NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS

Democrats have come to an agreement on the abortion part of the paperwork that was a sticking point to the vote.

Right now the storm is swirling in the Caribbean towards a path that could bring it into the Gulf of Mexico.

Some think one day humans can use the elevators instead of rockets to reach orbit.

A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month.

Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death for three North Dakota college softball players found dead inside a sport utility vehicle that sunk in a rural farm pond.

Police on Friday shot and wounded a person-of-interest sought in the Halloween night killing of a Seattle police officer, just as a massive memorial service for the officer drew to a close.

The suspect was arrested at his mother's house.

President Obama ordered flags at the White House and federal buildings to fly at
half staff from now until Veterans Day.

The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 -- and is likely to go higher.

Ida has now weakened to a tropical depression. The storm made landfall in Nicaragua yesterday and will continue moving through eastern Honduras today.

President Obama heads to Capitol Hill on Saturday to make a push for a
bill that now has the support of powerful groups representing retirees
and doctors.

President Barack Obama is telling Native American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of Native American nations.

Authorities say the mother of a missing Florida 7-month-old secretly turned her over to her baby sitter in the middle of the night.

The AARP has officially endorsed the House Democratic health care bill, a major boost for the legislation two days before a historic vote.

Democrats have ignored a Republican boycott and pushed a climate bill through a key committee by a 10 to 1 vote.

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing the revocation of their licenses to fly.

Some of New York City's largest employers -- including Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs and Citigroup -- have started receiving some doses of swine flu vaccine.

The White House is calling for an end to violence in Iran as security forces there crack down on anti-government protesters.

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has narrowly won a third term as New York mayor in a race that was startlingly close.