$8,160 Amount Americans are expected to spend on health care this year $356 Amount the cost of health care is increasing for each American this year ...more

March 2, 2009

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Saturday accepted President Barack Obama's request to become his Health and Human Services secretary, stepping into a central role in the administration's ambitious effort to overhaul the nation's health care system. ...more

March 1, 2009

The economic downturn is forcing America's households to learn a tough lesson: how to fend for themselves. ...more

February 28, 2009

Festival queen Lauren Der and court members — first maid Sara Beth Newsome, Megan Cochran, Joclyn Emerson and Morgan Feaster — are being profiled by "Good Morning America's" Saturday feature program in a bimonthly segment, "American Snapshot." ...more

February 24, 2009

Two people have told The Associated Press that Ingmar Guandique will be charged in the Levy case. ...more

February 23, 2009

In his first month in office, President Barack Obama persuaded Congress to give out economic stimulus sweets totaling $787 billion. ...more

February 21, 2009

Jack Cover, who invented the Taser stun gun now used by thousands of police agencies as a better way to subdue suspects, has died. He was 88. ...more

February 13, 2009

When it comes to accepting fact; when we're facing inconvenient truths ...more

February 13, 2009

Tests have linked Roger Clemens' DNA to blood in syringes that his former personal trainer says he used to inject the pitcher with performance-enhancing drugs, according to a report. ...more

February 3, 2009

Tom Daschle's earnings from speeches given to health-related companies and trade associations: ...more

February 2, 2009