NATION
Congress approves historic health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.March 21, 2010
Obama is on the brink of a health care reinvention that none before him could achieve
WASHINGTON - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near.March 21, 2010
House majority leader says Democrats will have 216 votes to pass health care reform
WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says Democrats will have the 216 votes needed to pass health care reform when it comes to the floor for a vote.March 21, 2010
New threat to blow up police car in Calif. town raises tensions, puts law enforcers on alert
HEMET, Calif. - The tense atmosphere surrounding a California police department plagued by booby trap attacks has been stepped up a notch following the latest threat against officers.March 21, 2010
Pep rally and protesters make for raucous and at times ugly build-up to House health care vote
WASHINGTON - House Democrats heard it all Saturday - words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.March 21, 2010
End in sight as 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.March 20, 2010
California police department on alert for deadly traps
HEMET, Calif. — Police in this picturesque city in rural Riverside County have been on edge in recent weeks. Someone is trying to kill them.March 19, 2010
Rural economic index doubles March '09 mark in Midwest and Plains states
OMAHA, Neb. - A new survey of rural bankers in 11 Midwest and Plains states shows continued weakness in the agriculture industry, but also signs of improvement.March 19, 2010
Democrats sweeten health overhaul bill; vote likely over weekend
WASHINGTON — Historic health care change in the balance, Democrats plowed fresh billions into insurance subsidies for consumers on Thursday and added a $250 rebate for seniors facing high prescription drugs, last-minute sweeteners to sweeping $940 billion legislation headed for a climactic weekend vote.By David Espo , March 19, 2010
American native 'Jihad Jane' due in federal court in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Whether she was seeking love or vengeance, or just an escape from her dreary, small-town existence, Colleen LaRose searched the Internet and found Muslim extremists eager to engage the unhappy American.
March 18, 2010
Judge allows Roundup Ready sugar beets - for 2010, at least
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that farmers can plant and harvest their genetically engineered sugar beets this year, saying the the economic impact too great and that environmental groups waited too long to request that the crop be yanked from the ground and otherwise barred from the market.March 18, 2010
AP corrects caption to reflect soldiers' memory
NEW YORK — For 68 years, John E. Love has been haunted by memories of being forced to carry the bodies of fallen comrades to a mass grave hollowed out of a Filipino rice field. Now, at last, a bit of history is being rewritten because of those memories.
March 18, 2010
Friends pitch in to save N.D. house after owner dies
BRIARWOOD, N.D. – In 2009, Dick Knutson arrived too late to save his house here.
By Dave Roepke , March 18, 2010
Interstate floods in southeast ND
ORISKA, N.D. - A portion of Interstate 94 in southeast North Dakota is covered by water from overland flooding.March 18, 2010
Massachusetts dentist accused of using paper clips for root canals
FALL RIVER, Mass. - A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of placing paper clips instead of stainless steel posts inside the teeth of root canal patients while billing Medicaid for the more expensive parts.March 17, 2010
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