An Urban Institute analysis finds that the health care overhaul would compel only a fraction of the U.S. population to either buy new insurance or pay a fine. Most people would keep their current insurance, become eligible for a public insurance plan or be immune to any penalty.
Jeremy White
Mar 28, 2012
After 4 months of jiggling, U.S. federal court has overruled Hasbro's petition to stop Asus from using Transformer Prime name in its Android tablet. The U.S. federal judge says that there is no dodgy marketing in name of the two products to confuse people.
Surojit Chatterjee
Mar 28, 2012
On the third and final day of oral arguments over the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court justices are expected to ask whether the 2010 law could survive the abolition of its requirement that Americans get health insurance.
Joseph Lazzaro
Mar 28, 2012
A German court's ruling that the police can check an individual's ID on the basis of skin color has drawn severe backlash from the Black community, which likened the court decision to institutionalized racism.
Amrutha Gayathri
Mar 28, 2012
One of baseball's storied franchises went for a record-shattering price, clearing the way for an end to the drama surrounding current owner Frank McCourt and his ex-wife.
Bhaskar Prasad
Mar 28, 2012
Joe the Plumber, whose real name is Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, has lost the lawsuit he filed against three Ohio Job and Family Services officials.
Jacey Fortin
Mar 27, 2012
After a stellar season playing basketball at the University of Rhode Island, freshman forward Jonathan Holton was arrested Tuesday for video voyeurism.
Jason Van Hoven
Mar 27, 2012
Lauren Scruggs, the model and fashion writer who survived a tragic accident walking into an airplane propeller back in December, has rejected a $200,000 settlement offer and is suing the insurer of the airplane.
Nadine DeNinno
Mar 27, 2012
An article published on pcmagazine.com on March 26 covered Anonymous's involvement in Lori Handrahan's efforts to save her daughter Mila, who she claims is being physically and sexually abused by her ex-husband Igor Malenko. The custody battle, which has been going for three years, may not be as clear-cut as Handrahan presents it.
Jacob Kleinman
Mar 27, 2012
Confidential documents reveal the nation's leading anti-gay marriage group discussed framing President Obama as a social radical and making vocal support for traditional marriage a requirement to gaining the Republican presidential nomination.
Ashley Portero
Mar 27, 2012
The justices pondered what else Congress could require Americans to buy if the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is upheld as constitutional.
Dan Rivoli
Mar 27, 2012
Have you seen Paul Surgess? It's hard to miss the Harlem Globetrotter who, even in photos, looks gargantuan standing at seven-foot-eight and weighs 325 pounds. But have you seen the video of Sturgess, nicknamed “Tiny,” who was named the World’s Tallest Professional Basketball Player by Guinness World Records, dunk while standing still?
Nadine DeNinno
Mar 27, 2012
Austin Rivers is eyeing the NBA, prompting observers to wonder if the Duke star will go to his daddy's floundering Boston Celtics team.
Connor Adams Sheets
Mar 27, 2012
An apparently intended explosion in Roswell, Ga., rocked the home of Andrew Wordes, a local color in the community, known for his fight to keep chickens on his property and earning him the nickname of chicken man.
Dale W. Eisinger
Mar 27, 2012
After a rough day at the U.S. Supreme Court for the Obama administration on Tuesday, the fate of the individual insurance mandate may rest in the hands of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Dan Rivoli
Mar 27, 2012
The former NBA star can't afford to pay his child support payments.
John Talty
Mar 27, 2012
Skepticism seemed to inform numerous pointed comments from three of the court's four staunch conservatives as the justices spent a second day hearing a challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
Ashley Portero
Mar 27, 2012
Oslo courts have convicted Mullah Krekar, an Iraqi-born Islamist cleric, to five years in prison for posting online death threats against Kurdish immigrants and Norwegian officials.
Esther Tran Le
Mar 27, 2012
Liam Stacey, a student at Swansea University was sentenced to 56 days in jail for his racist tweets.
Peter Martin
Mar 27, 2012
Tyler and Cameron Winkelvoss weren’t the only Harvard classmates of Mark Zuckerberg to dispute ownership rights to what became Facebook (NYSE: FB).
David Zielenziger
Mar 27, 2012
The Knicks might be without Amar'e Stoudemire for the duration of the season, but that shouldn't prevent them from making the playoffs.
John Talty
Mar 27, 2012
Where to watch a live stream online of the Sony Ericsson Open 2012 from Miami, plus a full preview of Tuesday's play.
Jason Le Miere
Mar 27, 2012
