Dems have 60 for health care; Lincoln a 'yes'
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats have hit the magic number of 60 to move ahead on historic health care legislation....
Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations
Saturday, November 21, 2009
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans....
Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk of mission
Saturday, November 21, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday....
Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang
Saturday, November 21, 2009
GENEVA (AP) -- Scientists are preparing the world''s largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs....
More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club....
Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama''s eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future....
Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped
Saturday, November 21, 2009
HARBIN, China (AP) -- Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people....
GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- 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....