Health Mar 19 As Health Vote Nears, Obama Continues Public Push for Reform Updated 5:19 p.m. President Obama delivered Friday an impassioned closing argument for health care reform, telling a crowd in suburban Virginia that "the insurance industry will continue to run amok" if legislation is defeated. Speaking ahead of an expected…
Science Mar 16 FCC Urges 20-Fold Internet Speed Increase in U.S. Broadband Plan The Federal Communications Commission formally unveiled Tuesday a sweeping proposal to expand broadband Internet access across the U.S., a critical peg of the Obama administration's efforts to boost the nation's global competitiveness. The FCC proposal calls for connecting…
Economy Mar 11 Foreclosures Drop to Slowest Pace in Four Years Foreclosure data released Thursday offer a glimmer of hope for the U.S. housing market. But make that a qualified glimmer. Foreclosures slowed to their slowest pace in four years in February, but were still 6 percent higher than a year…
Economy Feb 19 Obama Plan Will Redirect TARP Funds to Homeowners President Obama announced a new program Friday that redirects $1.5 billion from the $700 billion bank bailout fund to aid states hardest hit by the housing crisis. The federal aid will go to housing finance agencies in the five states…
Politics Feb 17 Haiti Releases 8 U.S. Missionaries A judge in Haiti has freed eight of the 10 American missionaries arrested on charges of child kidnapping after trying to bring 33 child survivors of last month's earthquake to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. Judge Bernard Saint-Vil…
World Feb 04 American Missionaries in Haiti Charged with Abduction The American missionaries detained in Haiti last week for trying to take 33 children to neighboring Dominican Republic have been charged with abduction and criminal association, according to prosecutors. After announcing the charges, Haitian Deputy Prosecutor Jean Ferge Joseph…
Nation Jan 19 U.S. Military Presence Continues to Build in Haiti U.S. Black Hawk helicopters touched down on the grounds of Haiti's wrecked presidential palace Tuesday to deploy troops and supplies as the international aid efforts continue to gain momentum. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, tasked with helping speed…
World Jan 18 Security Fears Prompt Some to Flee Haitian Capital The flow of aid workers, troops and medical personnel into Haiti increased Monday, as thousands of quake victims continue to clamor for relief amid the devastation of last week's temblor. Just as extra relief was arriving in Haiti,…
World Jan 16 Obama, Bush, Clinton Join Forces for Haiti Appeal President Barack Obama joined predecessors George W. Bush and Bill Clinton at the White House Saturday to announce a fundraising appeal to benefit Haiti in "one of the largest relief efforts in our history," Mr. Obama said.
World Jan 14 Text Donations a Boon for Haiti Relief Effort As Haiti continues to reel from Tuesday's devastating earthquake, Americans are donating to the relief effort in droves, and for the first time ever, tens of thousands are doing so via text message. Any mobile phone user can donate $10…