Russia and the U.S. have broken through a logjam and expect to sign a new treaty next month that would slash nuclear arsenals, officials from both nations said Wednesday.
AP - In a final drive to thwart President Barack Obama's health care remake, Republican senators plan to force Democrats to run a gantlet of politically dicey votes before they can finish a companion bill to the landmark law.
AP - The United States and Russia have reached an agreement on "all documents" necessary to sign a new nuclear arms treaty, a senior Kremlin official said Wednesday, and the White House said the two nations are "very close" to signing it.
AP - Sixteen empty railway cars broke loose from a cargo train and crashed into an Oslo port terminal at high speed Wednesday, killing at least three people and injuring three others, officials and witnesses said.
Henry Skinner is hours from execution. But some Texas lawmakers have joined those asking for DNA tests Skinner's lawyer says could prove his client is innocent.
Senate Republicans are preparing to file a series of amendments Wednesday to legislation expanding the recently enacted health care reform law -- part of a GOP pledge to use every parliamentary tool available to undermine the measure.
You already know the bill signed by President Obama makes changes for health insurance. But did you know it has a tan tax and new requirements for restaurants?
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