Sept. 11 drawings taken off FEMA Web site

An online coloring book from 2003 that showed planes crashing into the World Trade Center has been removed from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Web site.

Administration aide’s family likely has swine flu

A security aide helping with arrangements during President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Mexico became sick with flu-like symptoms and three members of his family later contracted probable swine flu, the White House said Thursday.

Black women, Hispanics fueled 2008 vote

An independent research group found nearly one-fourth of voters in last November’s election were minorities, creating the most diverse election ever.

Gates asks for fast action on war money

Defense Secretary Robert Gates notes that in Pakistan the U.S. faces, "a challenge that simultaneously requires wartime and peacetime capabilities."The defense secretary is urging Congress to pass an $83.4 billion spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan by Memorial Day, saying the Pentagon will start seeing depleted funding next month.


Analysis: Obama’s fate in Congress’ hands

April 29: In a press conference marking his first 100 days in office, President Barack Obama says there is still a lot of work to do but that the administration will be "unrelenting" in solving the nation's problems.  (MSNBC)The president’s biggest proposals, such as revising health care, energy and education policies, will soon be in the hands of lawmakers who will debate, change and possibly reject them.


Credit card reform legislation nears passage

Signs for MasterCard and Visa credit cards are shown at the entrance to a New York coffee shop. Legislation to rein in credit card practices and eliminate sudden rate hikes and late fees that have entangled millions of American consumers is getting closer to becoming law.


WHO Fears Swine Flu Pandemic

The World Health Organization raised the swine flu alert to level five Wednesday indicating it fears a pandemic is imminent.

Cloning Heats Up As Next Bioresearch Fight

D.C. Churches, Especially Black Congregations, Wonder Where Obamas Will Worship

Aerial Photo Op Recalls 9/11 for Some

Plan to Cut Weapons Programs Disputed

Obama Told Sen. Reid, ‘I Have a Gift’

Rev. Donald Jones, Mentor to Hillary Clinton, Dies at 78

The Drew University professor and minister was spiritual mentor to a young Hillary Rodham Clinton, first meeting her when she was a high school freshman.



WHO Raises Global Alert Level on Swine Flu

Obama Acts to Ease Flu Fears; U.S. Says It Is Prepared

The Obama administration dispatched high-level officials from several agencies to demonstrate that it was fully prepared to confront the outbreak.



Obama Is Nudging Views on Race, a Survey Finds

The percentage of blacks who say that race relations are generally good has doubled since last July, a Times/CBS News poll found.



Obama Vows Big Outlays for Research

In a speech Monday, the president laid out an ambitious plan to invigorate the country?s pipeline for innovation.



On Voting Rights, Test of History v. Progress

The Supreme Court must consider if a law rooted in the age of Jim Crow is still needed ? and still constitutional ? in the Obama era.



Clinton Says U.S. Is Ready to Lead on Climate

After eight years largely on the sidelines, the United States is prepared to lead negotiations toward a new global warming treaty, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday.



World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Officer Kills 3, Police Say

The head of a Moscow district police department went on a shooting rampage at a supermarket just after midnight on Monday, killing three people and wounding at least six others.



Progressive Caucus Plans Health Care Pitch for White House Meeting

Group Sounds Alarm on European Bee Industry

Threatened by pesticides and intensive farming, the industry in Europe could be wiped out in less than a decade, an international group says.



W.H.O. Issues Higher Alert on Swine Flu, With Advice

As the death toll in Mexico climbed to 149, the World Health Organization raised its threat level, but said that ?a pandemic is not considered inevitable.?



Sidebar: Is That Plate Speaking for the Driver or the State?

A battle over the slogan ?Choose Life,? available on plates in 19 states, may be headed to the Supreme Court.



3 Die in Turkey in Shootout Between Police and Militant

The assailant, who refused to surrender during a police raid, was identified as a senior member of a group affiliated with a militant Kurdish organization.



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