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Sen. Harry Reid unveiled a sweeping health care bill that would expand insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years.

A suspect in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico was charged with first-degree murder and four other counts, the prosecutor in the case said.

The California Energy Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to become the first state to impose energy efficiency standards for televisions. The agency estimates the move will save consumers $1 billion a year in energy costs.

The government Web site Recovery.gov is fixing errors that appeared to show hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars were spent in nonexistent congressional districts, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board said Wednesday.

As part of the investigation into the remains of 11 women found inside and outside the Cleveland, Ohio, home of a registered sex offender, police have turned to the self-described "bug guy."

A federal advisory board's finding that women in their 40s should avoid routine mammograms is not government policy, the Health and Human Services secretary says.

When Robert Byrd came to Congress from West Virginia, a postage stamp cost 3 cents and kids were clamoring for a new toy called Mr. Potato Head.

It sounds like the plot of a crime drama or the scourge of a developing country, but human trafficking is a serious problem in the U.S. and America's children are frequent pawns, experts say.