Health bill gains ground but release delayed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote....
Idaho first to sign law aimed at health care plan
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance....
Retired Catholic bishop endorses health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A retired Catholic bishop is announcing his support for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, despite the church's official opposition....
FACT CHECK: Obama plan only slows premiums rise
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Buyers, beware: President Barack Obama says his health care overhaul will lower premiums by double digits, but check the fine print....
EPA: More pets injured by flea and tick products
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Products intended to treat cats and dogs for fleas and ticks kill hundreds of pets each year and injure tens of thousands, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday as it outlined plans to make the products safer....
Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation approved by the Senate on Wednesday would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted of crack and powder cocaine charges....
Senior official: Al-Qaida leader believed killed
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An al-Qaida leader believed to have played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan last December was apparently killed by an American missile strike last week, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday....
Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the past week have one common characteristic: The suspects are all Americans....
Obama argues for health care effort on Fox News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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....
Clinton to attend Mideast session amid crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the Mideast peace process stalled and U.S.-Israeli relations in crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headed Wednesday to a Mideast strategy meeting of top international diplomats....
