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Initial Senate vote looms on health legislation
Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, followed by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., leave a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Pa. lawyer and consultant help kids hit the books
Sharon Cassidy tells her sons - Donny, 14, and Jacob, 13 - to get right to their homework when they come home from their school day at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Braddock, about five miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh.
US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday. |
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GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees
Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.
Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters
Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all.
Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks
Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said.
Europe: Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine
Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider.
Syracuse runs away from No. 6 North Carolina
Jim Boeheim has always made a point of telling the media not to get too caught up in runs because basketball, especially on the college level, is a game of runs.
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