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March 20, 2010
Health care bill extends wage tax to investments
WASHINGTON—Higher-income families would be hit with a tax increase on wages and a new levy on investments under President Barack Obama’s health-care...
End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama’s way
One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides yesterday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health-care legislation tilted...
March 19, 2010
UPDATE: Obama rallies support for final health care votes
President Barack Obama described the stakes of this weekend’s health care vote in stark terms in an appearance today at George Mason University. ...
Demi Moore apparently among those who warned of suicide threat
Actress Demi Moore is apparently part of an online chain of posts that warned Florida authorities that a young man might be trying to commit suicide.
S.C. governor agrees to pay ethics fine, gets divorced
COLUMBIA, S.C.—South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has closed two chapters of his life, agreeing to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve ethics charges brought...
Health care vote likely this weekend
WASHINGTON—Support is building behind President Barack Obama’s health care legislation in the House. That’s the result of intense lobbying...
Attorneys say Chicago man providing terrorism info
CHICAGO—Federal officials say an American who admitted slipping quietly into the Indian city of Mumbai on scouting missions that led to a deadly...
March 18, 2010
White House announces May state dinner for Mexican leader
President Barack Obama will hold a state dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderon on May 19.
Obama signs jobs bill, says more must be done
President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the nation a jobs boost by encouraging the private...
House Democrats on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack...
1.2 million high chairs recalled
WASHINGTON—The government is announcing a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they pose a fall hazard to children. The Consumer Product...
Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules
WASHINGTON—Legislation approved by the Senate yesterday would significantly reduce the disparity in sentences handed out to those convicted of crack...
Obama to sign bill to spur job growth
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is set to sign a jobs bill into law this morning. The bill contains two major provisions. First, it exempts businesses...
Arrest made in cinema thermometer stabbing
LANCASTER, Calif.—Detectives in Los Angeles County have arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing a moviegoer in the neck with a meat thermometer during...
Calif. considers smoking ban at all state parks
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California lawmakers are considering what is believed to be the nation’s most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks. Under...
Leprechaun-garbed bank holdup suspect shot dead
GALLATIN, Tenn.—Two bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, were shot dead after a St. Patrick’s Day chase...
Democrats gain support for health-care plan
WASHINGTON—Democrats picked up support yesterday for their health-care overhaul from some important quarters—a congressman who had opposed...
March 17, 2010
Obama’s health care plan picks up support
President Barack Obama’s much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition...
State Department: No deal to stop genocide resolution
A congressional resolution that would recognize Ottoman era killings of Armenians as genocide could go forward despite opposition from the Obama administration....
UPDATE: Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama’s signature
WASHINGTON—The Senate is sending the first of several promised election-year jobs bills to President Obama for his signature. It would provide a...
Rescue redux: Dog plucked from Lake Erie—twice
WESTFIELD, N.Y.—If Koozie the dog were a cat, she would be down to seven lives. The 8-year-old mix-breed pooch had to be rescued—not once,...
Wal-Mart probing racist store announcement
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J.—Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials are reviewing security tapes to try to determine who used a southern New Jersey store’s...
Senate poised to clear jobs bill
WASHINGTON—The Senate today is taking up a temporary tax break for companies that hire unemployed workers. The legislation contains about $18 billion...
Obama meets with Irish prime minister today
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day by meeting with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen at the White House. Obama...
Hawaii considering law to ignore Obama ‘birthers’
HONOLULU—Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here. As the state continues...
State prisons’ numbers drop for 1st time since 1972
NEW YORK—Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to...
March 16, 2010
Reid’s wife, daughter recovering from truck crash
The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are recovering from a violent crash last week that left them with injuries that could have been...
2 killed, at least 30 injured in Texas bus crash
A bus headed for Mexico carrying 40 people overturned along a southern Texas highway on Tuesday, killing at least two people and sending at least 30 people...
Teacher suspended for writing ‘loser’ on student’s paper
ASHEVILLE, N.C.—A middle school teacher in western North Carolina who’s accused of writing the word “loser” on a student’s...
Petraeus: ‘Time has come’ to rethink gay policy
The four-star Army general who is managing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan says “the time has come” for the military to rethink its policy...
