Chile reels in aftermath of quake, emergency workers provide aid
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 1st, 2010 5:35 am by HL
Chile reels in aftermath of quake, emergency workers provide aid
SANTIAGO, CHILE — After experiencing one of the most powerful earthquakes to strike the earth in more than a century, Chileans accelerated their rescue, aid and security efforts in damaged regions Sunday but also took pride in the comparatively low death toll, a result widely attributed to the…
Democrats will have votes for health bill, Obama aide says
Raising the prospect of a “simple up-or-down vote” on health-care reform, White House adviser Nancy-Ann DeParle said on Sunday she thinks Democrats will secure enough ayes on the measure and signaled that the administration could be moving toward trying to pass it along party lines.
D.C. mayor faces racial divide as he prepares for reelection
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty was racing through the District’s Southeast neighborhoods, shoveling sidewalks for seniors in Fairlawn, whacking tennis balls with youngsters in Hillcrest and posing for photos with teenage boxers at a recreation center in Bellevue.
