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House opens debate on health care overhaul bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions....
Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood....
High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack....
House opens debate on historic health bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical system....
Obama to speak to House Dems as health vote nears
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is heading to Capitol Hill for talks with House Democrats as they scramble to find enough votes to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system....
Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect's history
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself....
AP Sources: Rampage gun purchased legally
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting was purchased legally by suspect Nidal Hasan at a Texas gun shop, law enforcement officials said Friday....
Revolutionary War hero becomes honorary US citizen
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States....