US – Saturday, November 21

Experts: Homegrown terror biggest threat

Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, antiterrorist experts said Thursday.

OPRAH TO QUIT IN ’11

The end is near.

What women want: Wilmer

How does Wilmer Valderrama do it? The actor has dated a bevy of Hollywood beauties, from Mandy Moore to Lindsay Lohan (pre-career implosion) to Hilary Duff. He’s even claimed that Ashlee Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt have had a piece of Vaderrama-action.

The saga continues with rush of ‘New’ blood

REVIEW. No matter how this review of ‘New Moon’ ends, whether this critic loves or loathes the film, is irrelevant. If you’re one of the legions of “Twi-Hards,” you’ll be stepping on heads to see it this weekend anyway.

Wall Street dips after bad outlook for Target

NEW YORK. U.S. stocks fell yesterday after discount retailer Target gave a cautious holiday season outlook, but positive brokerage comments on tech bellwether Microsoft helped limit losses.

Annie Lennox: ‘I am my own aids campaign’

Annie Lennox has been an icon since shooting to fame with the Eurythmics two decades ago. The “Greatest White Soul Singer Alive” won a 2004 Academy Award for best original song. But these days, Lennox’s heart belongs less to Billboard charts than to dying children. She campaigns on behalf of African children infected with AIDS. She talked exclusively to Metro.

Published 02:07, November the 6th, 2009

Health care opponents rally in Washington, D.C. Thursday.

Health care opponents rally in Washington, D.C. Thursday.

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House Dems ready for health care vote

Urged on by President Barack Obama, Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives hustled on Thursday to round up support for a sweeping health care overhaul headed to a close floor vote on Saturday.

The House drive for health care reform, Obama’s top domestic priority, was bolstered on Thursday by the backing of the American Medical Association, which represents U.S. doctors, and AARP, the powerful lobbying group for older Americans.

“I urge Congress to listen to the AARP, listen to the AMA, and pass this reform for hundreds of millions of Americans,” Obama said in a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room. “We are closer to passing this reform than ever before.”

House leaders have struggled to win over some party moderates who have lingering concerns.

REUTERS