If California experienced a Chile earthquake, strict building codes and a culture of preparedness are on its side, but citizens have to take responsibility, observers say.
The accounts of Gov. David A. Paterson’s actions provide the first evidence that he helped direct an effort to influence a woman making abuse charges against his aide.
Harold E. Ford Jr., a longtime Tennessee congressman, said he did not want to endanger the Democrats’ Senate majority with a divisive primary fight in New York.
An analysis of U.S. government documents showed that many Camrys built before 2007 — and not covered in recent recalls — were linked to speed control problems.
AP - Nine House Democrats indicated in an Associated Press survey Monday they have not ruled out switching their "no" votes to "yes" on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, brightening the party's hopes in the face of unyielding Republican opposition.
AP - Jobless benefits suddenly ended for some laid-off workers, Medicare payments to doctors were delayed and 2,000 federal transportation workers were sent home Monday in a spending dispute tinged with election-year politics.
AP - It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate — a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that doctors may be giving fatal morphine doses to a few children dying of cancer, to end their suffering at their parents' request.
Rescuers searched for survivors as crews sought to deliver food and water and prevent looting after the fifth strongest earthquake in 100 years ravaged Chile.
While Democrats have recently threatened to use a parliamentary procedure to pass the health care reform bill, it is unclear whether their caucus will even have enough votes to take the first step.
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