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 ...
Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost 32 pct
Insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's ...
S&P nears record as home price surge lifts stocks
More good news on the economy Tuesday drove the Standard & Poor's 500 index to within two points of its record closing high. The S&P rose 12.
Haiti splashes slum with psychedelic colors
One of Haiti's biggest shantytowns, a vast expanse of grim cinderblock homes on a mountainside in the nation's capital, is getting a psychedelic ...
Opening round of women's NCAA tourney goes to plan
The opening round of the women's NCAA tournament went true to form. Stars Brittney Griner and Elena Delle Donne shined. The top seeds cruised.
GOP's 'no' on Medicaid becomes "Let's make a deal'
Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially ...
Art world shivers at sale of Henry Moore statue
The massive bronze sculpture is formally known as "Draped Seated Woman," a Henry Moore creation that evoked Londoners huddled in air raid shelters ...
US aids Honduran police despite death squad fears
The U.S. State Department, which spends millions of taxpayer dollars a year on the Honduran National Police, has assured Congress that money only goes ...
Senate Democratic budget extends standoff with GOP
An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax ...
Late night: Senate Democrats work to pass budget
The Senate labored into the wee hours Saturday as Democrats pushed their first budget in four years toward passage, calling for almost $1 trillion in ...
Judge again orders stop to Mo. college drug tests
A federal judge on Friday again blocked efforts by a central Missouri technical college to drug-test its students, a policy challenged as ...
Record crop insurance payout stirs subsidy debate
Farmers will be paid a record $16 billion in crop insurance claims for 2012 because of the widespread drought, a staggering amount that has critics ...
Obama health law anniversary finds 2 Americas
Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for ...
House passes GOP budget plan promising deep cuts
Moving on two fronts, the Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to keep the government running for the next six months while pushing through ...
Poll: low-wage workers, bosses at odds on training
As they struggle to get ahead, many low-wage workers are not taking advantage of job training or educational programs that could help them make the ...
Disabled teen wins high court case over settlement
The Supreme Court has blocked North Carolina from trying to take more than $900,000 from a legal settlement won by the family of a 13-year-old girl ...
How do House and Senate budget proposals compare?
How the budget proposals by Senate Democrats and House Republicans stack up over the next decade: ___ Total spending Senate Democrats: $46.5 trillion.
Report: 1 in 3 seniors dies with, not of, dementia
A staggering 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says a new report that highlights the impact the mind-destroying ...
Missile plan changes may provide opening for talks
By adding 14 interceptors to a missile defense system based in Alaska and California, the U.S. is abandoning a critical part of a European system ...
Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs
Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual ...
US stocks close lower, ending Dow's 10-day rally
U.S. stock markets fell Friday, ending the longest winning streak for the Dow Jones industrial average in nearly 17 years. The Dow dropped 25.
Pentagon spends nearly $1B a year on unemployment
Even as it faces budget cuts and forced employee furloughs, the Pentagon is spending nearly a $1 billion a year on a program that sends unemployment ...
Senate GOP tells Obama to tone down the attacks
Polite yet firm, Senate Republicans told President Barack Obama on Thursday to tone down his political attacks and prod Democratic allies to support ...
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