House leaders accept Senate payroll tax terms
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leaders in an abrupt switch Thursday agreed to a two-month extension of a payroll tax cut and federal unemployment benefits, Republican aides said...
Senate OKs 2-month tax cut, jobless benefits
TheGrio REPORT -- The Senate has passed a temporary extension of a payroll tax holiday and jobless benefits, in a partial victory for President Barack Obama that sets the stage for yet another showdown in February...
GOP blocks Obama nominee to head financial agency
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked President Barack Obama's choice to head the new consumer protection agency that was designed to help curtail the excesses and abuses that led to the financial meltdown...
Blagojevich faces punishment for Obama seat scandal
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois' ousted governor Rod Blagojevich soon will learn his punishment for corruption convictions that include trying to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat...
Committee continuing investigation of Jesse Jackson Jr.
(AP) - The House Ethics Committee announced Friday it will continue its investigation into allegations Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. offered to raise campaign cash for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
Payroll tax holiday blocked; so much for jobs
OPINION -- On the eve of the release of new unemployment numbers, and amid expectations the jobless rate will remain at 9 percent, Senate Republicans late Thursday killed -- at least for now -- an extension of the payroll tax cut...
Nigeria Senate approves anti-gay marriage bill
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Gay sex has been banned in Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people, since colonial rule by the British...
Senate approves jobs benefits for veterans
WASHINGTON (AP) - A united Senate emphatically approved legislation Thursday intended to help unemployed veterans and companies doing business with the government..
Jesse Jackson Jr expects to be cleared in ethics probe
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - The House Ethics Committee announced earlier this month that it would resume a probe that began before Blagojevich's trial...
NYPD cops settle Sean Bell case by retiring with pay
NEW YORK (AP) - The 23-year-old Bell was killed and two friends seriously injured outside a topless bar where police were investigating reports of prostitution...
