YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. 6 -- The Elvis impersonator had ceded the stage, and the toupee contest was over.

Looking to rescue his signature domestic policy initiative with a prime-time address to Congress on Wednesday, President Obama for the first time is poised to "draw some lines in the sand" over the size and shape of legislation to remake the nation's health-care system, top advisers said Sunday.

THE STATEMENT: Van Jones was listed as a signatory on a petition released by 911Truth.org on Oct. 26, 2004. It called "for immediate public attention to unanswered questions that suggest that people within the current administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a...

The resignation of White House environmental adviser Van Jones has revealed a lapse in the administration's vetting procedures that, nearly eight months into his tenure, delivered President Obama with an unwelcome distraction as he begins an important week on behalf of his health-care reform...

Property taxes may rise as more uninsured people get care at HCMC. The County Board will set the 2010 tax levy ceiling Tuesday; the recommended hike is 4.95 percent hike.

President Will Announce Appointment of Ron Bloom as Administration's Senior Manufacturing Advisor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmentalists hope the push in Congress for climate change legislation is not overwhelmed by the debate dominating Capitol Hill over changing the U.S. healthcare system. But it might be.

Besides addressing health care, President Barack Obama will tell the AFL-CIO that he has named Ron Bloom as senior counselor for manufacturing policy.

. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi says claims must go through court. Gordon Brown announces foreign Office support teamThe son of the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, said today his country would resist demands from IRA victims for compensation.Saif al-Islam Gaddafi said any compensation arising from alleged Libyan arms supplies to the terrorist group would be a legal matter."Anyone can knock on our door. You go to the court. They have their lawyers. We have our lawyers," he told Sky News.Asked if his answer to the compensation demand would be "no" in the first instance, he replied: "Of course."Gaddafi's comments came hours after Gordon Brown announced that he was setting up a dedicated Foreign Office team to assist victims of the Irish Republican Army.The prime minister made the offer after he was criticised for refusing to seek a formal agreement between the British and Libyan governments on compensation.The Libyan leader's son condemned British politicians as "disgusting and immoral" for using

Mayor Nutter is well past the midway point of his first term in office - and he is making plans to hold what is just the second major fund-raiser of his tenure.