Updated: 11/14/09 10:24 AM
President Barack Obama pressed on with his mission to repair America's global standing, telling Asians he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security.
Suicide attack kills 11 at NW Pakistan checkpoint
Updated: 11/14/09 11:59 AM
A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 people, including four children, the latest in a wave of militant attacks that have claimed more than 300 lives in the past month.
A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects
Updated: 11/14/09 4:04 AM
In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse.
Republican bashes Dems over health care proposals
Updated: 11/14/09 12:19 PM
House Democrats missed opportunities to improve the House-passed health care bill when they rejected Republican ideas to limit lawsuits and give states more flexibility to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday.
Other World & Nation News
Some Fort Hood victims' funerals set for Saturday
Updated: 11/14/09 10:34 AM
When Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger joined the U.S. Army Reserves after the 2001 terrorist attacks, she vowed to hunt down Osama bin Laden. When her mother said she couldn't do it alone, the soldier defiantly told her, "Watch me."
NATO says insurgents killed during search
Updated: 11/14/09 1:04 PM
NATO and Afghan forces killed several insurgents, including an armed woman, in a search operation in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the alliance said.
Russian says troops kill 20 militants in Chechnya
Updated: 11/14/09 3:34 AM
Government forces have killed more than 20 militants in Chechnya, and a bomb blast at a cemetery in a neighboring province killed three relatives visiting the grave of a police officer slain by insurgents, law enforcement authorities said.
US sees progress on arms control talks with Russia
Updated: 11/14/09 4:19 AM
The United States and Russia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to replace a major Cold-War era arms control agreement and are trying to work out remaining technical issues, U.S. officials say.
Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe
Updated: 11/14/09 9:14 AM
President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.
State
- Bid to cut deficit still stalled
- Crisis mode declared on deficit
- Paterson calls on Legislature to erase $3.2 billion deficit
- $200 million assurance keeps Delaware North in casino race
- State agency’s grants will help WNY groups rehabilitate 71 houses
- Senate’s Democratic leaders will attend Paterson speech
- Paterson’s call for joint session is rebuffed by own party
- Ship built with WTC steel comes to namesake city
- Republican in NY House race suspends campaign
- Land swap in Adirondacks tops ballots in Tuesday’s election
International
- Suicide attack kills 11 at NW Pakistan checkpoint
- Kenya harvest example on reversing food shortage
- A president of Europe? Continent's unity is tested
- Malta's bishop announces pope to visit April 17-18
- Iran artists in tug of war with government
- Population of historic Venice totters near 60,000
- Ugandan official suggests caning dead bodies
- Swedish museum returns 22 human skulls to Hawaii
- No bars, no mistresses, Chinese officials warned
- NATO says insurgents killed during search
National
- College students find support in campus 'posses'
- Crusading Calif. D.A. retires, leavs painful wake
- Woman widowed by cop husband's suicide sues NYPD
- THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound
- 2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early
- In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians
- Disney World takes steps to fight swine flu
- Strippers-on-a-truck promotion halted in Las Vegas
- Authorities: 3 dead in helicopter crash near Reno
- Corruption lands ex-Louisiana congressman 13 years
Strange Stories
- Urn with veteran's ashes stolen from van in DC
- Cat's demise prompts rumors of Thatcher's death
- The Chavez Diet: Venezuelans urged to lose weight
- LA police arrest 74-year-old tagging suspect
- Man distracted by bird drives Bugatti into marsh
- Police: Drunk man survives being run over by train
- Suspect returns to crime scene for cell phone
- Praise Lord, then pass ammo at church gun class
- Tanker overturns, spilling whiskey on Ky. road
- Ala. robbery suspect jailed minus part of his nose
Columns
Afghan policy still elusive
President Obama has promised, as President George W. Bush had promised before him, to
listen to his generals.
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Another Voice
- Maria R. Whyte: Collins’ closure pattern pits Buffalo against suburbs
- Joseph A. Gardella Jr.: Tonawanda Coke must cooperate to cut emissions
- Charles Lamb: Niagara County can’t tolerate more toxic wastes
- Lt. Col. Rob Waldman: Live with integrity to honor Americans in uniform
Everybody's Column
- Americans need to get their priorities in order
- Time to shine a light on health care costs
- U. S. cannot nullify treaties with Indians
- Voting machine, ballot need some fine tuning
My View
- Doug Routt: Guys should stick to shaking hands
- Kathleen M. Rog: Enjoy the detours life throws at you
- Carol Carreno: Art in its many forms is what makes us human
- Janusz Nieduzak: Remember the struggle for freedom and peace




