Some Democrats say they fear their party’s method of picking a nominee might turn undemocratic as neither presidential candidate is likely to gather the delegates needed for the nomination. Federal agents searched Najibullah Zazi’s apartment and another home in the same Denver suburb on Wednesday in connection with the terrorism probe, which emerged Monday with a series of raids in the New York borough of Queens.
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What’s in Baucus’ health care proposal?
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Montana, unveiled a summary of his proposed health care plan Monday. The main points include: Cost $856 billion over 10 years and mandatory insurance coverage for every American by 2013.
U.S. government sets up online ‘app store’
The Obama administration has unveiled a government “app store” designed to push the federal bureaucracy into the era of cloud computing.
Juarez, Mexico, killings reach new high
The number of drug-related killings in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, so far this year has reached 1,647, surpassing the death toll for all of 2008, a city spokesman told CNN. A spate of killings since the weekend, including 12 on Tuesday, pushed this year’s death toll higher than the 1,607 recorded murders for last year, spokesman Sergio Belmonte told CNN.
Mexico officers arrested, accused of ties to drug cartel
Mexican federal authorities have arrested 124 law enforcement officials in Hidalgo state on suspicion of being linked to the Zetas drug cartel, considered the nation’s most ruthless and dangerous crime syndicate.
Agents raid N.Y. buildings in terrorism probe, sources say
Federal agents raided residences in New York City early Monday as part of a terrorism investigation, law enforcement sources said. Sen
Dying Blagojevich fundraiser said he overdosed, mayor says
Police are looking into the death of the former chief fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as a “death-suicide investigation,” an Illinois mayor said Sunday.
Key Blagojevich player is dead, ex-governor says
Christopher Kelly, former chief fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov.
Experts: Monitoring tools failed to unearth Garrido’s secret
Phillip Garrido was registered as a sex offender, required to meet with parole officers and fitted with an ankle bracelet to track his movements — but nothing prevented him from being around children, according to a victim’s advocacy group. Garrido, who is charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard — a young woman police say lived with her two daughters in a huddle of tents and outbuildings hidden behind Garrido’s home – was arrested last week along with his wife Nancy.
More than 20 killed in Panama crash, president says
At least 24 people died late Thursday in Panama in a crash between a truck and a bus, President Ricardo Martinelli said at the scene of the accident. I arrived here a couple of days ahead of the president in order to get a better read on his reform effort by talking to people like Sonja McDonald, who told me her husband’s job as a diesel mechanic doesn’t provide health insurance for them and their two children. So I found McDonald at a remarkable local clinic getting a low-cost tooth extraction because she has not been able to afford a trip to the dentist in a couple of years