House Democrats on Thursday approved a non-binding plan seeking an exit from Iraq by December of next year. The 149-141 vote came after Republicans withheld support for the funding measure in protest of Democratic tactics. Some 132 Republicans voted "present."

Barack Obama accused President Bush of "a false political attack"Thursday after Mr. Bush warned in Israel against appeasing terrorists -early salvos in a general election campaign that's already blazing evenas the Democratic front-runner tries to sew up his party's nomination.

This could be the campaign of loudmouth preacher problems, and not only for Barack Obama. While The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is poster pastor for the type, Republican John McCain's right-wing ecclesiastical stable has a record of ranting, too.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich continues to push an expansion of state-subsidized health insurance, despite a new audit that found at least $1.5 billion in unpaid bills and the system is plagued by mismanagement. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports with

Associated Press - May 15, 2008 6:55 PM ET AUSTIN (AP) - Groceries and fuel prices have gone up -- now Texans could see a bump in the cost of many other homegrown goods and services.

Associated Press - May 15, 2008 7:35 PM ET TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - A federal judge in Arkansas says he'll take up -- at a later date -- a request to stop construction of a coal-fired power...

Associated Press - May 15, 2008 7:35 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Lockheed Martin beat out Boeing to win a nearly $3.6 billion Air Force contract to build as many as 12 next-generation global...

Associated Press - May 15, 2008 7:35 PM ET DALLAS (AP) - Four men are going to federal prison over "spoofing" technology used to send tactical officers in North Texas and elsewhere on bogus...

Headlines for May 15, 2008; As Palestinians Mark 60th Anniversary of Their Dispossession, a Conversation with Palestinian Writer and Doctor Ghada Karmi; Palestinian Rap Group DAM Use Hip-Hop to Convey the Frustrations, Hopes of a Dispossessed People

Authorities release dashcam video showing a Georgia county judge being arrested on drunken driving charges.

A historian contradicts a myth that Al Capone once owned a home that recently went up in flames on Biscayne Bay.

A bat with rabies bit a person in Miami-Dade County, officials say.

Fire crews in Edmonton battled a large grass fire in the city's extreme south end for several hours Thursday.

A two-year-old boy from Taber, Alta., died Wednesday after the all-terrain vehicle he was riding on crashed into a rock.

The Alberta government has slashed the number of health authorities in the province from nine to one, Health Minister Ron Liepert announced Thursday.

A 28-year-old man was shot and killed early Thursday morning in northeast Edmonton.

Fifteen numbers that indicate how much less safe we are now than we were in January 2001, when George W. Bush entered the Oval Office.

Fire Inspector Tracey LeBlanc urges residents to exercise caution should they plan to purchase and set off family fireworks this Victoria Day holiday weekend. Each year, consumer fireworks cause thousands of injuries and fires.