Archive for July, 2009

U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut has been diagnosed with an early form of prostate cancer, two sources close to the senator told CNN.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a bruising struggle, Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of passage in a key congressional committee on Friday, clearing the way for a September showdown in the House on President Barack Obama’s top…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — This may be as close as Dan Rooney comes to retiring from pro football.

Rooney, named the U.S. ambassador to Ireland earlier this year by President Barack Obama, is now listed as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ chairman emeritus —…

South Florida’s major auto dealers, expecting an extra $2 billion for the popular “Cash for Clunkers” program next week, are moving full-speed ahead with rebates up to $4,500 per vehicle.

“We’re selling until they say, “Stop,” said a spokesman for Fort…

This week, the Environmental Protection Agency?s survey vessel, the BOLD, is surveying the New England coast.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, senior officials and Cabinet members were gathering away from the White House this weekend to discuss administration progress at the six-month mark and plot a course ahead.

The…

President Obama will sit down for a beer at the White House Thursday night with a top African-American professor and the policeman who arrested him earlier this month.

The Department of Labor launches Disability.gov, which aims to connect the disability community to information and opportunities.