http://www.dailyindependent.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:11:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_326170612.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_326170612.html Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_317125452.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_317125452.html Sarah Palin's new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter's pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome doesn't contain a single reference to the father of her grandson, soon-to-be Playgirl model Levi Johnston. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:52:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_317125047.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_317125047.html NASA says a spacecraft that was intentionally crashed into the moon has turned up the best evidence yet of water. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:48:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_317124635.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_317124635.html The Colorado parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting their son was aboard a runaway balloon have pleaded guilty to charges that could bring some jail time and probation. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:08:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_310110819.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_310110819.html The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:31:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_306113050.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_306113050.html Ford, the only U.S. automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_306112553.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_306112553.html Beware the math. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_301144737.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_301144737.html NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight Wednesday, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the White House. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_299185108.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_299185108.html Nuclear energy, once vilified by environmentalists and facing a dim future, has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats hunt for Republican votes to pass climate legislation. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:35:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_299183401.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_299183401.html Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_299182834.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_299182834.html Two Northwest Airlines pilots have told federal investigators that they were going over schedules using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_291141953.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_291141953.html A Colorado sheriff said Sunday it was hoax when parents reported that their 6-year-old son was in a flying saucer-like helium balloon hurtling away from their home when he was actually hiding in the garage. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:07:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_286160635.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_286160635.html With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:59:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_285105552.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_285105552.html Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for their analyses of economic governance — the rules by which people exercise authority in companies and economic systems. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:19:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_282115622.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/Nation/local_story_282115622.html President Barack Obama said Friday he was honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the problems of the 21st century.