Democratic officials say Sen. Ben Nelson intends to support health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama, giving the measure a 60th and decisive vote. These officials say the Nebraska Democrat will make an announcement later Saturday. Marat

The NYPD officer who shot and killed one of his own in May in a case of mistaken identity will not be indicted, CBS 2 has learned. Andrew Dunton, 30, a white officer, was facing potential charges after he gunned down fellow cop Omar Edwards, who is bla

A federal appeals court on Friday revived a discrimination lawsuit brought by more than 200 black police officers who claim they were mistreated by white supervisors with the U.S. Capitol Police.

A white man accused of dragging a black woman out of a Colorado bar by her hair has been charged with a bias-motivated crime. The Summit County district attorney filed assault and bias-motivated crime charges Wednesday against 37-year-old Dustin Meadows.

"The middle class is vanishing. It's been sucked up by the 1% and enabled by their political wing, the Republican Party. Now they are busy bleeding the rest of the country dry and preventing needed reforms..."

It's an axiom in U.S. politics that the party in power in the White House loses seats in off-year elections. So every Democrat is girding for the fight in 2010.

She doesn't want "cap and trade" on carbon emissions because she believes "it is an enormous threat to our economy,'' but the sale of carbon credits -- a form of cap and trade -- from the Kyoto agreement is helping fuel a big drive in China to replace

What government needs to do to end homelessness is to get out of the way since they won't do any good if they try to do something.

Congratulations, South Carolina. You dominated the list of notable quotations for 2009. You can thank your colorful politicians and your reputation as an outspoken critic of government for the distinction.

From Reuters