With President Obama speaking tonight on health care reform, Senator Max Baucus said his committee would vote on the bill within two weeks with or without Republicans.
In presidential briefings, American intelligence agencies said Iran is holding off on taking the last critical steps in designing a sophisticated bomb.
Stephen Farrell, held captive by militants for four days, was freed in a raid on Wednesday, but his Afghan interpreter and a British commando were killed in the rescue.
AP - An airplane was briefly hijacked as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday from the resort of Cancun, but all passengers and crew were released unharmed, officials said. Television images showed police leading at least five men from the plane in handcuffs. Mexican news media reported the hijackers were Bolivian citizens demanding to speak with Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
AP - Harsh realities are testing President Barack Obama's "yes we can" ethic like never before as he appeals to Congress and the nation to keep alive his hopes for creating affordable health care for all.
AP - Public disapproval of President Barack Obama's handling of health care has jumped to 52 percent, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released hours before he makes his case for overhaul in a prime-time address to Congress.
The hijacking of an Aeromexico jet carrying more than 100 passengers from Cancun ended peacefully when eight people were taken into custody at Mexico City's airport, officials said. The hijackers had claimed they had a bomb and demanded to speak to President Felipe Calderon, TV Azteca said.
Garrison Keillor, author and host of the folksy radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," was being treated Wednesday for a minor stroke he suffered over the weekend, a hospital spokesman said.