Veritas Magazine

9:19 AM WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion. Here's a look in question and answer form at a simmering conflict that is vexing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as she and other Democratic leaders try to find enough votes to pass health care... Read More >

9:18 AM The winner is ... from Dubuque. National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos, a native of Dubuque, directed "The Cove," winner of this year's Oscar for Best Documentary. But Psihoyos never got to give his award speech. The orchestra started playing as he approached the microphone... Read More >

9:10 AM WESTMORELAND, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire woman certified as the oldest living American has died. Mary Josephine Ray died Sunday at a Westmoreland nursing home at age 114. The title of oldest living American now goes to Neva Morris of Ames, Iowa, who is also 114... Read More >

9:03 AM ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials... Read More >

9:04 AM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. marriages last longer than unions where couples live together outside matrimony, the Centers for Disease Control reported on Tuesday... Read More >

8:42 AM The Romeikes are not your typical asylum seekers. They did not come to the U.S. to flee war or despotism in their native land. No, these music teachers left Germany because they didn't like what their children were learning in public school - and because homeschooling is illegal there... Read More >

11:05 AM Allison, Ia. - Mark Daryl Becker was found guilty today of first-degree murder for the shooting death of nationally known Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas... Read More >

9:52 AM Tens of thousands of Iowa bargain hunters jammed phone lines and crashed an unprepared state Web site Monday in a rush to claim nearly $2.8 million in government rebates on new energy-efficient appliances... Read More >

8:49 AM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month -- yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher. The reasons are simple. Chile is wealthier and infinitely better prepared, with strict building codes, robust emergency response and a long history of handling seismic catastrophes... Read More >

8:37 AM A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, a popular daily reported on Friday... Read More >