Senate on track to pass healthcare bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats moved closer on Monday to passing landmark healthcare legislation by Christmas after scoring a win in the first big test vote and gaining the support of a powerful lobbying group for doctors. | Video
- Rajaratnam, Chiesi plead innocent in Galleon case
- Banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows
- U.S. mortgage industry grapples with new disclosures
- U.S. cap and trade looks out of reach in 2010
- China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tire duties
- Dollar holds firm, Asia stocks track U.S. tech rally
- U.S. pay czar allows incentives for key AIG employee
- Ford offers buyouts to all UAW workers
- Attacks halt Iran dissident cleric's memorial service | Video
Issues in Depth
Political risk clouds Asia
The economic outlook is strong, but the danger of a sudden correction hangs over Asian markets - as political risks could turn sunshine to storm clouds in the blink of an eye. Full Article
Tehran flexes its muscles
Iranian soldiers raised their country's flag over an inactive but disputed oil well on its border with Iraq in a move that could be a sign to the West of how Tehran plans to respond to more sanctions. Full Article
Is America getting safer?
Murder and robbery rates are plummeting across America despite the harsh economic recession but not every city has reason to feel safer. Full Article
The "anything but oil" agenda
OPEC has done a great job of keeping oil prices up, even in the face of a biting recession, writes columnist John Kemp. But a new challenge looms. Commentary
Despair in the Kazakh steppe
In icy Kazakhstan, barbed wire and crumbling barracks stand in testament to the decades of cruelty millions of ethnic Germans endured in Soviet gulag camps during Stalin's Great Terror campaign. Full Article | Slideshow
Put that smartphone down
Texting drivers are six times more likely to crash their car than drivers who do not text, and those who talk while driving aren't much better. Full Article
- Airlines add seats after snowstorm hits travel
- Senate on track to pass healthcare bill | Video
- U.S. mortgage industry grapples with new disclosures
- Attacks halt Iran dissident cleric's memorial service | Video
- Qaeda makes rare public appearance at Yemen rally
- Obama picks Schmidt as cyber-security chief
- China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tire duties
- Israel passes response on prisoner swap to Hamas
- U.S. crime drops in first half of 2009, FBI says
- U.S. court urges misconduct probe into Polanski case | Video
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