A consumer primer on Obama’s health bill
WASHINGTON — It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama’s health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it’ll take the better part of a decade to write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and... [More]
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Associated Press | March 16
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Health bill could bypass first vote in House
WASHINGTON — As the battle over health care legislation built Monday toward a weekend crescendo, congressional Democrats considered trying to pass the controversial Senate version without voting for it, a tactic that Republicans and... [More]
McClatchy Newspapers | March 16
Wolverine State loses only wild wolverine
Associated Press MINDEN, Mich. — The Wolverine State has lost its only known wild wolverine. State officials said Monday hikers found the 28-pound female over the weekend outside Minden, about 90 miles north of Detroit. [More]
March 16
Thai protesters give blood to pour in protest
BANGKOK — Anti-government protesters started donating their own blood today as part of a plan to splatter the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections. [More]
Associated Press | March 16
Germs could get crooks busted
WASHINGTON — Warning to criminals: Rubbing out your fingerprints may no longer be enough. Your germs could still give you away. [More]
Associated Press | March 16
Associated Press |
Body scans eventually mandatory, TSA official says
CHICAGO — All airline passengers in the U.S. will eventually be required to undergo a full-body scan before boarding planes, just as metal detectors became a standard and accepted part of the screening process at airports decades ago, the... [More]
Chicago Tribune | March 16
Associated Press |
Storm still pounding Northeast
BOUND BROOK, N.J. — Torrential rains and high winds pounded the Northeast for a third day Monday, taking a heavy toll on people and property in a region that only recently restored power or finished digging out from the last of several major... [More]
Associated Press | March 16
ACORN branches renaming after scandal
CHICAGO — Affiliates of the once mighty liberal activist group ACORN — for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their parent... [More]
Associated Press | March 16
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