Herb Denenberg, columnist for The Bulletin, passed away at his home this evening of an apparent heart attack. Mr.Denenberg had been an investigative and consumer reporter and columnist for over 35 years. Before that he served as Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commissioner, and the Loman Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON, DC — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs revealed to reporters today that President Barack Obama actively promoted the Catholic Health Association's public break with the American Catholic bishops to support his health care legislation.

Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sunni Islam’s most senior religious leader, died March 10 during a visit to Saudi Arabia. Mr. Tantawi, who succumbed to a heart attack after falling while boarding his return flight, was 82.

“There’s a crime called misprision of a felony. Misprision of a felony is when you don’t report a crime. So you’re getting into pretty deep areas here in these considerations.” — U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, D-Pa., on March 12.

The scandal surrounding the Girl Scout’s distribution of an International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) sex guide at the U.N. Beijing +15 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) continues to grow. Some Scout mothers in St. Louis intend to ask the St. Louis Girl Scouts to pull out of the national organization.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are assailing Democrats over their plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote.

The World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides hosted a no-adults-welcome panel at the United Nations (U.N.) this week where Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute a brochure entitled “Healthy, Happy and Hot.” The event was part of the annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing construction fell in February as winter blizzards held down activity in the Northeast and South. The decline highlighted the challenges facing builders as they struggle to emerge from the worst housing slump in decades.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai protesters poured several jugs of their own blood at the front gate of the government headquarters and outside the ruling party's offices Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are numbered.

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold standard in sports.

The World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides hosted a no-adults-welcome panel at the United Nations (U.N.) this week where Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute a brochure entitled “Healthy, Happy and Hot.” The event was part of the annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

The U.S. and the U.K. have moved “substantially” closer to losing their AAA credit ratings as the cost of servicing their debt rose, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

U.S. regulators have tracked more deaths in vehicles made by Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Group LLC and other companies combined than by Toyota Motor Corp. during three decades of unintended acceleration reviews that often blamed human error.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.

PRINCETON — The percentage of young adults in the U.S. favouring legalized abortion has undergone a significant drop, falling below all other age groups except seniors, according to a Gallup poll released Friday.