Despite agreeing on the outline for a new global warming deal, the White House quibbled with it Saturday and said it does not sufficiently address the role of developing nations. ...more

December 16, 2007

Nobel laureate Al Gore said Thursday that the United States is "principally responsible" for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference, and European nations threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington compromises on emissions reductions. ...more

December 14, 2007

Fewer people signed up for jobless benefits last week, an encouraging sign that most companies aren't resorting to large-scale layoffs as the country copes with continuing problems in the housing and credit markets. ...more

November 22, 2007

Florida Metropolitan University is changing its name to Everest University, just three months after the for-profit school settled with the state attorney general over concerns about its business practices. ...more

November 6, 2007

The Florida attorney general's office said Monday that a Hillsborough County man, arrested this year and charged with running a mortgage fraud scheme, has pleaded guilty to several fraud charges and will be sentenced next month. ...more

November 5, 2007

Florida Metropolitan University is changing its name to Everest University, just three months after the for-profit school settled with the state attorney general over concerns about its business practices. ...more

November 5, 2007

A defiant Democratic-controlled Congress voted Thursday to provide health insurance to an additional 4 million lower-income children, and President Bush vowed swiftly to cast his second-straight veto on the issue. ...more

November 2, 2007

Senate Democrats on Tuesday reversed President Bush's cuts to education, health research and grants to local entities as they gird for Bush's first-ever veto of a regular appropriations bill. ...more

October 24, 2007

The disclosure on Thursday of secret Justice Department legal opinions on interrogation set off a bitter round of debate over the treatment of suspected terrorists in U.S. custody and whether Congress has been adequately informed of administration legal policies. ...more

October 5, 2007