House opens debate on health care overhaul bill - AP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions.

China offers Africa more trade, investment - AP - Sat 7:56 am ET
China appeared on Saturday to be adopting a more nuanced investment approach in Africa amid stiff criticism that its aggressive quest for natural resources has ignored local human rights violations.

Analysis: 10 percent jobless is Obama's new world - AP - Sat 7:45 am ET
For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.

South Korean workers protest gov't labor policy - AP - Sat 6:39 am ET
Tens of thousands of South Korean workers rallied Saturday to protest the government's plan to begin implementing contentious labor laws.

Pa. governor: Philly transit strike could end soon - AP - Sat 12:38 am ET
A tentative contract agreement has been reached that could end the public transit strike that has idled Philadelphia's subways, buses and trolleys for four days, Gov. Ed Rendell said late Friday.

Obama calls holdouts on health care - AP - Fri 11:56 pm ET
House Democrats have cleared an impasse over abortion that has been holding up a vote on sweeping health care legislation.

Court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa. - AP - Fri 10:19 pm ET
North Carolina's highest court ruled Friday that three cigarette companies no longer have to make payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania under a decade-old settlement.