death Toll Jumps to 87');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/coal-mine-blast-death-toll-jumps-to-87/778227#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (0)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/hospital-hearing-for-fort-hood-suspect/763018 A military magistrate has ruled that the Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan charged in one of the worst mass shootings on a U.S. military base will be held until trial. Crime News Law News National News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:05:04 GMT 763018 2009-11-22T03:05:04Z <a name="763018"></a><div class="hentry a763018" reltag="Crime News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/hospital-hearing-for-fort-hood-suspect/763018">Military Will Hold Fort Hood Suspect</a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-21T22:05:04Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 6 HOURS 6 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=765349 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/hospital-hearing-for-fort-hood-suspect/763018#Comments">120</a></span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/crime">Crime News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/main/law">Law News</a>, <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs461" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><script src='http://www.aolcdn.com/keyexp/kits/ke_kits.js' type='text/javascript' language='javascript' charset='utf-8'></script> <!-- START KE KIT --> <div name="ke_kit"> <div id="news-news_main_forthood" version="2.0" type="013" style="display:none;"> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-launcher"></div> <div class="ke_kit_settings"> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-ad" width="300" height="250" type="I" rate="1" magicnumber="93244038"></div> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-link" placement="1424748" domain="1380767" rate="5"> <div name="url"></div> </div> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-swf" width="640" height="618" bgcolor="#ffffff" version="9.0.115" > <div name="appConfigURL">http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=767047&pid=767046&uts=1258859114</div> <div name="mmxOverride"></div> <div name="swfWrapper">http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf</div> </div> <div id="news-news_main_forthood-css" dynamicslide="" size="456t" photonumber="0" numimages="5" baseimageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/" imageurl="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/637041/1257545773423.JPEG" dims="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims/PGMC/5/220/269/90/" showdisclaimertext="" css_notitle="" css_title="#333333" css_caption="#333333" css_disclaimer="#565656" css_container="" css_border="#ededed" css_photowell="#ededed" css_photoholder="#ffffff" css_buttons="#7e7e7e" css_btnover="#252525" css_scroll="#7e7e7e" css_margins="94,0,220,269,408,269,0,0"> <div name="title">Massacre in Texas</div> <div name="caption">The military plans to confine Maj. 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National News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:33:09 GMT 778587 2009-11-22T03:33:09Z <a name="778587"></a><div class="hentry a778587" reltag="National News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/atheist-student-groups-flower-on/778587">Atheist Groups Rise on College Campuses </a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-21T22:33:09Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 5 HOURS 38 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=765349 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> 0</span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 2 --><!-- adding key 1.1 --><!-- adding key 2.2 --> <!-- enhAlign: Left, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 1, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs79" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanLeftWrap"> <div class="enhanLeftWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_1_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/638829/1258849850908.JPEG" alt="College atheists" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs79"></a> <div class="synpTxt">The ranks of campus atheists and agnostics are growing in American universities. Campus affiliates of the Secular Student Alliance have jumped from 80 in 2007 to 174 this fall. But the young-and-godless struggle with the best way to attract believers -- or in their case, non-believers.</div> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs325" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_2_2--><br clear=all><div class="left"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=180780&pollId=181072&channel=aol_us_news6" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <div class="right"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=180776&pollId=181068&channel=aol_us_news6" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <br clear=all> </div> </div> <a name="axs325"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/atheist-student-groups-flower-on/778587">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng null"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/atheist-student-groups-flower-on/778587#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/atheist-student-groups-flower-on/778587', 'Atheist Groups Rise on College Campuses ');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/atheist-student-groups-flower-on/778587', 'Atheist Groups Rise on College Campuses ');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/atheist-student-groups-flower-on/778587#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (0)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/officials-point-to-uranium-mine-as-water/778556 Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. 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Now, a new wave of federal testng found that uranium and aresenic pollution makes water at 79 percent of the wells tested north of the copper mine unsafe to drink.</div> <div name="credit">Scott Sady, AP</div> <div name="source">Scott Sady, AP</div> <div name="disclaimertext"></div> </div> </div> </div> <script>oKExp.start("news-news_media_nevada_mine");</script> </div> <!-- END KE KIT --> </div> </div> <a name="axs498"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/officials-point-to-uranium-mine-as-water/778556">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng null"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/officials-point-to-uranium-mine-as-water/778556#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/officials-point-to-uranium-mine-as-water/778556', 'Mine Pollutes Water With Uranium');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/officials-point-to-uranium-mine-as-water/778556', 'Mine Pollutes Water With Uranium');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/officials-point-to-uranium-mine-as-water/778556#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (0)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/hacked-e-mails-heat-up-global-warming/778525 A British university says computer hackers have broken into its world-renowned climate change research department and posted the contents of e-mails and research on the Internet. 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Some skeptics say the messages show that scientists rigged data to overstate their case on climate change.</div> <!-- enhAlign: Centered, enhSize: Large--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 3, enhSize Number: 3--> <a href="#axs276" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanCenter"> <div class="enhanCenterInner enhanLarge enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_2_1--><br clear=all><div class="left"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=180771&pollId=181063&channel=aol_us_news6" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <div class="right"> <iframe src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1381&view=180772&pollId=181064&channel=aol_us_news6" frameborder="0" width="205" height="185"></iframe></div> <br clear=all> </div> </div> <a name="axs276"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/hacked-e-mails-heat-up-global-warming/778525">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng null"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/hacked-e-mails-heat-up-global-warming/778525#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/hacked-e-mails-heat-up-global-warming/778525', 'Hacked E-Mails Heat Up Climate Dispute');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/hacked-e-mails-heat-up-global-warming/778525', 'Hacked E-Mails Heat Up Climate Dispute');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/hacked-e-mails-heat-up-global-warming/778525#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (0)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/prosecution-requests-life-for-amanda/778462 Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy. 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Knox allegedly stabbed her British roommate in 2007. The charges against Knox include murder and sexual violence. A verdict isn't expected until December. 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Here, surveyors collect Asian carp caught in nets in the Des Plaines river near Havana, Ill.</div> <div name="credit">Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / MCT</div> <div name="source">Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / MCT</div> <div name="disclaimertext"></div> </div> </div> </div> <script>oKExp.start("news-news_media_animalsinthenews");</script> </div> <!-- END KE KIT --> </div> </div> <a name="axs26"></a> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/asian-carp-may-have-breached-great-lakes/777961">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng null"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/asian-carp-may-have-breached-great-lakes/777961#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/asian-carp-may-have-breached-great-lakes/777961', 'Monstrous Fish Threaten Great Lakes ');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/asian-carp-may-have-breached-great-lakes/777961', 'Monstrous Fish Threaten Great Lakes ');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/asian-carp-may-have-breached-great-lakes/777961#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (0)</span></a> </div></div> http://news.aol.com/article/fernando-bermudez-is-ordered-released/765349 A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent. National News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:04:33 GMT 765349 2009-11-22T00:04:33Z <a name="765349"></a><div class="hentry a765349" reltag="National News"> <h3 class="entry-title "><a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/fernando-bermudez-is-ordered-released/765349">Wrongfully Convicted Man Wins Freedom </a></h3> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="posted"><abbr class="synpAbbr" title="2009-11-21T19:04:33Z">posted:<span class="bylinDt"> 9 HOURS 6 MINUTES AGO</span><!-- trri: trriAppID=dynanews --><!-- trri: trriCategory=news-news-article --><!-- trri: trriAssetType=articles --><!-- trri: trriObjectURI=765349 --><!-- trri: trriItemOverrideUrl= -->comments:<span class="cmnt"> 0</span></abbr></span></h4> <h4 class="byline"> <span class="filedUnder">filed under: <a href="http://news.aol.com/nation">National News</a></span></h4> <div class="entry-summary"><!-- Enhancement List size = 1 --><!-- adding key 0.1 --> <!-- enhAlign: Left, Wrap, enhSize: Small--> <!-- enhAlign Number: 1, enhSize Number: 1--> <a href="#axs128" style="display:block;position:absolute;left:-3000px;">Skip over this content</a> <div class="enhanLeftWrap"> <div class="enhanLeftWrapInner enhanSmall enhanCmn"><!-- contentType = html--><!-- column slot = synopsis_paragraph_0_1--><div class="enhanPhoto"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/3/638820/1258845566664.JPEG" alt="Man freed" width="186" height="124" /> <div class="credit">AP</div></div> </div> </div> <a name="axs128"></a> <div class="synpTxt">A New York City man who spent 17 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit is a free man. Though a Manhattan judge declared Fernando Bermudez innocent last week, he remained behind bars on a drug sentence. A federal judge ordered that he be released until June 30, while his lawyers ask federal officials to credit his drug sentence as served. </div> <div class="entry-permalink"> <a rel="bookmark" href="http://news.aol.com/article/fernando-bermudez-is-ordered-released/765349">Full Coverage</a></div> </div> <div class="synpRatng null"> <div class="synpVot"> <a href="http://news.aol.com/article/fernando-bermudez-is-ordered-released/765349#MustRead"> <span class="synpMstRd">Must Read:</span> <span class="thmbsUp">0%</span> <span class="thmbsDwn">0%</span> </a> </div><a class="addthis_button_email" href="javascript: void(0)" onclick="shareOperation(2, 'http://news.aol.com/article/fernando-bermudez-is-ordered-released/765349', 'Wrongfully Convicted Man Wins Freedom ');"><span class="emai">Email</span></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" style="text-decoration:none;" onmouseover="return addthis_open(this, '', 'http://news.aol.com/article/fernando-bermudez-is-ordered-released/765349', 'Wrongfully Convicted Man Wins Freedom ');" onmouseout="addthis_close();" onclick="return addthis_sendto();"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/art/ch_news/plussym12x12" border="0" alt="Share" /><span class="share">Share</span></a> <a class="nbdr" href="http://news.aol.com/article/fernando-bermudez-is-ordered-released/765349#Comments"><span class="synpCmnt">Comments (0)</span></a> </div></div>