Senators work on deal expanding background checks
Talks between two influential senators have emerged as the most promising route for a bipartisan breakthrough on expanding federal background checks ...
Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program ...
Dem, GOP senators work on background check deal
Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background checks on firearms sales to include gun shows ...
Obama: Budget not 'ideal' but has 'tough reforms'
President Barack Obama says his soon-to-be released budget, already criticized by friends and foes, is not his "ideal plan" but offers "tough reforms" ...
Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad
Food aid groups are urging the Obama administration to overhaul the way the United States helps starving people abroad. The White House will not say ...
Party intransigence dims hopes for 'grand bargain'
The bipartisan cease-fire that kept the government running this spring gave birth to hopeful talk — among pundits and some senators, at least — of a ...
Obama's budget to spare Medicaid from deep cuts
President Barack Obama's budget next week will steer clear of major cuts to Medicaid, including tens of billions in reductions to the health care plan ...
Survivors angry over 'Pain & Gain' depiction
The real-life murder, torture and kidnapping case from South Florida that's behind the coming movie "Pain & Gain" indeed reads like a script — just ...
Japan central bank revamps policy to boost economy
Japan is taking aggressive action to lift consumer prices, encourage borrowing and help pull the world's third-largest economy out of a long slump.
Study: Dementia tops cancer, heart disease in cost
Cancer and heart disease are bigger killers, but Alzheimer's is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to ...
Health insurers lead stocks higher on Wall Street
U.S. stocks closed at a record highs Tuesday after reports on auto sales and factory orders provided the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is ...
Help shrinks as poverty spikes in the US
Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul ...
Texas Tech hires Tubby Smith as basketball coach
Tubby Smith is headed to Texas Tech to try to turn around another wayward program. Smith was hired Monday, the school announced late Monday night.
CMS softens Medicare Advantage funding changes
Medicare Advantage customers may not see the drastic benefit cuts or premium hikes next year that insurers have been warning about after all.
Can mass marketing heal the splits on 'Obamacare'?
How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good ...
Marketing studies help craft health overhaul pitch
How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good ...
The South: A near-solid block against 'Obamacare'
As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors ...
Partisan discord finds roots in toss-up districts
Here in Cincinnati's suburbs, where people tend to be polite, one finds seeds of the bitter partisanship that gnaws at Washington, 500 miles away.
Obama pitches public works spending to create jobs
Trying to show that the economy remains a top priority, President Barack Obama promoted a plan Friday to create construction and other jobs by ...
Scooter ads face scrutiny from gov't., doctors
TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an "active" lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon, fishing on a pier and ...
German migrant program offers cautions for US
In gritty backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time ...
BOJ chief says Japan economy on the mend
Japan's economy has stopped weakening and should show signs of recovery by midyear, the newly appointed central bank governor said Thursday, as ...
Effort in Ariz. would give residents free shotguns
A former mayoral candidate in Tucson, Ariz., is launching a privately funded program to provide residents of crime-prone areas with free shotguns so ...
Study: Health law to raise claims cost 32 percent
A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under ...
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