[00:05.30]Reading LIFE IN THE FUTURE [00:10.27]What life will be like in the future is difficult to predict. [00:15.33]It is,however,possible to use models to make forecasts about future developments. [00:23.20]One way to catch a glimpse of the futur...
1. Senate Republicans have found minor glitches in the health care bill, forcing it back to the House. The two minor provisions that have problems are with Pell Grants for low-income students. Democrats expect the provisions to be formally removed fr...
[1] President Barack Obama is expected to sign the health care overhaul into law Tuesday. But that doesn't mean his work is done. A senior administration official says Obama will travel to Iowa Thursday to sell the reform to a skeptical public. [2] T...
1. President Barack Obama is staying right here. He's decided not to fly to Asia this weekend, so he can be in town for a possible House vote on his health care plan Sunday. The White House says he'll head to Indonesia and Australia in June. 2. Jihad...
1. Just a day after a jobs bill cleared Congress, President Barack Obama is expected to sign it today. The bill includes 18 billion dollars in tax breaks and extends highway and mass transit program to the end of the year. It's estimated the bill cou...
1. The effort by House Democrats to get enough votes to pass the health care overhaul bill maybe gain some traction. Dennis Kucinich voted against it last time, but now says he will vote yes. His support is important as the vote will be close. 2. A p...
1. President Barack Obama is promising Haiti the US will stand with that country in the long road to recovery from January's earthquake. Obama stood alongside Haiti's visiting president in the Rose Garden. He says the challenge now is to prevent a se...
[1] Iraq War thriller, The Hurt Locker, is the big winner at the Academy Awards. The film won the Best Picture Oscar and Kathryn Bigelow won for Best Director. Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for her role in the hit, The Blind Side. Jeff Bridges won...
[1] Iraqis are looking forward to Sunday's elections, but some fear possible chaos. The vote is Iraq's second nationwide election and comes at a vastly different time than the first in 2005. US troops have all but vanished from streets, but attacks c...
[1] President Barack Obama will describe his final health care plan at the White House today. The unveiling comes one day after Obama said he was open to melding four Republican ideas into his proposal. However, GOP resistance to the health care plan...
