March 10, 2010
Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early (AP)
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.
March 10, 2010
Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
March 9, 2010
Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race (AP)
AP - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse.
March 9, 2010
Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer (AP)
AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, acknowledged Tuesday groping a staffer but denied it was sexual.
MADRID – The Spanish Health Ministry says the country now has 20 confirmed cases of swine flu, making Spain the hardest-hit nation in Europe amid the swine flu outbreak.Five new patients were confirmed in the northeastern Catalan region, the ministry said. Another 99 people are still under investigation for the disease. Many Spaniards traditionally enjoy winter breaks in the warm waters of Mexican beach resorts and all but one of those infected had visited the former Spanish colony. Spain trails Mexico, the United States and Canada in numbers of people diagnosed with swine flu. Elsewhere in Europe, Britain has 15 cases of swine flu, Germany has eight, France and Italy have two each and there is one case each in Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and the Netherlands. |