Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala
Saturday, November 21, 2009
DETROIT (AP) -- Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty - the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock....
Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare....
China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
Saturday, November 21, 2009
HEGANG, China (AP) -- Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 - the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years....
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....
Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case
Saturday, November 21, 2009
PERUGIA, Italy (AP) -- Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game - charges the U.S. woman dismissed as 'pure fantasy.'...
Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk
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....
Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial
Saturday, November 21, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday....
Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients
Saturday, November 21, 2009
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force''s largest hospital....
