Politics Jan 16 President Bush Places Pickering on Appeals Court, Bypassing Congress President Bush used his recess appointment power to install Charles Pickering on a federal appeals court, bypassing Congress, where Democrats had stalled the nomination for more than two years.
Health Jan 15 Early Study Shows Flu Shot May Offer Little Protection The flu vaccine that has been in high demand during this year's flu season may have offered little, if any, protection again the virus, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention preliminary study released Thursday.
Politics Jan 15 Braun Drops Out of Race, Endorses Dean Carol Moseley Braun dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary race Thursday, throwing her support behind former Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont.
Nation Jan 14 Liberal Radio Network Readies for Launch The liberal radio network moved closer to becoming a reality after its new owner, Progress Media, announced this week it signed comedian Al Franken to host his own daily talk show and completed its first distribution deal in a major…
Politics Jan 14 Dean Defeats Sharpton in Non-Binding D.C. Primary Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean won Washington, D.C.'s non-binding, "advisory" primary election Tuesday, besting three other top national candidates with 43 percent of the vote.
Health Jan 13 Volume of Procedures May Not Indicate Hospital Expertise Hospitals that frequently perform certain procedures are not necessarily more likely to save patients' lives, according to two new studies that looked at death rates for premature infants and heart surgery patients.
Politics Jan 13 D.C. Holds Non-Binding Primary Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday for Washington, D.C.'s non-binding Democratic presidential primary despite a lack of support from the national party and five of the top candidates.
Politics Jan 09 Dean Defends Iowa Comments, Wins Harkin Endorsement Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean Friday, as Dean continued to defend himself over disparaging remarks he made in 2000 about the Iowa caucus system.
Politics Jan 09 Supreme Court Accepts Case Testing Enemy Combatant Detention The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a U.S. citizen seized abroad can be kept indefinitely in a military jail, the latest in a series of legal challenges to the Bush administration's antiterrorism policies.
World Jan 09 U.S. Lowers National Terror Alert Level to 'Elevated' Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced Friday that the U.S. terror alert level is being reduced from "high" to "elevated," although some heightened security measures will remain in place.