Obama administration official addresses LGBT elders in Chicago

Doctor Howard Koh, assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, spoke to LGBT seniors at the Center on Halsted in Chicago on Tuesday, Aug.

Cardin: Planned Medicare reimbursement cut 'will never take place'

If U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin gets his way in Congress, physicians, especially those in primary care, could get a bigger paycheck.

Anti-abortion group targets Democrats in radio ads

An anti-abortion group plans to air radio ads in three congressional races calling for the defeat of Democratic incumbents, among the first ads to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling this year that freed corporations to directly influence elections.

Employment numbers better than predicted for August

Here's the relatively good news just posted by the U.S. Department of Labor: Nonfarm payroll employment changed little -- down just 54,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 9.6 percent.

Nevada labor groups decry benefit cuts

Nevada labor leaders and worker representatives Thursday condemned big cuts to public employee and retiree benefits and pledged to overhaul the state's tax system if lawmakers don't in the 2011 Legislature.

USD 501 has disaster training

Dave Sterbenz, director of Shawnee County emergency management, explains the process of responding to a large-scale disaster or emergency to the Topeka Unified School District 501 board of education during a training session Thursday.

Sierra Club sues east Texas coal-fired power plant

The Sierra Club has filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of an east Texas coal-fired power plant.

Why is this town's water flammable?

Bill Ely walked into his chicken coop with an empty five-gallon water jug. The jug, punched with several finger-sized holes near the top to keep it from overflowing, was capped with a white plastic pipe.

US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides

A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators.

30 firms yet to convert paper shares

DHAKA: Thirty listed companies are yet to convert their paper shares to electronic ones, as desired by the stockmarket regulator.

'Quote Stuffing' A Focus In Flash-Crash Probe

"Quote Stuffing" A Focus In Flash-Crash Probe by Roberta Rampton, Rachelle Younglai and Jonathan Spicer U.S. regulators probing the May flash crash are focusing on a trading practice known as "quote stuffing" in which large numbers of rapid-fire orders to buy or sell stocks are placed and canceled almost immediately.

Moodya s Escapes SEC Lawsuit, Now Moves to Shield Itself From Liability

Current and former executives of credit rating agencies are sworn in during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill on Oct.