
Nov 20 - By Matt Apuzzo , Associated Press Writer
The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

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Nov 20 - By Alan Fram, Associated Press Writer
Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession — Iowa.
Oct 21 - By Associated Press
The nation's health insurance companies have ramped up their lobbying as the battle over reshaping the health care system has escalated.

Nov 20 - By David Espo, AP Special Correspondent
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
Nov 20 - By Ken Thomas , Associated Press Writer
The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.
Nov 20 - By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writers
A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators.
Nov 20 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.
Nov 20 - By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's chairman said Friday.
Nov 20 - By Associated Press
The Army says there will be an outside review of how body armor for its soldiers is tested.
Nov 20 - By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.
Nov 20 - By Associated Press
Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.

Nov 20 - By Larry Margasak, Associated Press Writer
The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.

Nov 20 - By Erica Werner, Associated Press Writer
A wavering centrist Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill amid indications other moderates would fall in line.
Nov 20 - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama has nominated a former press secretary to President George W. Bush and a past chairman of CNN to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The independent agency oversees nonmilitary international broadcasts sponsored by the federal government, including Voice of America.
Nov 20 - By Julie Pace, Associated Press Writer
Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.

Nov 20 - By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer
The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim.