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Senate reached consensus late Tuesday on a replacement for the "public option" insurance plan in the House healthcare bill, leaders said. Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., refused to go into details until the proposal is vetted by the Congressional...

Herszenhorn and Robert Pear  |   The New York Times David M. Herszenhorn and Robert Pear, The New York Times, report : "The Senate majority leader, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, said Senate leaders 'have a broad agreement' on dropping a government-run...

Statement by the President on the Settlement of Cobell Class-Action Lawsuit on Indian Trust Management “Today, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Attorney General Eric Holder announced that, at long last, a settlement has been reached in the Cobell class-action lawsuit....

What's happening?" yelled a woman leaning out of a gridlocked car. "Waves – huge and incredible waves!" replied one of the thousands of spectators lining Waimea Bay on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. "Awesome!" said the woman. For once that...

Their deaths could affect how states consider commuting prison sentences. Thousands of police officers from around the country gathered Tuesday for a Lakewood police memorial in suburban Seattle, honoring four colleagues killed in a shocking ambush on Nov. 29.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Tuesday defended his remarks comparing modern Republican opposition to healthcare to 19th-century debates on slavery. The Nevada Democrat then accused the Republicans of "distorting" his intent, The Hill reported. "At pivotal points in American history,...

EQT CEO Murry Gerber acted as honorary chair, mingling and browsing the ample silent auction tables. Justice Cynthia Baldwin and Lara Washington chaired the event, which honored Elsie Hillman with the Lifetime Achievement Award. She was joined by the other...

Special agent John Gillies, who has led major anti-corruption drives during his 27-year career with the bureau, focused his words primarily on crooked financiers and unscrupulous officials. However, he added that sporting heroes such as Tiger Woods were also to...

Seventeen-year-old Taylor Schettler could not contain herself as she waited today near the head of the line to meet her hero — former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin at the politician's book signing...She'd compiled a packet of inspirational quotes, jokes...

Brisbane's southside who won $40 million in last night's OZ 7 Lotto draw. The Courier-Mail reports the winner casually handed over his ticket to be checked at an agency just before lunch and was shocked to be told he was...