AP – Victory within reach, President Barack Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party’s legacy and make history by bringing health insurance to millions of struggling families now left out. Leaders exuded confidence as they defused thorny problems in the countdown to a landmark vote.
AP – More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband who were gunned down after leaving a children’s birthday party.
AP – Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered if plans for a joint 50th birthday celebration in Las Vegas would be a losing bet.
AP – The killing of a veteran radio reporter by a motorcycle gunman in a northwestern state capital reignited concerns Saturday about the safety of journalists in Colombia.
NewsFactor – First, Facebook dethroned Google as the most trafficked web site in the United States, and now the social networking community has proven to have an extremely loyal following among news readers, potentially threatening the dominant position held by Google News. So says a recent Hitwise survey.
AP – Butler had the ball knotted at 50-all, and Ronald Nored took it into traffic and made the kiss off the glass while getting the foul call. His free throw with 25.4 seconds left made it 53-50 over Murray State.
AP – In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama’s insistence that a rising economic tide for all will lift African-American boats.
AP – Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro sustained what the team called a nerve contusion in his left leg in a hard collision during the Rays’ 6-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
AP – Tampa Bay catcher Dioner Navarro sustained what the team called a nerve contusion in his left leg in a hard collision during the Rays’ 6-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
AP – Justin Allgaier held off Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski to grab his first career NASCAR victory.
