Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Arguments over, justices control health care law's fate

Arguments over, justices control health care law's fate


Arguments over, justices control health care law's fate

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 02:06 PM PDT

At stake is President Obama's signature legislation requiring most Americans to have health coverage. The election-year case is the most politically charged in years.

Pilot subdued by passengers is charged

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:01 PM PDT

A criminal complaint gives details of an incident in which Clayton Osbon displayed bizarre behavior before being wrestled to the floor by passengers during a flight.

Concerns over mental health standards

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 07:48 PM PDT

The midflight breakdown of a JetBlue pilot has sparked concerns about psychological screening for flight crews.

Bluegrass great Earl Scruggs dies

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 07:22 PM PDT

Earl Scruggs, who as a child developed the distinctive picking style that forever changed banjo playing, and whose association with Lester Flatt cemented bluegrass music's place in popular culture, died Wednesday of natural causes at a Nashville hospital, his son Gary Scruggs said. He was 88.

In Cuba, Pope meets Fidel Castro

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:51 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI spoke in general terms, saying "Cuba and the world need change," but steered clear of political statements during a Mass he celebrated in Havana's Revolution Plaza on Wednesday.

Rape allegation against prince tossed

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:58 PM PDT

A Spanish court on Wednesday dismissed an allegation that one of the world's richest men, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, raped a young woman on a yacht on the island of Ibiza in 2008.

Opinion: Deal is al-Assad's last chance

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:35 PM PDT

Once again, Syria is at a crossroads. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan deserves applause for brokering a ceasefire in a conflict where others have failed, and where some have been only too ready to press military buttons. Despite the seeming success of diplomacy, the conflict in Syria is far from over. This is only a new beginning.

Fla. teen convicted in UK tourist deaths

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:27 PM PDT

In a case that drew heavy media attention overseas, a Sarasota, Florida, jury Wednesday convicted a teen in last year's killings of two British tourists.

DSK lawyers assert diplomatic immunity

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:06 PM PDT

Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn urged a judge on Wednesday to dismiss a civil suit brought against him by the New York hotel housekeeper who accused him of assaulting her last year.

Opinion: Why Tibetans burn themselves

Posted: 28 Mar 2012 04:56 PM PDT

Costica Bradatan: A Tunisian set himself afire and brought on Arab spring. Why don't 30 Tibetan self-immolations bring on dramatic change?

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