US Health secretary Tom Price prodded divided Republicans on Friday to "get together and collaborate" on a health care overhaul as GOP leaders hoped to push the legislation through the House next week.Even as Price spoke to reporters...

Jun.24 -- Hilton Worldwide President and CEO Christopher Nassetta sees a huge uptick in demand and says the U.S. business travel rebound is already in progress. He speaks with Bloomberg's Guy Johnson and Alix Steel on "Bloomberg Markets."

Arabic/Eng/Nat A leading Egyptian Muslim scholar has stirred controversy in the country with his decision to donate his organs after his death. His decision comes amidst a debate in the country over whether or not organ transplants...

HEADLINE: Hall of Famer Dorsett speaks out on NFL injuries CAPTION: Retired star running back Tony Dorsett is one of more than 300 former players suing the National Football League. He says the league pressured injured players to "get...

FILE - Pretoria - 18 April 2001 1. Exterior Pretoria High Court with waiting crowds 2. Arrival of South African Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang 3. Wide shot inside court 4. Mid shot Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang 5....

Span/Eng/Nat A Cuban father is to be reunited with his family in the U-S after waiting years as a kidney donor for his severely handicapped daughter. A decision by immigration authorities to allow Alberto Blanco into the U-S was ...

Pretoria 1. Wide of police at hospital entrance 2. Mid of police surrounding car at hospital entrance 3. Mid of hospital sign, reading: (English) "Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital" 4. Wide of cameras outside hospital 5. Wide of satellite...

An attorney for the family of a California teenager who was declared brain-dead says doctors have found signs of brain functions and is seeking an unprecedented court order declaring her alive. Attorney Chris Dolan said Thursday that...

English/Nat U-S legislators are considering making records of malpractice payments and disciplinary actions taken against doctors and dentists available to the public. National Practioners Data Bank records show that nearly 500 doctors...

(SUPER = Chapel Hill, North Carolina) (SUPER = Dr. Thomas Egan, Cardiothoracic surgeon, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) "Your lungs don't die when you do. Unlike other solid organs that die within minutes of stopping...

English/Nat New guidelines are about to take place for the study of cannabis for medical use in the United States. Although initially applauded by some medical groups and advocates in favour of using cannabis for medicinal purposes,...

HEADLINE: Obama: 30 million cannot get coverage CAPTION: In a speech before Congress, President Barack Obama pushed for movement on his health care proposal, saying there are 30-million people in U.S. that can't get health coverage....

HEADLINE: Medical Marijuana may not be just for the sick CAPTION: In Calif. medical marijuana doctors, operating without official scrutiny, have helped make the drug available to nearly anyone who wants it. Tuesday voters will decide...

1. Close up as US President Barack Obama is announced to chamber 2. Various shots of Obama shaking hands with Congressmen and Senators 3. Wide of Obama at podium 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, President of the United States: "I am...

India's lucrative trade in human organs is flourishing despite a new law effectively banning the practice. For years, people have travelled to India for transplant operations ... now the Indian government wants to end the...

1. Close up as US President Barack Obama is announced to chamber 2. Various shots of Obama shaking hands with Congressmen and Senators 3. Wide of Obama at podium 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, President of the United States: "I am...

HEADLINE: Tanning salons feel burned by new tax CAPTION: Owners of tanning salons are upset over a new tax that targets them as a way to help pay for the new health care overhaul that was recently signed into law. (March 24) ...

A group of influential Jamaicans gathered on Saturday to launch an association of supposed future marijuana cultivators, as momentum builds toward loosening laws prohibiting pot on the Caribbean island. Some 300 people, including medical...

Gu Shi Gou Men - 10 October 2007 1. Farmers ploughing field with mules 2. Close-up of plough pulled by mule 3. Farmer guiding mule ploughing field 4. Wide pan of Gu Shi Men Gou on the outskirts of Beijing in the Huairou District 5....

Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. The case being argued at the...

Just three years ago, the only thing that Zdenek Majzlik knew about cannabis was that it's good stuff for making rope. Today, the 67-year-old retired nuclear power plant employee is an experienced grower who cultivates pot for his...

HEADLINE: Pot Meets Pop in New Marijuana Soda CAPTION: A California entrepreneur is marketing a new line of medical marijuana soft drinks. Canna Cola contains THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and will only be sold in legal...

(kih-NECHT) SOUNDBITE (Eng), Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, "We've had sort of a perfect rollout in Kentucky, that's not to say that next week something might not go wrong, and so we're going to stay vigilant, we're going to stay on top of...

Pool FILE: London, 5 March 2009 1. Medium of Jackson on stage 2. Pan of crowds AP Television New York, 15 October 2009 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Deepak Chopra/Author, on what good could come of Michael Jackson's death: "Bringing awareness...