A key figure in the domestic abuse scandal bedeviling Gov. David A. Paterson told investigators the governor enlisted her help in quieting the accuser, according to a person with knowledge of her account.
The president told leaders in Congress that while he was open to addressing some Republican concerns, he would press ahead with the health care overhaul despite their objections.
Republicans planned to force a vote insisting that Representative Charles B. Rangel, the dean of the New York Congressional delegation, step aside amid a swirl of ethics inquiries.
AP - The Senate on Tuesday passed a $10 billion measure to maintain unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and provide stopgap funding for highway programs after a holdout Republican dropped stalling tactics that had generated a Washington firestorm.
AP - President Barack Obama embraced a handful of Republican health care ideas Tuesday to lure votes of Democrats wary of a more partisan approach as he prepared to spell out his final package for a sharply divided House and Senate, where its fate is unsure.
AP - Riding a wave of growing anti-Washington anger, Texas Gov. Rick Perry easily dispatched Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and a challenger backed by some in the tea party movement Tuesday to once again become the Republican nominee for the state's top office.
In some parts of Afghanistan, neither the Afghan security forces nor the international ISAF troops have been able to protect ordinary people. Now the Americans are arming local militias so they can take on the Taliban. But some observers worry the move could lead to rivalries between different armed groups.
'China's grand goal in the 21st century is to become the world's No. 1 power.' These words were written by Liu Mingfu, a senior colonel in the People's Liberation Army in a new book titled "China's Dream." For those watching the phenomenal economic rise of China and seeking to divine its future direction, this 303-page book offers some bold ideas on the country's quest for its global role.
The death toll from Chile's earthquake reached 795 on Tuesday, officials said. As rescue work goes on, officials also dealt with looting and lawlessness in Concepcion.
You couldn't see the sun rise in Concepcion because the cloud cover was so thick. You couldn't hear a sound because a curfew had silenced the streets. The only activity was the occasional rumble of the Earth. And, after each rumble, a little more brick and roof gave way in this shattered little city.
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