WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama's promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy aimed at winning over the party's fiscal conservatives.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has said he wants to focus laser-like on the public's top concern: jobs. But the ongoing effort to remake the nation's health care system keeps getting in the way.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is backing an immigration bill outline drafted by two senators that says illegal immigrants must admit they broke the law to become citizens.
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania congressman says the U.S. terrorism suspect known as "Jihad Jane" has been cooperating in an international probe of radical Muslims.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Alana Sanders gave birth to her fourth child, the people on hand to towel off the baby and tie its umbilical cord weren't the usual team of doctors or nurses. They were her 11-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A rocket fired by Gaza militants smashed into a greenhouse in an Israeli border village Thursday, killing a Thai worker in the first such death since Israel's massive offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza more than a year ago.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jesse James says he's sorry for the pain and embarrassment he's caused his wife Sandra Bullock and his three children from previous relationships.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.
North Texas went on a 15-3 run to get within 69-55 of second-seeded Kansas State with 5½ minutes left. The run was enough to get Wildcats guard Jacob Pullen back in the game after he sat out for several minutes following a hard collision on the court.
North Texas went on a 15-3 run to get within 69-55 of second-seeded Kansas State with 5½ minutes left. The run was enough to get Wildcats guard Jacob Pullen back in the game after he sat out for several minutes following a hard collision on the court.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carleton Scott's 3-pointer rattled out in the closing seconds, and 11th-seeded Old Dominion delivered the first upset of the NCAA tournament when it stunned sixth-seeded Notre Dame 51-50 on Thursday in the South Regional.
NEW YORK (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and welterweight champion Shane Mosley will undergo Olympic-style drug testing for their May 1 fight in Las Vegas, which they hope will set a new standard for boxing.
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Garrett Willis made the most of a sponsor exemption to his hometown event Thursday with five birdies on the back nine for a 6-under 65 that put him atop the leaderboard among early starters in the Transitions Championship.
