18 hours ago - By The Associated Press, HO
The 60-39 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate.
19 hours ago - By Associated Press
The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill.
20 hours ago - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia.
Nov 21 - By Erica Werner, Associated Press Writer
A comparison of the health care bills before Congress:

Nov 21 - By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer
The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.

Nov 21 - By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer
President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of jobs and open new markets for American goods in the future.

Nov 21 - By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Writer
Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend.
Nov 20 - By Associated Press
Military prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek new charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.
Nov 20 - By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Writer
The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.

Nov 20 - By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Writer
Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Nov 20 - By The Associated Press, HO
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

Nov 20 - By Pamela Hess, Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

Nov 20 - By Matt Apuzzo , Associated Press Writer
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

Nov 20 - By Alan Fram, Associated Press Writer
Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession — Iowa.

Nov 20 - By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
Nov 20 - By Ken Thomas , Associated Press Writer
The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.
Nov 20 - By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writers
A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators.