Saturday, November 21, 2009
Health care bill clears Senate hurdle By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Writer Reader comments (408) Democrats unite to push historic legislation on to full-scale debate after Thanksgiving.		Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters By RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press Writer Reader comments (6) Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's 'elves' at the North Pole ...
US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard By MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writer Reader comments (10) The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the ...		Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect By ANNE GEARAN & PAMELA HESS Associated Press Writers Reader comments (3) The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical ...
Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk of mission By MARCIA DUNN Associated Press Reader comments (1) An astronaut anticipating the birth of his daughter at any moment embarked on the first spacewalk ...		12 Klansmen rally briefly before LSU-Ole Miss game By Associated Press About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi ...
Stem-cell research restrictions rejected By AP Wire Services Reader comments (3) The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday rejected a proposal to restrict the ...		Kabul: Suicide bomber kills 16 By Associated Press Reader comments (0) A suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square ...
Buenos Aires: 'Dirty War' orphans to be forced to give DNA By MAYRA PERTOSSI Associated Press Reader comments (1) Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction ...		Islamabad: Pakistan says troop increase threatens them By Associated Press Reader comments (0) Pakistan expressed fear Friday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could ...
Geneva: Scientists restart the Big Bang machine By Associated Press Reader comments (3) Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time since ...		Burris receives admonishment, no punishment By AP Wire Services Reader comments (3) The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading ...
At least 18 Hasan e-mails to be probed, senator says By PAMELA HESS & ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Reader comments (0) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials ...		Moderate Dems pivotal in bill vote By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Reader comments (3) Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health- care bill ...
GOP puts women's health in spotlight By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press Reader comments (0) Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms ...		Way back when: Today in history By GENE CURTIS Reader comments (0) A visiting bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church-South died at the Brady Hotel after an ...
Nation Briefs By Wire Reports Reader comments (0) Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty ...		Daily U.S. Casualties By Associated Press Reader comments (0) Afghanistan: As of Friday,at least 842 members of theU.S. military had died as aresult ...
News Briefs By Wire Reports Reader comments (0) The Pacific resort island ofSaipan was reeling Saturdayfrom one of the most violentattacks ...		Flood Rescue By Staff Reports Reader comments (6) Residents of Cockermouth, England, are rescued Friday from their homes by members of the Royal ...

3-alarm Atlantic City boardwalk fire under control
Saturday, November 21, 2009
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Officials say a three-alarm fire on the boardwalk in Atlantic City has been declared under control....

UC Santa Cruz protesters still occupy building
Saturday, November 21, 2009
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- Dozens of protesters are occupying the main administrative building at University of California, Santa Cruz in the third straight day of protest over fee hikes and cuts to campus services....

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....

Biden says Senate handed Obama a big victory
Saturday, November 21, 2009
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation''s health care system....

Police: Man fatally stabbed over NYC subway seat
Saturday, November 21, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car early Saturday morning in midtown Manhattan, police said....

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....

A bad month in Afghanistan rippled across the US
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war....