Norma McCulliss of Palm Harbor urges support for the Lupus Foundation of America. ...more

January 29, 2008

Scientists at a California company reported Thursday that they had created the first mature cloned human embryos from single skin cells taken from adults, a significant advance toward the goal of growing personalized stem cells for patients suffering from various diseases. ...more

January 18, 2008

Bud Selig and Donald Fehr return to Capitol Hill today, three years after a theatrical hearing where the baseball commissioner and players' union head were chastised for what lawmakers called a lax steroids policy. ...more

January 15, 2008

President Bush threatened Thursday to cancel thousands of pet projects that Congress inserted into a massive spending bill before leaving town this week, a move that could provoke a fierce battle with lawmakers in both parties who jealously guard their ability to steer money to favored purposes. ...more

December 21, 2007

A former CIA officer who participated in the capture and questioning of the first al-Qaida terrorist suspect to be waterboarded said the harsh technique provided an intelligence breakthrough that "probably saved lives," but he now regards the tactic as torture. ...more

December 12, 2007

The CIA videotaped its interrogations of two top terror suspects in 2002 and destroyed the tapes three years later out of fear they would leak to the public and compromise the identities of U.S. questioners, the director of the agency told employees Thursday. ...more

December 7, 2007

President Bush is expected to announce today an agreement with major mortgage companies to freeze interest rates for five years for financially troubled homeowners - a plan advocates say will help forestall a major foreclosure crisis but some conservatives say amounts to a bailout of people who made bad financial decisions. ...more

December 6, 2007

Senior Democrats on Capitol Hill want to ban excessive credit card fees. Bank regulators are on the verge of forcing companies to give more notice before raising interest rates. And New York's attorney general, whose investigations transformed the student loan industry, now has his eye on conflicts of interest in the credit card sector. ...more

December 2, 2007

After being critically wounded in a shooting at his Miami-Dade County home, Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor responded to simple commands from doctors Monday night after surgery. Known as a hard hitter in the NFL, he did not play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday because of a knee sprain. ...more

November 27, 2007

Sen. Trent Lott, a 35-year Capitol Hill veteran who staged a political comeback after losing his Senate leadership post because of racially insensitive remarks, plans to resign from office before the year is out. ...more

November 27, 2007