- Romney Medicare plan: Key details still in flux AP - 24 mins ago
Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the biggest changes since its creation nearly 50 years ago. More »Romney Medicare plan: Key details still in flux
- Obama Medicare plan: No voucher but maybe a bill AP - 21 mins ago
He'll never turn Medicare into a voucher, but if you are lucky enough to be financially comfortable in retirement, odds are you'll pay higher premiums under President Barack Obama's plan. It's not just the 1 percent who'll … More »Obama Medicare plan: No voucher but maybe a bill
- Sarah Palin’s advice to Mitt Romney: 'Go rogue' Christian Science Monitor - 15 hrs ago
Mitt Romney has been getting lots of gratuitous advice from fellow Republicans and conservatives worried about what they see as a presidential campaign that’s slipping toward defeat. More »Sarah Palin’s advice to Mitt Romney: 'Go rogue'
- Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair AP - 9 hrs ago
A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned … More »Houston officer kills double amputee in wheelchair
A Houston police officer shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.
- Suicide bomber kills 2, injures 45 at Catholic church in Nigeria AP - 43 mins ago
A suicide car bomber attacked a Catholic church conducting Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing two people and wounding another 45 in a region under assault by a radical Islamist sect, officials said. More »Suicide bomber kills 2, injures 45 at Catholic church in Nigeria
A suicide car bomber attacked a Catholic church conducting Mass in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing two people and wounding another 45 in a region under assault by a radical Islamist sect, officials said.
- Macho image fades as Russia's Putin nears 60 Reuters - Fri, Sep 21, 2012
MOSCOW (Reuters) - As Vladimir Putin's 60th birthday approaches, a wave of biting satire is starting to hurt his macho image. Back in the Kremlin since May, the former KGB spy faces the biggest protests of his long rule and ratings that an independent pollster says have slipped below 50 percent. His image, says a former …
- AP Exclusive: Philadelphia man Nazi probe target AP - 1 hr 36 mins ago
Germany has launched a war crimes investigation against an 87-year-old Philadelphia man it accuses of serving as an SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp, The Associated Press has learned, following years of failed U.S. Justice Department efforts to have the man stripped of his American citizenship and deported.
- 9 climbers killed, 6 missing in Nepal avalanche AP - 57 mins ago
An avalanche hit a team of climbers on a high Himalayan peak in Nepal on Sunday, leaving at least nine dead and six others missing, officials said. Many of the climbers were French or German.
- Sweet times for cows as gummy worms replace costly corn feed Reuters - 30 mins ago
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Mike Yoder's herd of dairy cattle are living the sweet life. With corn feed scarcer and costlier than ever, Yoder increasingly is looking for cheaper alternatives -- and this summer he found a good deal on ice cream sprinkles. "It's a pretty colorful load," said Yoder, who operates about …
- Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84 AP - 4 hrs ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's top three tennis players have arrived for the Pan Pacific Open women's tournament in Japan even as a blazing political row between the two countries continues to rage. China had … More »Chinese players in Japan despite tensions
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's top three tennis players have arrived for the Pan Pacific Open women's tournament in Japan even as a blazing political row between the two countries continues to rage. China had withdrawn its badminton players from last week's Japan Open as tempers flared over disputed islands, putting both nations …