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House Dems look at taxing the rich for health care
House Democrats working on President Barack Obama's goal of health legislation are narrowing in on an income tax surcharge on the highest-paid wage earners to help subsidize insurance for the 50 million people who lack it.
Tehran governor: New protests will be smashed
The governor of Tehran province warned that security forces will "smash" any attempt at protests on Thursday amid calls for the first significant opposition marches since a major crackdown more than a week ago.
Ensign's parents gave mistress's family $96K
Sen. John Ensign said Thursday his parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 "out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," providing his first public acknowledgment that the woman received payments tied to the affair.
AP source: Burris won't run for full Senate term
A Democratic official says Roland Burris will not run for a full Senate term in 2010.
Bombings in Mosul, Baghdad kill at least 41
A suicide bomber on Thursday killed at least 34 people and injured 70 near a judge's house in northern Iraq, and two roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven people, authorities said.
4 Ill. cemetery workers accused in grisly plot
Prosecutors on Thursday charged three gravediggers and a manager in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic black cemetery near Chicago and strewn in a weeded area or reburied with other bodies so that plots could be resold, authorities said.
NTSB blames downdrafts in Steve Fossett crash
The aircrash that killed entrepreneur Steve Fossett, famed for his daredevil aerial feats, probably was caused by downdrafts that exceeded the ability of his small plane to recover before slamming into a mountainside, federal safety officials said Thursday.
Billy Mays remains a TV pitchman, even in death
Death won't still the voice of Billy Mays or his mighty powers of persuasion. Viewers will continue to find the boisterous, bearded TV pitchman hawking household products for the indefinite future. And at least one of his commercials is being introduced posthumously.
Going vertical: Brothers live on building's wall
Two brothers in Rio are living over the edge _ literally: sleeping, working and eating on the side of a building 33 feet (10 meters) up in the air. Twenty-seven-year-old Tiago Primo and his 20-year-old brother Gabriel spend 12 hours a day in the bed, hammock, chair and dining table they've attached to a bright red-and-yellow wall as part of an art exhibit in Rio's old center.
Teixeira homers, Yankees top Twins 6-4 for sweep
Mark Teixeira ended a 23-game homerless drought and the New York Yankees completed a season sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 6-4 victory Thursday. Teixeira connected on the first pitch of the fifth inning. It was his 21st homer of the season and first in 96 at-bats, dating to June 12 against the Mets.
