http://www.clintonherald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_321102307.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_321102307.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — Business foes of health care overhaul legislation are outspending supporters at a rate of 2-to-1 for TV ads as they grow increasingly nervous over a final bill. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:21:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_321102212.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_321102212.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wholesale prices rose less than expected in October as the weak economy keeps inflation pressures largely in check. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_321102124.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_321102124.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Army is preparing to do an internal investigation to examine whether it missed warning signs about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood rampage, but top Pentagon officials may want a broader review of lessons from the tragedy. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_320105026.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_320105026.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — What’s it going to cost me? Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:48:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_320104920.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_320104920.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — Retail sales rose more than expected in October due largely to a big rebound in auto sales. But broader consumer spending remains under pressure, raising questions about the durability of the recovery. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:48:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_320104831.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_320104831.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 15 million taxpayers could unexpectedly owe taxes when they file their federal returns next spring because the government was too generous with their new Making Work Pay tax credit. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_316102527.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_316102527.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_316102431.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_316102431.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job market is slowly healing as the economy recovers. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:23:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_316102339.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_316102339.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nidal Malik Hasan’s overly zealous religious views and strange behavior worried the doctors overseeing his medical training, but they saw no evidence that he was violent or a threat. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:27:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_315122757.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_315122757.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year’s end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party endured in 1994. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:26:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_315122704.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_315122704.html WICHITA, Kan. — An anti-abortion activist says he’s the one who killed a Kansas abortion provider — and did it because it was necessary to save lives. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:25:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_315122558.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_315122558.html JARRATT, Va. — Sniper John Allen Muhammad refused to utter any last words as he was executed, taking to the grave answers about why and how he plotted the killings of 10 people that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:44:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_314084500.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_314084500.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an “assessment” of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:55:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_313095519.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_313095519.html GALESBURG, Ill. — A man accused of killing eight people during a two-state rampage said Friday that he does not want to plead guilty in the first of the deaths to go to trial — his second about-face on his guilt in the case. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_313095433.html http://www.clintonherald.com/apstorysection/local_story_313095433.html WASHINGTON — Don’t look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul.