Calif. police dodge bullet in booby trap attacks
HEMET, Calif. - Police officers in this retirement town in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them.
Nations:U.S. People:Jerry Brown Source:(AP)
2010-03-19
Final health bill omits some of Obama's promises
WASHINGTON - It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes.
Nations:U.S. People:John Boehner Christopher Dodd Charles Grassley Max Baucus Barack Obama Activities:2009 US Health Reform 111th Congress Source:(AP)
2010-03-19
Judge orders renegotiation of 9/11 settlement
NEW YORK - A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement that would have given at least $575 million to people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal shortchanged 10,000 ground zero workers whom he called heroes.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Sept 11 Terror Attack Source:(AP)
2010-03-19
End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama's way
WASHINGTON - One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama's direction.
Nations:U.S. People:Edward Kennedy Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama Activities:2009 US Health Reform 111th Congress Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2010-03-19
Obama argues for health care effort on Fox News
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday took to the Fox News Channel, derided by his White House as a wing of the Republican Party, to sell his embattled health care overhaul in an interview punctuated with interruptions from the host and chiding from the guest.
People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 US Health Reform 111th Congress Source:(AP)
2010-03-18
Health bill gains ground but release delayed
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from a retired Catholic bishop and nuns representing dozens of religious orders - gaining fresh traction ahead of a climactic weekend vote.
Nations:U.S. People:Mitch McConnell Harry Reid Barack Obama Dennis Kucinich Activities:2009 US Health Reform 111th Congress
2010-03-18
Calif. lawsuit claims Toyota hid defect evidence
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp on Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2010-03-13
Author Lewis equates Wall Street bonuses with "theft"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author Michael Lewis, known for exposing the culture of excess at Solomon Brothers with his book "Liar's Poker," says Wall Street bonuses at banks bailed out by Washington are "a very elegant form of theft."
Activities:Global Financial Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2010-03-13
Infant deaths prompt gov't warning on slings
WASHINGTON - The government warned Friday that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous, even deadly for their little ones.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-03-13
Mom says daughter held in Ireland in terror plot
DENVER - Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was a straight-A nursing student when she abruptly left Colorado last fall with her 6-year-old son and turned up in Ireland, where her parents say she was arrested this week in an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist.
Nations:Ireland Sweden U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-03-13
Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.
Nations:U.S. People:Harry Reid John Kerry Mitch McConnell Patrick Leahy Christopher Dodd Max Baucus Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2009 US Health Reform 111th Congress Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2010-03-13
AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress
WASHINGTON - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Barack Obama Activities:111th Congress Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2010-03-10
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