NPR By Mark Memmott On the floor of the Senate, Republican Jim Bunning of Kentucky just defended the position he's taken that has delayed an extension of jobless benefits for the nation's unemployed and has forced the furlough of about 2,000 federal… more »

By Hibah Yousuf, staff reporter   NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- General Motors has recalled 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac models in North America for power steering failures that are tied to 14 crashes and one injury in the United States, the… more »

UK Mail By David Derbyshire   Scientists at the heart of the Climategate row were yesterday accused by a leading academic body of undermining science's credibility. The Institute of Physics said 'worrying implications' had been raised after it wa… more »

Huffington Post Sam Stein Only one day after declaring he will challenge conservative Democrat Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas's Democratic Senate primary, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter is raking in an incredible amount of money from outside groups supportive of… more »

By JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press Writer Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press Writer – Mon Mar 1, 3:08 pm ET PARIS – Rescue workers in dinghies cruised flooded streets on France's Atlantic coast Monday, searching for people still trapped in their… more »

Washington (CNN) -- Top Democrats tore into one of their Republican counterparts Monday for blocking an extension of unemployment benefits that would provide assistance to millions of jobless Americans. The Senate adjourned last week without approving… more »

By KELLEY SHANNON (AP) AUSTIN, Texas — Voters headed to the polls in Texas on Tuesday, finally getting their chance to weigh in on the state's long, rough gubernatorial primary. Both Republican Gov. Rick Perry and rival U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison… more »

  By Annalyn Censky, staff reporter , On Tuesday March 2, 2010, 9:17 am Snail mail might soon get even slower. The U.S. Postal Service plans to propose Tuesday an adjusted mail service schedule, which will likely cut Saturday delive… more »

FOXNews.com   President Obama will soon propose a health care bill that will be "much smaller" than the House bill but "big enough" to put the country on a "path" toward health care reform, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday.   Thursday: H… more »

Wallstreet Journal By Janet Adamy Rep. Bart Stupak doesn’t plan to vote for Congress’s latest health overhaul package – and abortion isn’t the only reason why. The Michigan Democrat became a pivotal player in the health debate last fall when he thre… more »

Planet Not Actually  Overcrowded... and Here's Why By Barry Secrest Excerpt From:Extreme Consequences: The Death of Common Sense in America In fact, were you to take the total number of persons on the planet, which is 6.8 Billion, and plop t… more »

NY Times By KATE ZERNIKE SEATTLE — Keli Carender has a pierced nose, performs improv on weekends and lives here in a neighborhood with more Mexican grocers than coffeehouses. You might mistake her for the kind of young person whose vote powered Pres… more »

BusinessWeek By Alex Morales March 1 (Bloomberg) -- The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said. Earthquak… more »

ABC News is making no secret about what is behind the sweeping staff cuts it now faces: raw survival instinct. Christian Hansen for The New York Times The producer Rick Kaplan in a CBS control room. The network's news division trimmed about 70 j… more »