Sierra Jane Downing, the 7-year-old Colorado girl who contracted the bubonic plague while camping with her family, has now taken her first steps since fighting for her life in a Denver hospital and is planning to leave the hospital, and the rare disease, behind her....
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Paul Ryan was challenged in an interview that aired today for being part of a group of Republicans and Democrats who agreed to a deal last summer that included automatic cuts to defense spending in exchange for the debt ceiling being raised.
2 rescued from sinking, single-engine plane off California's central coast
Mitt Romney raised some eyebrows today when he said, "I'm not getting rid of all of healthcare reform." Though the Romney campaign quickly said there has been no change in position, it's clear that despite the rhetoric, the Republican nominee would keep some of the popular elements of President Obama's healthcare reform act.
Sunni VP sentenced to death in terror trial mired in sectarian tensions as 92 killed in Iraq
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There are no governmental regulations for safety inspections of the parasailing equipment. There are no mandatory requirements for maintenance and retirement of the tow lines, chutes or harnesses.
SEAMAN, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden cozied up with a female biker during a stop today at Cruisers Diner. The Associated Press snapped this photo of the vice president sitting behind a female biker while he talked with her and two other male bikers...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Obama is hoping to get a boost from Florida voters, but today he may have gotten more of a lift than he bargained for. Making a surprise stop at the Big Apple Pasta & Pizza Restaurant in Ft. Pierce,...
Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said that GOP presidential nominee Paul Ryan was “never a man of substance” during our “This Week” roundtable discussion about the Romney-Ryan tax plan that I questioned Ryan about earlier on the program. You can read the full exchange...