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A bipartisan coalition sought to impose stricter abortion limits on insurance sold under a new health care bill Saturday, hoping to leave their imprint on legislation otherwise crafted largely by more liberal lawmakers.

After months of struggle capped by a final wrenching compromise over abortion, Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted, "we will pass health care reform," and likened the events to the creation of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare 30 years later.

Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.

Orlando Police said Jason Rodriguez, 40, is a suspect in the shooting at a downtown office on Nov.

House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until tomorrow or early next week.

A New York City woman convicted of killing her father and mutilating his body has been sentenced to five to 15 years in prison.

Royce Clyde Zeigler II enters Judge David Garner's 10th District Court in Galveston , Texas Wednesday November 4, 2009.

A jury rejected a Florida man's claims that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs and killed his former son-in-law, convicting him Friday of murder.

Lax standards of school discipline make pupils more likely to turn to crime and drugs, Government research has revealed.

The Florida agency that manages $132 billion in pension and local government investments is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

No bars or razor wire hold former Florida inmate No. 082629. Instead, William Dillon sits on furniture the color of ripe lemons, surrounded by cheerful animal statues and blooming plants, a prisoner no longer after 27 years.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:01 p.m. WASHINGTON - Defying the Obama administration, the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to remove from the USA Patriot Act a tool for tracking non-U.S. citizens in anti-terrorism investigations.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 11:37 a.m. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. a ' Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to the White House and tax crimes in a deal that could send him to prison for about 2A1 2 years.

Criminal charges have been filed against 14 people, including attorneys and Wall Street professionals, in a widening $53 million insider trading case that has already snared one of the richest men in America, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

As House Democrats prepare to vote Saturday on a sweeping bill to overhaul the nation's healthcare system, they picked up an important endorsement today from the 40-million member AARP, the nation's largest senior citizens group.

A mother-of-three has branded a council "ludicrous and completely outrageous" as she took the authority to court for using controversial powers to spy on her family.

Sentencing judges should spell out the exact amount of time a criminal is likely to spend in prison, Victims' Champion Sara Payne has said.

In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006 file picture, John Gotti Jr. exits Manhattan federal court after his third trial ended in a mistrial in New York.

The House Financial Services Committee has voted to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is paying more than $700 million to settle federal regulators' charges it made unlawful payments to friends of public officials to win municipal bond business in Jefferson County, Ala.