WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A broad healthcare overhaul was poised to clear its first U.S. Senate hurdle on Saturday as the last wavering senators said they would vote to begin debate on the legislation, giving Democrats the 60 votes they need.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A broad healthcare overhaul was poised to clear its first U.S. Senate hurdle on Saturday as the last wavering senators said they would vote to begin debate on the legislation, giving Democrats the 60 votes they need.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A broad healthcare overhaul was poised to clear its first U.S. Senate hurdle on Saturday as the last wavering senators said they would vote to begin debate on the legislation, giving Democrats the 60 votes they need.

Dobbs says his departure from CNN was 'amicable,' expresses interest in running for office. Lou Dobbs says he doesn't feel like he was pushed out of CNN, the news organization where he worked for all but two years of its existence until last Wednesday.

A growing cover-up: Obnoxious pop-up promos get in the way of your favorite TV shows. Somewhere in the universe of TV viewers, there's got to be a person who actually likes those pop-up, on-screen promotions.

A growing cover-up: Obnoxious pop-up promos get in the way of your favorite TV shows. Somewhere in the universe of TV viewers, there's got to be a person who actually likes those pop-up, on-screen promotions.

Kobe gets 100th 40-point game, Lakers avoid rare 3-game skid with 106-93 win over Pistons. Kobe Bryant scored 40 points for the 100th time in his career, and the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a rare three-game losing streak with a 106-93 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the costly bailout of insurer AIG and urged swift regulatory reform to safeguard the economy from the failure of big financial firms.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the costly bailout of insurer AIG and urged swift regulatory reform to safeguard the economy from the failure of big financial firms.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a Senate committee aired stubborn opposition.

A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states aims to persuade moderate Democrats to support their party's health care reform efforts.

Free clinics staged in states where senators are targeted on health care votes. A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Adding to lawmaker criticism of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's performance is a new survey released on Friday showing 42 percent of Americans say he has done a "poor job" handling the credit crisis and federal bailout programs.

Crusading Calif. D.A. retires, leaving painful wake of overturned cases, costly settlements. The molesters drank blood, the children said, and hung them from hooks after forcing them to have sex with their parents. They murdered babies, prosecutors told jurors, and snapped photographs as the horror unfolded.

Lou Dobbs says departure from CNN was 'amicable,' expresses interest in running for office. Lou Dobbs says he doesn't feel like he was pushed out of CNN, the news organization where he worked for all but two years of its existence until last Wednesday.

What are the implications for cable TV news amplifying a divide?. Amplifying the nation's political division has been good business for Fox News Channel and MSNBC during this season of anger ? but it may come at a price.

What are the implications for cable TV news amplifying a divide?. Amplifying the nation's political division has been good business for Fox News Channel and MSNBC during this season of anger ? but it may come at a price.

What are the implications for cable news amplifying a divide?. Amplifying the nation's political division has been good business for Fox News Channel and MSNBC during this season of anger ? but it may come at a price.

NBC Universal to showcase Maria Shriver study on US women on its networks and online. Maria Shriver and NBC Universal are teaming up for a weeklong programming series on the state of 21st-century U.S. women.