Landmark legislation approved by a House committee shows the beginnings of a political consensus to cover more Americans and give them new rights with insurers.
AP - The central terminal at New York's LaGuardia Airport was evacuated Saturday morning after a man entered the building with a fake bomb in a bag, police said.
AP - President Barack Obama, citing fresh evidence the recession is winding down, says the country's future economic prosperity depends on building a new, stronger foundation and recapturing the "spirit of innovation."
AP - Eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed in action. More than 34,000 wounded. Just six considered worthy of America's highest military award for battlefield valor.
Authorities evacuated the Central Terminal of New York's LaGuardia Airport for several hours today after a man with a bag containing wires and a battery entered the airport, a Port Authority spokesman said. The man is in custody, and authorities have allowed passengers back into the terminal.
Three months after the White House released a single photograph taken during a photo op of the presidential plane flying over New York City -- a flight that caused panic on the streets below -- the U.S. Air Force has released the remaining photos taken during the flight. A chain of e-mails show a flurry of second-guessing and occasional expressions of regret in the hours immediately after the flight.