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Justices moving to heart of health care overhaul

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As demonstrations swirled outside, Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they are ready to confront without delay the keep-or-kill questions at the heart of challenges to President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. Virtually every American will be affected by the outcome, due this summer in the heat of the election campaign....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Justices moving to heart of health care overhaul

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As demonstrations swirled outside, Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they are ready to confront without delay the keep-or-kill questions at the heart of challenges to President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. Virtually every American will be affected by the outcome, due this summer in the heat of the election campaign....

Motoring heritage: Hype or history?

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
What drives it? Genuine nostalgia or pure marketing hype?
Categories: BBC, News

Friends Reunited relaunches site

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
Friends Reunited, once the biggest social network in the UK, relaunches as a site to share life memories.
Categories: BBC, News

Cybercrime threat 'on the rise'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
Cybercrime is becoming an increasing threat to the financial services sector, according to an report by an accountancy firm.
Categories: BBC, News

ObamaCare Opening Day

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
'I would not argue that this statute is a perfect model of clarity.'


Ryan and the Right

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
Some conservatives risk falling into Obama's tax and deficit trap.


American Scene: Suit claims 'Year of the Bible' resolution unlawful

PENNSYLVANIA

HARRISBURG — An organization that includes atheists and agnostics is suing over a Pennsylvania House resolution that declares 2012 the "Year of the Bible," saying the measure violates the U.S. Constitution.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sued the measure's main sponsor, the House clerk and the House parliamentarian Monday ...

Vt. police believe they've found teacher's body

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont police found a body in a remote area Monday that they believe is that of a beloved teacher at a New England boarding school whose SUV was found running with her unharmed 2-year-old inside....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

America's economic crisis ignored on campaign trail

CNN - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
Julian Zelizer says candidates are focusing on superficial aspects of U.S. economic woes while neglecting the deeper issues
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Officials: White House offers to curtail drones

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a bid to save the CIA's drone campaign against al-Qaida in Pakistan, US officials offered key concessions to Pakistan's spy chief that included advance notice and limits on the types of targets. But the offers were flatly rejected, leaving US-Pakistani relations strained as President Barack Obama prepares to meet Tuesday with Pakistan's prime minister....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

French police have Toulouse video

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
French police obtain video footage filmed by Mohamed Merah, who killed seven people in Toulouse, after it is sent to the al-Jazeera TV station.
Categories: BBC, News

Fight claims, pot put Fla. teen's side on defense

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The family and supporters of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin found themselves on the defensive Monday following revelations he had been suspended for marijuana before he was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Police also confirmed a report that the watchman claimed Martin was the aggressor, punching him in the nose and smacking his head on a sidewalk....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Cameron: Earth's deepest spot desolate, foreboding

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In James Cameron's fantasy films, like "Avatar" and "The Abyss," the unexplored is splashed in color and fraught with alien danger. But on his dive to the deepest place on Earth, reality proved far different: white, barren and bland....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Cameron: Earth's deepest spot desolate, foreboding

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In James Cameron's fantasy films, like "Avatar" and "The Abyss," the unexplored is splashed in color and fraught with alien danger. But on his dive to the deepest place on Earth, reality proved far different: white, barren and bland....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

A political tip sheet for the rest of us

AP - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Monday, March 26:...

We should have had penalty - Jol

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
Fulham boss Martin Jol says everyone inside Old Trafford expected his side to be awarded a late penalty in the 1-0 loss to Manchester United.
Categories: BBC, News

Bernanke comments rally US stocks

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
US stocks finish higher after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke hints the US central bank will keep in place its supportive monetary policy.
Categories: BBC, News

House GOP cancels highway program extension vote

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With a potential shutdown of federal highway and transit programs looming, House Republican leaders abruptly canceled a vote Monday on three-month extension bill aimed at keeping aid flowing to states while Congress debates an overhaul of transportation policy....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

A national ID card that protects voting rights

CNN - Politics - Sat, 2026-05-09 11:05
David Frum says technology could provide a convenient national ID card that could end the controversy over voter identity
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics
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