Ida grows into hurricane near Mexico's Carib coast
Sunday, November 08, 2009
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico''s Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats as Ida strengthened into a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun....
House passes health care bill on close vote
Sunday, November 08, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous....
High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
Sunday, November 08, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack....
Holiday airfares close to last year but climbing
Saturday, November 07, 2009
If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they''re likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets....
Suspect told 'There's something wrong with you'
Saturday, November 07, 2009
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- There was the classroom presentation that justified suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent....
Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces
Saturday, November 07, 2009
KABUL (AP) -- U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers missing in a Taliban-infested area of the country''s west....
2010 elections: Democratic fears, Republican hopes
Saturday, November 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oh, how the tables have turned....
Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer
Saturday, November 07, 2009
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Prostate cancer couldn''t keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders'' Cup on Saturday....
