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More than 300 animal species and 1200 types of plants are found at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in the city of Tucson, Arizona (US)

More than 300 animal species and 1200 types of plants are found at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in the city of Tucson, Arizona (US)

Desert Museum in Arizona Exhibits Native Plants and Animals

Some animals are rarely seen in the wild

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada smiles during health care reform news conference, 19 Nov 2009

US Senate to Hold First Key Health Care Vote

Saturday procedural vote will decide whether bill can be brought to Senate floor for full debate

In large cities like Washington, to ensure the fastest response to medical calls, fire departments dispatch trucks carrying a paramedic with the firefighters

Washington DC Firefighters Often on Front Line of Health Care

Fire Dept. shoulders costs in neighborhoods lacking doctors and medical clinics

US Senate Republicans Urge Democrats to Oppose Health Care Bill

US Senate Republicans are urging Democrats to oppose the sweeping health care reform bill

Thomas John Sweet (TJ) had been in Iraq two months. He killed himself on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th, 2003

Suicides in US Army At Record Levels

US Army says campaign to get soldiers help is showing progress at some bases

The private U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its list for what it considers the safest cars of 2010

Insurance Industry Picks Safest Cars of 2010

Ford, Subaru, Volkswagen receive most awards in annual insurance industry tests for car safety

UNICEF says Children's Lives Are Improving

But hundreds of millions still go without basics like food and health care, and violence against children remains a global problem

US, China May Set Emissions Reduction Goals

Obama, Chinese president endorse package of energy projects during talks in Beijing

In this May 28, 2009 file photo, a foreclosed home is shown in Mountain View, Calif. Lenders are ramping up efforts to avoid home foreclosures, but a report by bank regulators said Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, more than half of borrowers who get help fall b

More US Home Foreclosures, Job Losses Reported

Economists say overall recovery of battered housing industry will be key to sustained economic recovery

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Summit in Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2009.

US Defense Secretary Urges Against Afghan Withdrawal Timeline

Robert Gates urges caution on those who are calling for timetable for allied withdrawal from Afghanistan

Obama Faces Daunting Political Challenges at Home

Issues include future of US involvement in Afghanistan, health care reform and continuing worries over job losses and economy

President Barack Obama speaks to troops at a US military airbase in Osan, south of Seoul, 19 Nov 2009

Obama Calls on N. Korea to Return to Talks

After meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, US president ends Asian tour with visit to American troops at Osan air base

Burson Augustin (2006 photo)

Sears Tower Plotter Gets Six-Year Sentence

Case was criticized by civil liberties groups because prosecutors said no attack was imminent, and that men's plans were more 'aspirati

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington,

First Congressional Hearing on Ft. Hood Shootings Set for Thursday

Joseph Lieberman, an Independent senator from Connecticut considers the Ft. Hood shootings an act of terrorism

OECD says Industrialized Economies to Recover in Next Year

New report predicts US and other industrialized economies could bounce back faster than previously predicted

President Barack Obama (L)walks with S. Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan(R)after arriving at US military airbase in Osan, 18 Nov 2009

Obama Winds Up Asia Tour With South Korea Summit

US president demands North Korea move toward ending nuclear program in show of solidarity with South Korean president

Attorney General Eric Holder testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, 18 Nov 2009

Attorney General Defends Decision to Try 9/11 Suspects in Civilian Court

Eric Holder rejects concerns that public, civilian trial will give suspected terrorists platform to voice their anti-American views

Mark Ndesandjo, US President Barack Obama's half-brother, during interview at hotel in Beijing, China, 18 Nov 2009

Obama Meets Half-Brother in Beijing

President says he took five minutes out of his busy overseas diplomatic schedule to meet Mark Ndesandjo who lives in China

The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, 16 Nov 2009

Space Shuttle Atlantis Docks at ISS

US space agency, NASA, says all indications are that Atlantis made it through Monday's liftoff just fine

According to a new task force report, most women should start mammograms at age 50 rather than 40 as previously recommended

US Government Task Force Issues New Guidelines for Mammograms

Guidelines now call for tests to begin at 50, rather than 40; some doctors, patients disagree

US President Barack Obama

New Poll Shows President's Approval Under 50 Percent

Survey shows Mr. Obama's approval rating at 48 percent among registered voters, down two points from last month

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