Noon: Obama pushes health care bill
FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) — President Barack Obama described the stakes of this weekend's health care vote in stark terms Friday, using words uttered so rarely out of the White House that they seem all but banned: "If this vote fails." With Sunday's expected vote hanging on the support of just a handful of wavering Democrats, Obama delivered a closing argument for the goal to which he has devoted much of his presidency and on which its future could pivot. Before a large, raucous rally at a suburban Virginia college, the president summoned both pragmatism and principle to sway the undecideds to his side. He emphasized the bill's provisions that would go into effect this year, including those banning insurers from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, dropping coverage when a person becomes ill or imposing annual or lifetime limits on care, requiring free preventive care and allowing children to stay on parents' policies into their 20s.
» Full Story11am: Boccieri switches to 'yes' on health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. John Boccieri of Ohio is switching his vote to "yes" on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
The freshman lawmaker announced his decision at a Capitol Hill news conference on Friday.
Husband: I couldn’t save her
FARMINGTON — Finis Lee got out of bed to see where the “fog” in his home was coming from and never made it back to his wife after a fire broke out at their home early Thursday mornin.
» Full StoryCafaro: Move court date
Attorneys for John ‘‘J.J.’’ Cafaro want a hearing today, not Monday, to get the jailed, former shopping mall mogul released.
A day after a federal judge surprisingly sent the 58-year-old to jail for not adequately supplying a U.S.
Denman workers prepare for bankruptcy
LEAVITTSBURG — The out-of-work staff at Denman Tire Corp. filled the hall at the J.V. Johnson Community Center Thursday night.
» Full StoryTraffic stop nets arrest
WARREN — A Niles woman is free on bond after she was arrested early Thursday morning during a traffic stop after which police said they found 12 individual doses of heroin in her bra and a marijuana cigar.
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