OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The FBI says three people are in custody in the investigation of a bizarre bank robbery in northeast Kansas.

WASHINGTON – Giving up on overhauling the nation's health care system is not an option, the top House Democrat said Wednesday as lawmakers looked to President Barack Obama for guidance in his State of the Union address on how to revive the stalled legislation. Asked if Congress might abandon a health care initiative beset with political and policy problems, Speaker Nancy ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac began their policy on lending mortgages to non qualified buyers a long time ago.   The NY Times reprinted the original published article to explain 'HOW JUST ANYBODY CAN BUY A HOME EVEN THOUGH THEY DO NOT QUALIFY AND HAVE TO HAVE PRETTY MUCH A NO DOWN PAYMENT OR ONE THAT IS SCARY LOW".   This article was ...

GENEVA — The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic Thursday – the first global flu epidemic in 41 years – as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere. In a statement sent to member countries, WHO said it decided to raise the pandemic warning level from phase 5 ...

A Novato registered nurse is facing allegations she injected her 80-year-old mother with a 20-day supply of morphine in one night...

In considering whether to expand the government's role in the delivery of health care or in health care insurance, it is worth looking at Medicare and Medicaid. These two huge programs already make the government the largest player in the health care industry. The profligate nature of these two programs should raise lots of doubt about the Obama program doing anything ...

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Demagoguery: The speaker of the House says insurers are "villains" for opposing Democratic plans for overhauling the health care system. Nancy Pelosi needs to rethink who the bad guys really are. It would be more understandable if health insurers considered elected officials the villains. After all, it's the 50 state legislatures and Congress that have twisted the industry into a regulatory ...

I didnt plan on finding a disgusting mugshot to send to you good people.  Has anybody ever heard of somebody not going to the pokey because he's too fat to house?  I suppose its possible, and probably the only answer. 

SANFORD, Fla. -- A woman who kidnapped a newborn from the maternity ward of a central Florida hospital is set for sentencing. Prosecutors are asking for 40-year-old Jennifer Latham to be sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Latham pleaded guilty Feb. 10, the day her trial on kidnapping and burglary charges was supposed to start. Her public defender said the Sanford ...

Barack Obama, campaigning in the key swing state of Florida, is seeking to capitalize on the excitement over the World Series-bound Tampa Bay Rays, telling a Tampa crowd he was “showing some love for the Rays,” several members of which join

While the uproar continues over a potential swine flu pandemic, there is a quiet controversy brewing about the return of an old disease that had once been nearly eradicated in the United States. Last month, Maryland health officials said at least four people had been diagnosed with measles in Montgomery County - including an 8-month-old infant who contracted the disease in ...

4-month-old Alex Lange, who measures 25-inches long and weighs 17 pounds, is bringing a frown to the hypothetical face of insurance company Rocky Mountain Health Plans, The Denver Post reported on its Web site Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless aid edged up by a slim 1,000 last week and a gauge of underlying labor market trends hit a nearly 16-month low, evidence the job market continues to heal. The Labor Department said on Thursday initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose to 434,000 after declining for two ...

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That's the great irony of President Obama's ambitious health care agenda: His administration, which seems to feel little empathy for the rich, is paving the way to a two-tiered system in which only the very rich would have a choice.