Politics Mar 11 Obama Signs Spending Bill Despite Earmarks President Obama has signed a $410 billion spending bill that will keep the federal government running through September, despite the fact that the bill contains the kind of earmarks he decried on the campaign trail.
Nation Mar 10 Reporter's Notebook: Battlefield Circulation Around a Deadly Part of Afghanistan In this reporter's notebook, Margaret Warner accompanied the military to outposts of U.S. and Afghan soldiers in one of the most active insurgent areas of Afghanistan. Watch for her reports about Afghanistan on the NewsHour the week of March 16.
World Mar 10 Biden Tells NATO Allies Talks With Taliban 'Worth Exploring' Vice President Joe Biden stressed shared security goals in Afghanistan during his visit to NATO headquarters Tuesday.
Economy Mar 10 Bernanke Calls for Broad Overhaul of Financial Regulatory System Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the country's financial regulatory system needs a broad overhaul to strengthen oversight of financial institutions whose failure would put the entire economy in danger.
Education Mar 10 Obama Outlines Five Top Education Priorities Speaking before the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, President Barack Obama laid out broad reform goals for the nation's school system, delivering the first major education speech of his presidency.
World Mar 10 Second Baghdad Bombing in 3 Days Leaves Dozens Dead A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people and wounded at least 20 Tuesday in a market on the western outskirts of Baghdad, in the second major attack in the city in three days.
Science Mar 09 Text Messages Are New Tool for AIDS Education in South Africa A mobile health project in South Africa is using cell phone text messages to reach people in even the most remote areas of the country to encourage them to get information and counseling on HIV/AIDS.
Politics Mar 09 Justices Reject Expanded Protections for Minorities Under Voting Rights Act A Supreme Court ruling Monday refused to expand protections for minorities under the Voting Rights Act, a decision that may affect the redrawing of legislative boundaries following the 2010 Census.
Nation Mar 09 U.S. to Withdraw 12,000 Troops From Iraq The drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq is moving forward with the U.S. military announcing the reduction of 12,000 troops over the next six months as the next step toward the goal of ending combat operations by August 2010.
Health Mar 09 Merck/Schering-Plough Merger Would Create Second-Largest Drug Company Two major pharmaceutical companies announced plans to merge Monday in a $41.1 billion cash-and-stock deal to form the world's second-largest prescription drug maker.