CAPE CANAVERAL( Florida) - Shuttle Discovery's astronauts aimed for a Thursday evening landing to wrap up their successful space station delivery mission, but late summer storms threatened to keep them up an extra day or two.Mission Control said on Wednesday that 'the weather will pose a challenge' for bringing Discovery home. The forecast...

Following President Obama's speech on health care reform Wednesday night, the ABC News Medical Unit solicited comments from some of the country's leading health care policy experts. A number of them responded with their thoughts, and while more than half of the responses supported the ideas presented in the speech, many also had at least...

The mood of the US capital turned from sombre, to near panic and then to red-faced all in the space of minutes after a terrorism scare unfolding on the Potomac river close to the Pentagon turned out to be a routine training exercise.The sight of armed coastguard launches tearing across the water and the apparent sound of shots being fired...

Quebec's Health Department wants to inoculate each and every Quebecer with the vaccine against swine flu.The vaccine will be provided for free to every man, woman and child in the province, and the program will be entirely voluntary.Alain Poirier, the director of Public Health, says the plan is in place and medical professionals will be ready...

Larry Gelbart, 81, a celebrated writer and producer whose socially innovative TV series "M*A*S*H" helped demonstrate that the half-hour comedy could win huge ratings while addressing contemporary issues such as war and gender relations, died Sept. 11 at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif.He had cancer. Asked to specify what kind, his wife,...

Mr Putin did not commit himself, but hinted that he is thinking of coming back in 2012 when President Dmitry Medvedev's current term expires.The two leaders would not compete, but Mr Putin said: "We'll reach an agreement."He was speaking in Moscow to the so-called Valdai Club of foreign academics and journalists.The club holds a series of...

Iran's latest proposals on its nuclear ambitions have brought diverging views from the US and Russia.Earlier, a US official told the BBC that Washington was unhappy with the proposals, submitted on Wednesday.Correspondents say parties involved are making their positions clear ahead of the UN General Assembly this month.President Barack Obama...

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WASHINGTON -- With solemn words and bittersweet memories, the Senate paused Thursday to remember Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's nearly five decades in Congress and his passionate commitment to health care reform."The impact he etched into our history will long endure," Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said. Reid added: "His dream...

WASHINGTON -- Americans are getting more worried about catching swine flu - but the people who most want that vaccine are the age that will be last in line, says a new Associated Press-GfK poll.As the government races to get swine flu vaccine ready to ship next month, just over half the population - 57 percent - is likely to line up for it,...

With the issuing of their remastered back-catalogue and the release of Beatles: Rock Band, the Fab Four have become once again The Most Famous People in Britain. (Beatles: Rock Band? It’s some arcade game shenanigans. For the young folk. Apparently you pretend to be Ringo by waving a mouse. ) So as we enter this Third Age of Beatles (first...

FRANKFURT -- The head of automaker Opel's works council in Germany says General Motors Co. is likely to announce its plans for the company's future Thursday afternoon.Klaus Franz, speaking on broadcaster ZDF's Morgenmagazin TV program says he had some hints as to GM's decision, but at the moment they amounted to "reading coffee grounds.""A...

MILWAUKEE -- Looking to regain consumers' trust, General Motors Co. said Thursday new car buyers will be able to return their vehicles within two months of purchase for a full refund, part of a long-awaited new marketing campaign for the biggest American automaker.The effort will begin next week, seeking to make connections again with American...

Major world powers meeting on Wednesday in Germany have urged Iran to return to negotiations over its nuclear program before the U.N. General Assembly opens its new session in New York later this month. Iran's top nuclear negotiator said earlier this week that Tehran has new proposals to ease concerns about its nuclear intentions.U.S. officials...

(NECN: Washington, DC) - President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress, urging them to enact health care legislation. Obama spoke in favor of an option for the federal government to sell insurance in competition with private industry. But he said he was open to alternatives that create choices for consumers.The President said...

PULLMAN, Wash. -- A swine flu outbreak at Washington State University that is suspected of sickening more at least 2,200 students may be tapering off, a campus health official said Monday.Dr. Dennis Garcia said 40 to 50 students a day have contacted the health service at the campus in Pullman this weekend to report flu symptoms. That's down...

Fewer New Yorkers were hit with foreclosure notices last month compared with July, but the city's housing woes are far from over.The number of city homeowners in some stage of the foreclosure process totaled 2,223 in August - down nearly 12% from July, but up about 3% compared with August 2008, according to stats due out today from foreclosure...

GM has been vacillating over whether to dispose of the unit to Magna, a Canadian car company, RHJ, a Belgian private equity group, or complete a restructuring itself.European unions leaders fear that job cuts could be more drastic in the event of a restructuring or bankruptcy.The car maker is expected to announce plans for the division after...

After Iranian foreign minister presents 'package of proposals' to Western powers intended to prepare ground for talks, Iranian envoy to UN nuclear watchdog says his country will not discuss nuclear programReutersPublished: 09.10.09, 15:50 / Israel NewsA senior Iranian official suggested that any talks with Western powers would not address...

In our last conversation, you made so many important policy points that I was inspired to spend part of Labor Day weekend reading serious articles about how to fix the health care system. I made my husband read them too. So if you detect a little coolness next time you see him, don’t take it personally.One thing is certain. Washington is...

Kraft Foods (KFT-N) said it was intent on pursuing Britain's Cadbury (CBY-N) , which soared in value after it snubbed a premium-rich bid from the U.S. group, reinforcing hopes of a broader-based pick-up in merger activity.Analysts said North America's biggest food group might have to raise its £10.2-billion ($17.98-billion Canadian) offer...

The contemporary view was that this was not just the peak of the Beatles’ career but the high point of recorded music to that date. Ringo remembered it less fondly as the album on which he learned to play chess.It is where the Beatles really exploit the studio as the instrument, forgoing live playing for sonic adventure. It is impossible...