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Officials: Health care proposal a work in progress

By PHILIP ELLIOTT — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:06:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Administration officials defended President Barack Obama's broad health care proposals on Sunday and urged a skeptical public not to judge the Democrats' overhaul until Congress writes a final version....

Hearings fail to sway Sessions to Sotomayor's side

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:05:14 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Republican on the Senate committee reviewing Sonia Sotomayor's nomination said Sunday her testimony did not settle his concerns about elevating her to the Supreme Court. "I was troubled by a number of the things the nominee has said, a number of the rulings she has made," said Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions....

40 years later, moon still giant leap for mankind

BY SETH BORENSTEIN — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:02:15 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The measure of what humanity can accomplish is a size 9 1/2 bootprint. It belongs to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. It will stay on the moon for millions of years with nothing to wipe it away, serving as an almost eternal testament to a can-do mankind....

Famous lost word: The 'a' in 'one small step' line

By SETH BORENSTEIN — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:21:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Neil Armstrong first spoke from the moon, he said one thing and people on Earth heard another. What the world heard was grammatically flubbed: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong insists he said: "That's one small step for 'a' man." It's just that people just didn't hear it....

Budget chief sees progress in health care overhaul

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:32:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's budget director is playing down reports that lawmakers are bogged down over the health care overhaul....

Sessions remains troubled by Sotomayor's record

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:28:42 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he remains troubled by some of Sonia Sotomayor's remarks and rulings....

Senate GOP chief: Sotomayor won't get my vote

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:07:05 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's top Republican says he admires Judge Sonia Sotomayor's personal story but is not going to vote for her confirmation to the Supreme Court....

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:53:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pentagon: Missing US soldier in Afghanistan is Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho....

GOP leader: Health care overhaul too drastic

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:41:15 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's top Republican says the U.S. has the best health care in the world and the system doesn't need to be scrapped....

Health care overhaul seen as `a work in progress'

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:23:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The president's health secretary says the Obama administration's health care overhaul is "a work in progress....