s districtShe first ran for Congress in 1978, in the Queens district where the popular TV show All in the Family and its antihero Archie Bunker was set. She labeled herself a small c conservative, running with the slogan "Finally, A Tough Democrat. She won reelection handily in 1980 and 1982.In later years, Ferraro lost…

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara hopes fit-again spinner Muttiah Muralitharan rises to the challenge of a World Cup quarter-final against England on Saturday.Sangakkara said the 38-year-old off-spinner, who will retire from international cricket after the tournament, was fully fit for the R. Premadasa stadium clash.Muralitharan, who has a world record of 530 one-day wickets, injured…

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 16, 2011 – Two Michigan residents received lungs simultaneously, are recovering well from transplant operations that were a milestone for U-M programANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Michigan Transplant Center celebrated a milestone recently, performing its 500th lung transplant. But there's much more to this story…

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Wednesday proposed a budget that largely depends on selling more debt to pay off a pile of bills that have left Illinois' finances the weakest among U.S. states.Tax increases Illinois enacted last month did not solve the state's budget dilemma, and Quinn suggested that opponents of…

JUPITER, Fla. – The deadline for Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals to reach a new contract agreement has passed with no announcement from either side.The Cardinals scheduled a news conference for 12:30 p.m. at their spring training complex.Pujols, a nine-time All-Star, is the only player in major league history to hit 30 or…

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – If the cashier at a Utah department store recognized Mike Weir, imagine the surprise of seeing the former Masters champion and eight-time PGA Tour winner buying a bag of plastic golf balls."No, I don't think I've ever bought those before," Weir said.It spoke to the severity of pain in his right…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Republicans will not eliminate the alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in a $515 billion Pentagon budget for the current fiscal year that is due to be unveiled later Friday, a lawmaker who oversees Pentagon funding said."The bill that we're going to deal with next week has the money…

Thehas reported that when April comes, 260 Camden County employees will be out of a job.Those employees who are still employees who are still on the county's payroll will be forced to take 22 furlough days beginning in March.These unpaid days off will occur on every other Friday for the rest of 2011.Camden County Freeholder-Director…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP Billiton (BHP.AX), the world's biggest miner, bowed to investors with plans to hand back $10 billion through an expanded share buyback after nearly doubling its first-half profit to a record on booming iron ore and copper prices.The Anglo-Australian giant forecast a strong outlook for commodities markets, due to tight supplies, but…

PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) – If one of the roles of documentaries is to record and preserve history, "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975" admirably performs its duty.Assembled from extraordinary footage uncovered in the Swedish Television archives by director Goran Hugo Olsson and augmented by contemporary audio interviews, the film presents a powerful reminder of…