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Hospital stocks jump after health care ruling
Hospital stocks rose sharply Thursday after the Supreme Court guaranteed them millions more paying customers by upholding the core of President Barack ...
Analysis: Health care ruling won't stop arguments
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding the nation's health care law marks an enormous political victory for President Barack Obama in the heat of ...
Court tosses law about false claims on medals
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a federal law making it a crime to lie about receiving the Medal of Honor and other prized military awards, ...
A look at the ruling upholding Obamacare
WHAT DOES THE RULING MEAN TO ME? The Supreme Court decision upholding President Barack Obama's health care law affects nearly every American. The law ...
News organizations don't all get ruling right
A rush to quickly report the Supreme Court's decision on President Barack Obama's health care law on Thursday tripped up some news organizations that ...
Obama calls Supreme Court ruling a 'victory'
President Barack Obama says the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his health care overhaul is a "victory for people all over the country" and will ...
Where states stand on implementing health care law
Here is a look at where each of the 50 states stand on implementing President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul, which the Supreme Court ...
The history of the US health care reform effort
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Barack Obama's health care law follows a century of debate over what role the government should play ...
High court to deliver health care ruling Thursday
They've known the outcome for three months. Now it's time for the nine Supreme Court justices to share it with the world. Barring some incredibly ...
Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY in fraud
Plans for the brother of jailed financier Bernard Madoff to plead guilty and serve 10 years in prison raise fresh questions about the status of the ...
Health care countdown: Who wins, loses - pays?
It seems as if the entire nation is holding its breath for the Supreme Court's health care ruling — the presidential candidates, governors of ...
Clemens juror: Key witness in case wasn't credible
A juror in the Roger Clemens perjury trial said Wednesday that he and his fellow jurors didn't find the key prosecution witness in the case credible.
States divergent in plans for health care ruling
As the nation awaits the Supreme Court ruling on President Barak Obama's health care overhaul, states across the country are considering how they will ...
Contempt of Congress issue may fizzle after vote
A House vote finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on Thursday would create election-year fireworks but maybe not much lasting ...
Health ruling to end campaign mystery, unleash ads
Barely four months before the nation votes, one of the biggest factors in the fight for the White House still is a mystery. That will change on ...
Taliban video shows 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers
The Taliban released a video Wednesday that they say shows the heads of 17 Pakistani soldiers captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan this ...
Arizona inmate executed in more open process
Death-row inmate Samuel Villegas Lopez stared straight ahead Wednesday as he lay strapped to a table in Arizona's execution chamber, wincing slightly ...
US health care reform efforts through history
The Supreme Court's upcoming ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law follows a century of debate over what role the government ...
THE RACE: Polls: White House race stable and close
With just over four months to go, polls underscore what's been clear for some time: President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are locked ...
Judge orders halt to Samsung sales of Galaxy tab
A judge late Tuesday ordered Samsung Electronics Co. to halt sales of its Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer while the court considers Apple's claim the ...
Local police step up immigration enforcement
State and local police across the country didn't need the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Arizona's "show me your papers" immigration law to begin ...
Court ruling offers inmates rare chance at freedom
The Supreme Court ruling that banned states from imposing mandatory life sentences on juveniles offers an unexpected chance at freedom to more than ...