http://www.whas11.com/news/national RSS Feed for WHAS - News - National en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:41:40 GMT 2010-03-13T16:41:40Z en-us http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87581842.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:41:40 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87581842.html 2010-03-13T16:41:40Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87581837.html President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as this coming week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Congressional Budget Office that will allow them to finish details. Some of the main features as the bill takes shape: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:41:40 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87581837.html 2010-03-13T16:41:40Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87581832.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says a Colorado woman has been detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch offended many Muslims. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:41:40 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87581832.html 2010-03-13T16:41:40Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87581827.html BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 55-year-old woman died alone in a bedroom of her central Florida home after locking herself in the room for several weeks for a lengthy religious fast. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:41:37 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87581827.html 2010-03-13T16:41:37Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/NC-teacher-in-trouble-for-writing-loser-on-students-assignment-87574547.html Rex Roland has said he was only joking when he wrote the word ‘loser’ on the middle schooler's paper but the student's mother doesn't find it funny. She says it sends the wrong message. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:10:59 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/NC-teacher-in-trouble-for-writing-loser-on-students-assignment-87574547.html 2010-03-13T14:10:59Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87532467.html NEW YORK (AP) — Both sides negotiating a new completion plan for the World Trade Center site say they're continuing to talk despite a deadline. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:41 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87532467.html 2010-03-13T01:32:41Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87530277.html NEW YORK (AP) — In the years after the 9/11 terror attacks, 10,000 people who helped clear mountains of debris from Lower Manhattan filed lawsuits blaming New York City for failing to protect them from the toxic dust. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:03:56 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87530277.html 2010-03-13T01:03:56Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87530262.html NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have discovered a widespread scam in which thousands of taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:03:53 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87530262.html 2010-03-13T01:03:53Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87523392.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:00:54 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87523392.html 2010-03-13T16:00:54Z http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87527672.html HEMET, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California teenager accused of dismembering and burning a 16-year-old boy before fleeing to Mexico has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:03:56 GMT http://www.whas11.com/news/national/87527672.html 2010-03-13T01:03:56Z