House Democratic aides denied Wednesday that work is already underway on a second stimulus package.
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Shoe-throwing journalist sentenced to 3 years in prison
Muntadher al-Zaidi, the man seen as a hero in some circles for throwing his shoes at then-U.S. President George W
Town pulls together after killing rampage
As the crime scene tape starts to come down in this small Southern town, the residents are leaning on one another for comfort and the strength to move on.
Commentary: Nickelodeon took cowardly way
There’s news tonight in the case of Chris Brown. (CNN) — There’s news tonight in the case of Chris Brown.
Top FARC suspect reportedly captured in Ecuador
Authorities in Ecuador said they have captured a top guerrilla leader belonging to the Marxist FARC group from neighboring Colombia, news outlets reported Wednesday. “Suddenly there were police standing in front of me and told us to run outside quickly,” Luisa Santonastaso, 16, said. “At first we didn’t know what to do.
Witness: Teacher ‘sacrificed herself for student’
Students jumped out of windows and locked themselves in classrooms as a former pupil rampaged through a German school with a gun, killing at least a dozen people there Wednesday, a student at the school told CNN. “Suddenly there were police standing in front of me and told us to run outside quickly,” Luisa Santonastaso, 16, said. “At first we didn’t know what to do.
Tariq Aziz, ‘Chemical Ali’ sentenced by Iraq court
The top court in Iraq sentenced two of Saddam Hussein’s half-brothers to death Wednesday for crimes against humanity. The court also sentenced former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and a former senior official known as “Chemical Ali” — Ali Hassan al-Majeed — to 15 years in custody for crimes against humanity, an official with the Iraq High Tribunal told CNN. The men were sentenced for their roles in the 1992 execution of 42 merchants.
How to survive a plane crash
We tend to assume that if an airplane crashes our time is up. But recent experience and statistics tell a different story
10 dead in Alabama shooting; FBI to assist investigation
At least 10 people were killed Tuesday in a shooting spree covering two small southern Alabama towns, a state official confirmed. The gunman was among those killed.
Girl recovering after removal of 6 organs, tumor
Seven-year-old Heather McNamara was heading home Tuesday, a month after surgery that temporarily removed organs from her digestive tract to allow removal of a tennis ball-size tumor. According to her surgical team at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, the operation — referred to as an “auto-transplantation” because the patient’s own organs (instead of those from a donor) were reimplanted within four hours after being extracted — is the first of its kind to be performed on a child. “If this doesn’t work, there’s nothing left,” Dr