Initial Senate vote looms on health legislation (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:33:47 GMT
AP - A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige.

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:16:42 GMT
AP - There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.

Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:33:26 GMT
AP - Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said.

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:17:08 GMT
AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:17:45 GMT
AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:18:24 GMT
AP - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road.

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:24:04 GMT
AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

Europe: Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:34:03 GMT
AP - Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago, circulating beams of protons in a significant leap forward for the Large Hadron Collider.

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:22:14 GMT
AP - The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

Syracuse runs away from No. 6 North Carolina (AP)
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:24:53 GMT
AP - Jim Boeheim has always made a point of telling the media not to get too caught up in runs because basketball, especially on the college level, is a game of runs.