White House Veto Threat on Repeal of Medical Tax
Posted: 3:59 PM White House officials are threatening to veto Republican legislation that would repeal a tax on medical devices sold in the U.S. that takes effect in January.
Posted: 3:59 PM White House officials are threatening to veto Republican legislation that would repeal a tax on medical devices sold in the U.S. that takes effect in January.
Posted: 3:28 PM A state official says a large dock that floated ashore on a beach in Oregon is definitely debris from last year's tsunami in Japan.
Posted: 3:23 PM The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Hawaii's right to regulate commercial weddings on public beaches.
Posted: 2:48 PM If you have $40,000 to spend, President Barack Obama's campaign has a deal for you
Updated: 1:39 PM Pennsylvania's representative at the Miss USA pageant is stepping down because she says the contest was rigged, while pageant officials counter she just disagrees with the organization's decision to allow transgender contestants.
Posted: 11:14 AM It turns out "The Last Song" was only the beginning for Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth.
Posted: 9:56 PM Billionaire Warren Buffett's company disclosed Tuesday that it owns about 3.2 percent of the stock of newspaper company Lee Enterprises Inc.
Posted: 9:54 PM Warren Buffett says that despite recent signs of weakness, the U.S. economy isn't likely to slip back into a recession.
Posted: 7:23 AM Boeing said Monday that the 28-minute flight of the Phantom Eye began at 6:22 a.m. Friday and the aircraft reached an altitude of 4,080 feet and a cruising speed of 62 knots before landing at the California desert base.
Posted: 7:19 AM Both sides of the recall election targeting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are prepared for a razor-thin margin as the Republican tries to become the first U.S. governor to successfully fend off a recall effort.
Posted: 7:04 AM Stargazers all over the world are setting up special telescopes and passing out cardboard eclipse glasses to view a once-in-a-lifetime celestial cameo -- Venus passing in front of the sun.
Posted: 10:38 PM The co-founder of Twitter has a story to tell, and he'll need more than 140 characters.
Posted: 10:31 PM A former Pennsylvania state senator has been sentenced to prison on charges that she illegally used her legislative staff to do campaign work and then forged documents to cover it up.
Posted: 10:24 PM The Supreme Court will decide whether police can follow and detain a suspect while they wait for a search warrant, even after the suspect leaves the area that the police want to search.
Posted: 10:15 PM An 18-year-old Ohio boy has died a day after he was thrown from a car just hours before his high school graduation in a crash that killed three other teens.
Updated: 10:31 PM Benchmark oil dropped 21 cents to $83.02 per barrel in New York. Brent crude fell $1.07 cents to $97.37 in London.
Posted: 10:36 AM A 20-year-old cellist from Rhode Island won the Miss USA crown and will represent the United States in this year's Miss Universe pageant.
Posted: 7:36 AM George Zimmerman's attorney says he expects to file a motion Monday seeking a new bond hearing for Trayvon Martin's shooter.
Posted: 9:30 AM Former "Family Feud" show host Richard Dawson has died in California at age 79.
Posted: 9:27 AM Phoenix police have arrested a woman who allegedly drove off after forgetting that her 5-week-old baby was in a car seat on the roof of her vehicle.
Posted: 9:20 AM A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may disappear with hardly a protest from farm groups and politicians.
Posted: 9:06 AM An attorney says George Zimmerman has returned to Florida so he can turn himself in to police after having his bond revoked.
Posted: 8:03 AM Those almost daily appeals for money in your email aren't coming from distraught relatives or friends. They are part of a ceaseless competition for campaign cash in the online era, from the race for the White House to Congress and local office.
Updated: 2:07 PM Anchorage residents are apparently not dressing to impress.