Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama....
Astronauts finish another spacewalk, still no baby
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....
Ex-Air Force nurse acquitted of killing patients
Saturday, November 21, 2009
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A military judge in Texas has found a former Air Force nurse accused of killing three terminally ill patients not guilty of murder....
Michael Jackson glove among items at music auction
Saturday, November 21, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- A collection of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including the rhinestone-studded glove he wore when he unveiled the moonwalk in 1983, is being sold at auction....
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....
Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate
Saturday, November 21, 2009
LONDON (AP) -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change....
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....
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....
