UNITED STATES - Obama's health care plan closer to being passed
WASHINGTON (AP): President Barack Obama's health care overhaul easily cleared the second of three critical Senate votes yesterday, moving it a step closer to passage by Christmas.Democrats remained united...

Soldiers relieve snowstorm stress
ROME (AP):Italy sent hundreds of soldiers to the streets of Milan yesterday to help ease circulation after heavy snowstorms and freezing temperatures forced airports to be closed and trains to be halted.

Gunmen kill marine's family
MEXICO CITY (AP):Gunmen mowed down the family of a Mexican marine just hours after the military honoured him as a national hero for losing his life during a raid that took down powerful drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva...

Teen faces up to 50 years in prison
Wisconsin (AP):A Wisconsin teenager who blackmailed dozens of fellow high school students into sex acts by using photos and videos obtained in a Facebook scam, faces up to 50 years in prison after pleading no contest...