Nation Apr 30 UK to End Combat, Continue Training Operations in Iraq British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday that troops from the UK will end their six years of combat operations in Iraq but will keep a small presence in the country to assist with training Iraqi naval forces.
Politics Apr 30 Congress Approves $3.5 Trillion Dollar Budget Plan In a strictly party line vote, the House and Senate passed the fiscal 2010 budget resolution Wednesday that adheres closely to the president's budget proposal earlier this year.
Health Apr 30 Swine Flu Prompts Mexico Shut-down, U.S. Stockpiling of Supplies Mexico is preparing for a temporary shut down of all non-essential services from May 1 to May 5, in an attempt to slow the spread of the swine flu that is believed to have killed as many as 176 people…
Economy Apr 30 Chrysler to File for Bankruptcy After Talks With Lenders Fail Chrysler, the nation's third largest automaker, will file for bankruptcy after talks among the company's creditors crumbled, President Barack Obama said Thursday.
Politics Apr 29 Text: Obama's 100 Days Press Conference President Barack Obama delivered a primetime press conference in Washington Wednesday to mark his 100th day in office.
Politics Apr 29 PolitiFact.com Tracks Obama's Campaign Promise Follow Through PolitiFact.com, a Web site run by the staff of the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, is keeping track of whether President Barack Obama is keeping his campaign promises and rating the truth of statements made by members of Congress and political…
Science Apr 29 Climate Studies Suggest Need for Drastic Cut in Fossil Fuels In order to limit the damage from global warming, the world can use only about one quarter of its known fossil fuel reserves, according to two new research studies.
Health Apr 29 World Health Organization Warns Swine Flu Pandemic Imminent The World Health Organization raised the pandemic threat level for the swine flu outbreak to a phase 5, meaning a a pandemic, or global outbreak of a serious new illness, is imminent.
Nation Apr 29 Pakistani Forces Attack Taliban Militants in Buner District Pakistani troops killed 50 Taliban fighters Wednesday after a two-day operation aimed at flushing out militants in the Buner district, about 60 miles northwest of the capital Islamabad.
Economy Apr 29 Economy Shrank by 6.1% in First Quarter The Commerce Department released numbers Wednesday estimating the economy contracted during the first three months of the year at nearly the same rate as the final quarter of 2008, marking the third straight quarter of decline since the late 1950s.