Oct 08 How Much Will the H1N1 Flu Cost the U.S.? By Travis Daub Distribution centers around the country began receiving shipments of the much anticipated H1N1 flu vaccine this week. Those costs, as well as the economic blow of closed schools and lost productivity, could set back the fragile U.S. economy. Continue reading
Oct 07 CBO Says Health Bill Would Cost $829 Billion By Lea Winerman The Senate Finance Committee's health care reform plan would cost $829 billion over 10 years, but would meet President Barack Obama's goal of reducing the federal budget deficit by 2019, according to a cost estimate released Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 07 Supreme Court to Hear Case Concerning Cross on Public Land By Carolyn O'Hara A long-running legal battle over a 75-year-old cross on public land in California culminates today in oral arguments before the Supreme Court, in what legal analysts say could be an important case on the separation of church and state. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch Student's Death Points to Upsurge in Gang Violence in Chicago Jeffrey Brown speaks with a Chicago Sun-Times reporter about the recent murder of a high school student in Chicago's south side and the increase in gang violence throughout the Windy City. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch News Wrap: Supreme Court Considers Giant Cross in Mojave Desert In other news, the Supreme Court took up the separation of church and state in a case involving public lands in California, and two Americans and an Israeli received the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Pakistan's Role in Fighting Terror Under Review Pakistan affirmed its resolve to continue fighting al-Qaida and also providing enforcements for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Oct 06 'The Good Wife' Makes the Political Personal On the new CBS drama "The Good Wife," Alicia Florrick (played by Julianna Margulies), is an attorney turned dutiful political wife whose husband's sex tape with a prostitute lands him in prison and her back in the workforce. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Obama Brings Congress Into Afghan Strategy Review Reporters offer insight into President Obama's meeting with lawmakers Tuesday to discuss a strategy shift in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Dogfight Video Tests Limits of Free Speech The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether videos of illegal dogfights are protected speech. Marcia Coyle offers insight. Continue watching
Oct 05 Under Senate Finance Committee Plan, High-Risk Insurance Pools Get Funding Boost Until recently, self-employed writer Candace Talmadge, of Lancaster, Texas, was pleased with the health insurance she purchased through a small business association. Continue reading