By KEVIN SACK : It is one of the most audacious promises in a campaign that has been thick with them.
In speech after speech, Senator Barack Obama has vowed that he will lower the country’s health care costs enough to “bring down premiums by $2,500 for the typical family.” Moreover, Mr. Obama, the presumptive Democratic […]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by admin
Filed under: U.S., Health Insurance, Politics, Health | No Comments »
By JESSE McKINLEY : BIG SUR, Calif. — Facing a stubborn fire, California officials ordered the evacuation of Big Sur on Wednesday as flames flared on nearby mountaintops and moved steadily toward this coastal retreat.
Firefighters have been attacking a fire near Big Sur for 11 days and had been helped in recent days by fog, […]
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by admin
Filed under: U.S. | No Comments »
By JAMES BARRON : A California company is planning a string of online auctions next month to clone five dogs, with the bidding to start at $100,000.
Scientists consider dogs among the most difficult animals to clone because they have an unusual reproductive biology, more so than humans. But the company behind the auctions, BioArts International, […]
Posted on May 21st, 2008 by admin
Filed under: U.S., Science | No Comments »
By ADAM LIPTAK : The California Supreme Court, striking down two state laws that had limited marriages to unions between a man and a woman, ruled on Thursday that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
The 4-to-3 decision, drawing on a ruling 60 years ago that struck down a state ban on interracial marriage, […]
Posted on May 16th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: U.S., World News | No Comments »
By FELICITY BARRINGER
The polar bear, whose summertime Arctic hunting grounds have been greatly reduced by a warming climate, will be placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced on Wednesday.
But the long-delayed decision to list the bear as a threatened species may prove less of an impediment to oil […]
Posted on May 15th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: U.S., Science | No Comments »
By RACHEL L. SWARNS : LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For years, state welfare offices like the one alongside Interstate 30 have drawn the unemployed. But these days, the red-brick building here is also attracting poor, working parents with an unexpected offer: $204 a month in cash.
Shelly Thomas, a stockroom clerk and single mother, is using […]
Posted on May 12th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: U.S. | No Comments »
RECENT COMMENTS