If the Chrysler legal process unfolds as the White House hopes it will in coming weeks, the bankruptcy option may look increasingly attractive for General Motors as well.
AP - Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative," died Saturday. He was 73.
AP - Mexico reported three new deaths from the swine flu epidemic Saturday and urged citizens not to let their guard down against a virus that has killed 19 in people in Mexico and is spreading across Asia and Europe.
AP - The cowboy and his horse beat them all. Four Hall of Fame trainers. The ruler of Dubai. Two very sentimental favorites. Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. hitched Mine That Bird to the back of his pickup and drove to the Kentucky Derby from New Mexico. With an inspired ride on the rail from Calvin Borel, it all added up to one of the greatest upsets in 135 years of America's most famous horse race.
Former Republican congressman Jack Kemp has died after a battle with cancer, a family spokesman said Saturday. He was 73. Kemp, who quarterbacked the Buffalo Bills to back-to-back American Football League championships in 1964 and 1965, served nine terms in Congress as a representative from New York and was former Sen. Bob Dole's running mate in 1996.
Gasps filled the Pottsville, Pennsylvania, courtroom as not-guilty verdicts were announced on the most serious charges against teens on trial in the death of Luis Ramirez. Some are calling the verdicts proof that the justice system works; others call them an "extremely dangerous" message that you can beat an undocumented immigrant to death and get away with it.
President Obama spoke with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday afternoon to discuss "efforts to limit the spread of the 2009 H1N1 flu strain," the White House said. Their conversation came the same day a CDC official said about a third of Americans sickened had recently visited Mexico or had contact with someone who had.