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...futures hover around $70 a barrel - a price that is, finally, just right, according to Ali Al-Naimi, oil minister from Saudi Arabia, which produces about one-third of all OPEC oil. "The market is in very good shape," he told Reuters when he arrived in Vienna on Wednesday, Sept. 9. (See pictures of South Africa's oil-from-coal refinery...
...last night, defeating UC Davis (3-2), 4-1, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.“I thought that we played well,” junior Chloe Keating said. “We had a lot of offensive opportunities. It’s tougher playing a Wednesday game. It was our first night game, so it was nice to get acclimated to that…and it was great to win our first night game.”The Crimson was led once again by Keating’s outstanding play. After a five-point effort Saturday...
Which is why what many Democrats are hoping to hear from Obama on Wednesday night is, first and foremost, political cover: some indication that he is staking his still formidable political capital on this process. "I'm leaning no, but I really want to get to yes," says Representative Tom Perriello, a Virginia Democrat and top Republican target. "What I think people are looking for and what I heard back home is, they understand that we're trying to do really important things. They want to understand how these things fit together, and I think the President...
...choice in his push for health-care reform. In just the past two months, he has held six health-care town halls and a prime-time news conference. But public support for his plans has been declining throughout the summer. So the answer, he believes, is one more speech, Wednesday night in front of a joint session of Congress. (See 10 players in health-care reform...
...This is why the House Democrats who have been calling on Obama to lay out a clear, fixed legislative plan on Wednesday night are likely to be disappointed. Obama's mission, when he takes the podium in the House, flanked by his Vice President and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will be less about forcing the hand of Congress than re-energizing public support for reform, something that is essential for members of Congress to feel they have the cover to vote...