Army Preps For Next Afghan Target: Kandahar
About 4,000 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division are heading to Afghanistan later this spring. The unit known as “Strike,” the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, will be part of one of the war’s most challenging…
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U.S. House passes historic health-care reform
WASHINGTON – A deeply divided House of Representatives on Sunday approved historic legislation aimed at providing Americans with near-universal health care, handing President Barack Obama a huge victory on one of the most polarizing domestic…
Shani Davis defends his 1,000-meter speedskating gold
With a blazing fast last lap, American Shani Davis successfully defended his 1,000-meter speedskating gold. The win makes him the first black athlete to win an individual gold in consecutive Winter Olympics. It’s the skater’s…
Report on Marines’ water omitted cancer chemical
WILMINGTON, N.C. — An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review,…
Judging stimulus: Jobless rate high, growth real
WASHINGTON — Did the stimulus work or not? A year after Congress passed President Barack Obama’s huge economic revival plan, the results are mixed – and hardly final. Despite Obama’s bold promises, unemployment remains stubbornly…
Left and right united in opposition to controversial SCOTUS decision
Much has been made of late about the hyper-partisan political environment in America. On Tuesday, Sen. Evan Bayh explained his surprising recent decision to leave the Senate by lamenting a “dysfunctional” political system riddled with…
Former US officials in cyberattack simulation
WASHINGTONÂ — Former top US intelligence officials will become cyberwarriors on Tuesday in a simulation of how the US government would respond to a massive cyberattack on the United States. “The scenario itself is secret,”…
A bumpy ride ends in gold for Kearney
WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia — If, by the end of the Vancouver Games, the Canadians remain desperate for the first gold medal in their history of hosting the Olympics, perhaps they can petition Hannah Kearney…
America’s Most Overvalued Cities
NEW YORKÂ — Don’t say we didn’t warn you. In January 2006, CNNMoney published a ranking of 299 U.S. housing markets, showing where home prices were most overvalued. Little was undervalued: Real estate was white-hot…
49 states dusted with snow; Hawaii’s the holdout
Forget red and blue – color America white. There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday. Hawaii was the holdout. It was the United States of Snow, thanks to an unusual combination of…
Chief: Alabama Proffesor held in 3 killings shot Mass. kin
BRAINTREE, Mass. — An Alabama university professor accused of fatally shooting three colleagues at a faculty meeting this week shot her younger brother dead at their home in the Boston suburbs more than 20 years…
Walls of water overwhelm N. Calif. surfing contest
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. –Despite big wave warnings, two 20-foot walls of water caught dozens of spectators off-guard and knocked them to a rocky beach as they watched a Northern California surfing contest Saturday, leaving…
Marines push ‘The Breacher’ against Taliban lines
SISTANI, Afghanistan — In comes “The Joker.” That’s the nickname given by the crew to one of the 72-ton, 40-foot (12-meter)-long Assault Breacher Vehicles. Fitted with a plow and nearly 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms) of…
Marja: Operation Moshtarak Tests Obama’s Afghan War Plan
U.S. and allied commanders in Afghanistan are preparing for the biggest battle of the eight-year war, knowing that its outcome will reveal the chances of success for President Obama’s revamped Afghan strategy. About 20,000 U.S.,…
How a Bill Doesn’t Become a Law
Eight ways to fix the Senate–and why they won’t happen. Calls for Senate reform peaked over the weekend after Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., put a “blanket hold” on more than 70 Obama nominees, not out…
Senate Republicans Block Obama Labor Board Pick
Senate Republicans have succeeded in blocking President Barack Obama’s choice of a union lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board. The 52-33 vote to move forward with the nomination of Craig Becker fell short of…
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