Here's the latest news for Monday, Nov. 9: Suspected Fort Hood shooter awake, talking; Berlin Wall anniversary; American hikers held in Iran; Ida weakens to tropical storm. [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Reports say GM may have to close as many as 1700 dealerships as part of a reorginazation aimed at keeping the auto giant alive. One auto dealer says it has been a tough year, but he sees hope on the horizon. (April 16) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
President Barack Obama says Congress is now "incredibly close to making health insurance reform a reality in this country.'' He says lawmakers must now finish that job, and make 2010 the year health care reform arrives. (Dec. 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history. (Dec. 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Here's the latest news for Thursday, December 24, 2009: Senate tackles final health care vote; U.S. Dad picks up son in Brazil; Winter storm means White Christmas; Empire State Building dresses up for Santa. [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform will increase in popularity, now that Senate Democrats have passed a landmark bill. The 60-39 Christmas Eve vote capped months of arduous negotiations and 24 days of floor debate. (Dec 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill Thursday that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history. (Dec. 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
A Brazilian family delivered a 9-year-old boy to his American father in Brazil on Thursday, ending a five-year custody battle. (Dec. 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
New York City's landmark Empire State Building is dressed for the season. The upper decks are now bathed in red and green lights for Christmas. (Dec. 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Ashoura, one of Islam's most solemn holidays, will be held on Christmas this year. In Baghdad, Christmas has gone underground. Plastic Father Christmas ornaments are not selling and Christmas trees in storefront windows are few and far between. (Dec. 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
With Christmas just a day away, Santa Claus is busy preparing to distribute gifts around the globe. (Dec 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
A pediatrician charged with sexually abusing his patients likely attacked more than 100 children at an office he had decked out with a merry-go-round and a ferris wheel, a state official said Wednesday. (Dec. 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
A daylong standoff at a small-town Virginia post office ended peacefully Wednesday with three hostages set free and a disabled suspect surrendering to police in a wheelchair. (Dec. 24) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
An armed man pushing a wheelchair took five hostages Wednesday at a post office in western Virginia, forcing police to send in a SWAT team and cordon off three blocks of a downtown filled with holiday shoppers. (Dec. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
As the Senate prepares to vote on an overhaul of the nation's health care system, AP reporter Erica Werner explains what it took to get all 60 Democrats on board and why some Republicans say the legislation is a sign of business as usual. (Dec. 22) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
An electrical malfunction outside New York City brought train service to a standstill Wednesday and spotlighted problems on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor that persist despite a long-term effort to upgrade its aging power supply system. (Dec. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
It has been a long slog for health care in the U.S. Senate. But a final vote is near, and so is Christmas. If Clement Clark Moore was still writing poems, maybe he would have seen things on Capitol Hill this way. (Dec. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
New York's Specialty Hospital serves dozens of the city's sickest, most vulnerable inhabitants. Although it's a world haunted by disease, suffering and death, it's also a world filled with love and compassion. (Dec. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
Here's the latest news for Wednesday, Dec. 23: Health care overhaul moves toward Senate vote; Aide: Brazilian family will give up custody fight; Balloon boy parents get jail time, probation; Elephants deliver Christmas cheer to students in Thailand. [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
The parents who carried out the balloon boy hoax have been sentenced to jail and given strict probation conditions. (Dec. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
The family of a pregnant woman who collapsed and died while working at a New York eatery is condemning 2 EMT's who were there on a coffee break, but reportedly failed to help the woman. (Dec. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
An Ohio mom says she was just trying to teach her 6-year-old daughter a lesson early in life. She called the police on the girl after she caught her shoplifting a package of stickers. (Dec. 23) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
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