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  • Click for Full Story Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

     
  • Mammogram guidelines spark debate over health bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers broke along party lines on a new aspect of the health care debate Sunday as a former National Institutes of Health chief urged women to ignore guidelines that delay the start of breast cancer screenings.

     
  • Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

     
  • Analysis: Fed under fire as public anger mounts

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag.

     
  • Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

     
  • Democrats: Health care bill saves money and jobs

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democratic senators say the health care overhaul bill now going to the Senate floor for debate is a key to saving jobs and reducing the spiraling American budget deficit.

     
  • Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.

     
  • Durbin says deadline looming for health care bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Democratic senator says the proposed health care overhaul must pass the Senate by the end of the year, so that lawmakers can begin to concentrate on the economy and job creation.

     
  • Schumer says public option can pass the Senate

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate.

     
  • Nelson might not back next step for health bill

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate.

     
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