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Jobless Aid Measure Clears Senate Hurdle

Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the [...]

Democratic Senator Opposes Fast-Track Health Bill

A moderate Democrat insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see what was in the [...]

Massa Denies Sexually Groping Male Staffer

Former New York Congressman Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was [...]

Dollar Gains as Ratings Agencies Warn on Europe

The dollar strengthened Tuesday against the euro and the British pound as credit ratings agencies sounded warnings on Europe, while a Labor Department report showed that U.S. employers are creating more jobs than they’re [...]

Poll Shows Young Adults Losing Faith in American Dream

Young adults are financially anxious, worried that they can’t meet their educational, housing and health care needs, according to a new poll that exposes a growing pessimism about achieving the American [...]

Feds to Probe Cause of Runaway Prius in California

Federal officials are sending an investigator to determine what caused a Toyota Prius to race out of control on a California [...]

Judge Considers Sending Ex-Edwards Aide to Jail

A judge said Tuesday he is considering whether to send a former John Edwards aide to jail for contempt over his handling of a purported sex tape showing the former presidential [...]

Archbishop Defends Decision to Kick Lesbian Couple’s Kids Out of School

The archbishop of Denver is defending a Catholic school’s decision not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian [...]

Safe Schools Czar Ducks Questions on Past Statements about Homosexuality, Says Department of Education Won’t Dictate Curriculum

Kevin Jennings, the Obama administration’s safe-schools czar declined Monday to directly say whether the Department of Education should promote teaching school children that homosexual behavior is morally [...]