Kentucky's Bunning again blocks jobless benefits (AP)

Survey: Health insurance costs surge in 2011 (AP)
AP - The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance surged this year, snapping a trend toward moderate growth, but experts say these increases may slow again in 2012.

AP-GfK Poll: Baby boomers fear outliving Medicare (AP)
AP - The first baby boomers will be old enough to qualify for Medicare Jan. 1, and many fear the program's obituary will be written before their own. A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds...

Halfway home: Senate sends tax-rate bill to House (AP)
AP - In a reach across party lines, the Senate overwhelmingly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday to prevent a Jan. 1 income tax increase for millions and renew jobless benefits for the...

Halfway home: Senate sends tax-rate bill to House (AP)
AP - In a reach across party lines, the Senate overwhelmingly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday to prevent a Jan. 1 income tax increase for millions and to renew jobless benefits for the...

Attacks from right take toll on Obama's tax plan (AP)
AP - A growing chorus of conservative criticism is prompting some House members to rethink the $850 billion package of tax cuts and extended jobless benefits that President Barack Obama...