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Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:57:52 GMT

Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, lawmakers voted to approve a $1.1 trillion, 10-year plan that Democrats said could be their defining social policy achievement.

Health Bill Earns One Republican Vote

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:03:38 GMT

Perhaps no development tickled Democrats more than winning the vote of Representative Ahn Cao of Louisiana.

Lawmakers Detail Obama's Pitch

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:53:18 GMT

The president, according to one Congressman, told Democrats that a failed health care bill would "encourage extremists."

Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:16:07 GMT

There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed; 77 of them are in Florida.

Windfall Is Seen as Bank Bonuses Are Paid in Stock

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:48:47 GMT

Bankers are likely to make unusually large gains on the stock grants and options they received after shares in their companies fell sharply during the financial meltdown.

New York’s Cabbies Like Credit Cards? Go Figure

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:37:34 GMT

Unlike in most other cities, riders in New York swipe the cards themselves, and the Taxi and Limousine Commission says revenue and tips have increased.

Zenyatta Wins Breeders’ Cup Classic

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:36:33 GMT

Zenyatta ran her record to 14-0 and put an exclamation point on a great year for fillies by coming from way back to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Inside the Global Gold Frenzy

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:04:56 GMT

Amid a global frenzy fed by hedge funds, speculators and governments all rushing to stock up, the price of gold briefly surpassed $1,100 an ounce on Friday, a record high.

Preliminary Inquiry Finds No Link to Terror Plot

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:02:33 GMT

Investigators believe that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in the mass shooting at Ford Hood, acted under a welter of emotional, ideological and religious pressures.

When Soldiers Snap

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:57:40 GMT

Mental trauma and war have a long history. How to treat it remains a mystery.

Chasing the Story on a Night That Changed All

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:22:53 GMT

Recalling the joy of unexpected liberation at the Berlin Wall, let loose on a city that knew how to party, makes an editor tremble with emotion even now.

With Wall Just a Memory, German Divisions Fade

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:11:44 GMT

Germany is now more peaceful, more united and less turbulent than people had expected.

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