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The legislation represents a historic step, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday in announcing the legislation. It represents months of negotiations to bridge differences between liberal and moderate Democrats.

After months of struggle, House Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance.

The suspected link between football head injuries and brain problems has been the subject of great debate, and it played out again at a hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defended the league and said that the care of retired players was a priority.

The Obama administration's bid to ease public outrage over huge Wall Street paydays may be politically expedient. But critics say it distracts from the fact that a real overhaul of the troubled financial system appears to be withering on the vine on Capitol Hill.

Why is the community organizing group fighting for survival? Part of the story is the group's own missteps, capped by embarrassing undercover videos. But ACORN was often effective, and its successes sparked a sustained campaign of attacks by conservative and corporate critics.

As of Wednesday, the city is requiring residents to discard food waste in a separate bin. The food waste will be turned into compost and sold to farms and vineyards. Residents are so pleased about the law that many have been complying ahead of its start date.

A year ago, President Bush spoke of Tal Afar as a model of success in Iraq, but recent sectarian violence there suggests that the calm that American troops achieved has not endured.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hails from the hard-rock mining town of Searchlight, Nev. He once made a name for himself there as an amateur boxer. But in what may be his biggest fight yet, Reid is playing referee. He is leading the effort to combine two sharply different health care bills.

Majority Leader Harry Reid has been the Democrats' top man in the Senate for nearly five years. But his leadership skills are soon to be tested as he presides over merging the two very different health care overhaul bills. The task has prompted remarks like, "Is he Harry Reid or Harry Houdini?"

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid began private meetings Wednesday with fellow Democrats and the White House to merge his chamber's two health care overhaul bills into a single plan that could win a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.