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Saturday night, live (ap) Health care reform passed its first major test in the Senate tonight, and heads to the Senate...

Highly recommended: From Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities and the Lasting Triumph Over Scarcity, by Arnold Kling and my American Enterprise...

The extraordinary thing about the dramatic events surrounding the health care bill in the Senate is that there was any drama at all. Lawmakers were simply voting to begin...

Lincoln a 'Yes' Senate Democrats will be able to begin debate on an $849 billion health care reform bill now that Sen. Blanche Lincoln has committed to voting to move the...


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Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis walk off the field following a 33-30 loss in double overtime to Connecticut in an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Weis says if Notre Dame fires him for 6-5 record, he'd have a hard time arguing it

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said he would have a hard time arguing if the school decides to fire him for his 6-5 record, saying it isn't good enough. Full story

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China mine disaster kills at least 92; official says GDP growth should not cost miners' blood

When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered. Full story

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Rare Charles Darwin book to be auctioned on 150th anniversary of famous work

An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England. Full story