A sweeping health care overhaul narrowly clears its first hurdle in the Senate, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate.


Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:23:30 GMT

No sooner had Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln promised to deliver one crucial vote in support of a health care overhaul than she threatened to withhold the next one.


Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:05:21 GMT

The gleaming glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 is auctioned off for $350,000.


Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:29:35 GMT

A military magistrate rules that the Army psychiatrist charged in one of the worst mass shootings on a U.S. military base will be held until trial.


Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:56:26 GMT

A record number of Afghan war deaths in October has forced the U.S. to take new notice of Afghanistan as debate rages over whether President Obama should send tens of thousands more troops.


Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:27:58 GMT