Senate Is Set to Approve Funds for States and Schools

Senate Is Set to Approve Funds for States and Schools
News Analysis: Finding Skeptics on Alzheimer’s Push, Advocates Make Case
Cuba lawmakers to hear Fidel Castro nuclear fears
"Yes" voters take early lead in Kenya referendum
Oil: 'No one owes Hayward an apology'
President 'snuck away' after floods
Text commentary - Celtic v Braga
Lost British warship found in Canadian Arctic
Rodriguez Hits 600th Career Home Run
Gunman Came Prepared to Connecticut Workplace Shooting
Pledge to Give Away Half Gains Billionaire Adherents
Hearts and minds
S Africa vigilantes kill 'thieves'
Damilola killer 'free in a month'
Analysis: Hair-trigger on border
BP’s Next Chief, Robert Dudley, Makes a Stop in Moscow
Television Review | 'The Real Housewives of D.C.': Capital Purring and Preying on Bravo
Berlusconi Prevails in Key Vote
UN: Israel did not cross border
'Cloned meat' in UK sparks debate

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:24 PM PDT

The House may return from its summer recess to grant final approval to the bill providing $26 billion for schools and states.

News Analysis: Finding Skeptics on Alzheimer’s Push, Advocates Make Case

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:24 PM PDT

Groups that have proposed new diagnostic guidelines are seeking to counter criticism that drug companies will be the main beneficiaries.

Cuba lawmakers to hear Fidel Castro nuclear fears

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:42 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has called a special session of its parliament for Saturday to discuss warnings by former President Fidel Castro that the world was on the brink of nuclear war.

"Yes" voters take early lead in Kenya referendum

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:06 PM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Partial results showed Kenyans voted 65 percent in favor of a new constitution on Wednesday in a peaceful poll that could reshape the politics of east Africa's largest economy after years of disputed, violent elections.

Oil: 'No one owes Hayward an apology'

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

The White House says US officials pushed BP to tackle the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico faster and more thoroughly "at every step of the way".

President 'snuck away' after floods

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:37 AM PDT

Poor weather is hampering the Pakistani authorities' efforts to get aid to people displaced by the floods, with yet more heavy rain forecast.

Text commentary - Celtic v Braga

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Text commentary followed by match report for Wednesday's Champions League qualifier at Celtic Park.

Lost British warship found in Canadian Arctic

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:01 AM PDT

A British navy ship abandoned and lost in Canadian Arctic waters since the mid-19th century has been found in relatively good shape at the bottom of a bay, the Canadian government says.

Rodriguez Hits 600th Career Home Run

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:42 AM PDT

On the third anniversary of his 500th home run, Alex Rodriguez reached his long-awaited milestone Wednesday, becoming the youngest player to join the 600-home run club.

Gunman Came Prepared to Connecticut Workplace Shooting

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:14 PM PDT

Brought in for a disciplinary hearing, Omar Thornton stashed two guns in the next room, the police said.

Pledge to Give Away Half Gains Billionaire Adherents

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 11:20 AM PDT

More than three dozen billionaires have promised at least half of their fortunes to charity in response to calls from Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Hearts and minds

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT

UK troops gauge support of Afghans in Helmand province

S Africa vigilantes kill 'thieves'

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:40 AM PDT

Police say angry crowds burnt and beat to death five alleged thieves in two incidents.

Damilola killer 'free in a month'

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:57 AM PDT

One of the killers of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor will be freed next month, a spokesman for the family's charity trust says.

Analysis: Hair-trigger on border

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:56 AM PDT

The action that set off a deadly battle on the Israel-Lebanon border on Tuesday might be termed "grounds maintenance" elsewhere, but tensions flare quickly between these neighbors. FULL STORY l U.N.: ISRAEL ON ITS SIDE

BP’s Next Chief, Robert Dudley, Makes a Stop in Moscow

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:40 AM PDT

Robert Dudley made a crucial protocol stop as he shifts the focus away from plugging the leak in the gulf to selling assets to pay for its cleanup.

Television Review | 'The Real Housewives of D.C.': Capital Purring and Preying on Bravo

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:12 PM PDT

The latest iteration of Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchise offers a surreal blend of reality-show contrivance and Washington sobriety.

Berlusconi Prevails in Key Vote

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:30 AM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi prevailed in a critical parliamentary vote that tested the strength of his dwindling ruling coalition, easing pressure on the embattled leader until September.