WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new poll suggests public opinion on health care legislation is now an even split and a solid gain for Democrats after September results showed 49 percent opposed. The latest Associated Press-GfK poll has found that the opposition

Aid reaches villagers in Indonesia quake zone - MSNBC
KAMPUNG LAWEH, Indonesia - Children swarmed into the streets clutching begging boxes and yelling "please help me" Wednesday as an aid convoy reached villages deep in Indonesia's quake zone. Relief workers slowly making their way up debris-tangled

Baucus Health-Care Bill Would Cost $829 Billion - CNBC
Health care legislation drafted by a key Senate committee would expand coverage to 94 percent of the eligible population at a 10-year cost of $829 billion, congressional budget experts said Wednesday in a preliminary estimate. The Congressional

Senate Health Bill to Cost $829 Billion - CBS News
(AP) Health care legislation drafted by a key Senate committee would expand coverage to 94 percent of the eligible population at a 10-year cost of $829 billion, congressional budget experts said Wednesday in a preliminary estimate. The Congressional

US regulator to review health risk of weed killer - Mississippi Press
(AP) — WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it will re-evaluate the health effects of a popular weed killer that has been found in drinking water supplies in the United States. The EPA will take another look at the

Congressional Analysts: Senate Finance Health Care Bill Will Cost $829 - FOX News
Oct. 1: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , holds up notes for photographers, on Capitol Hill in Washington before the start of the afternoon session of the committee's continuing hearing on health care reform legislation (AP

Soft Middle: On Afghanistan, health care, Obama appeals to center that - ABC News Blogs
He wanted a deliberative process, and now he's got one -- actually, more than one. On Afghanistan, and simultaneously on health care, President Obama is on a search for a middle ground that may not exist. The eighth anniversary of the war in