Khaled Fazaa/AFP/Getty ImagesObscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen
()News from Yemen has been dominated recently by an escalating rebellion along the border with Saudi Arabia. But the country has been making news for decades because of its severe overuse of a rapidly disappearing water supply, the result of natural and political reasons.
Senate Health Bill Faces Saturday Showdown
Democrats need 60 votes to push it forward, but it's not yet clear whether there's enough support.
()Senate Ethics Committee: No Punishment For Burris
Still, the committee admonished him for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements.
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President Obama is asking Congress to find a way to extend coverage to every American.
Business
Price Fight: Coke Isn't It At Costco()
If you're a member of Costco, the nation's largest wholesale club, you may be surprised to learn that Coca-Cola's products are no longer on the shelves. The two companies are locked in a rare public dispute over the price consumers pay for beverages.
Kitchen Table Conversations
Black Males Hit Extra Hard By Unemployment()
The country's spiraling unemployment rate continues to take a particular toll on men. The "he-cession," as it's sometimes called, has hit African-American men especially hard, increasing their unemployment rate to more than 17 percent last month.
Afghanistan
Suicide Motorcycle Bomber Kills 16 In Afghanistan()
Two children and a policeman were among those killed in the blast, which wounded at least 23 others when the motorcyclist detonated the explosives in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said.
Education
Students Rail Against University Of California Fees()
UC regents, meeting at UCLA, approved fees that will bring the average annual cost to about $10,300 — a threefold increase in a decade. In protest, University of California Berkeley students barricaded themselves in part of a campus building on Friday.
Science
Fungus Provides Clues To North American Extinctions()
One of the great mysteries about North America is what killed off woolly mammoths and other exotic animals that roamed the land after the last ice age. Ideas have ranged from a comet impact and climate change to human hunters. A study published Friday in Science Magazine provides new clues about this — cleverly deduced from samples of a fungus that grew on the animal's dung.
Around the Nation
Do Long Island Police Ignore Hate Crimes?()
November 19, 2009 With the Latino population booming in Suffolk County, N.Y., so is anti-immigrant sentiment. Illegal immigrants see a rise in the kind of violence that took Rosario Lucero's son, but often won't report it for fear of the police and deportation. Now the Justice Department is probing whether local police are turning a blind eye.
Latin America
Peruvian Police Say Gang Killed People For Their Fat()
Police arrested three members of a gang in the Peruvian jungle that allegedly has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed doubt about an international black market for human fat, though it does have cosmetic applications.
Business
Geithner: Use Leftover Bailout Money To Cut Deficit()
November 19, 2009 Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the government's $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can," and that part of it will be used to lower the record deficit. He urged Congress to move quickly in overhauling the nation's financial rules, which he says is key to a healthy economy.
