Top Democratic Senate negotiator ready to move ahead on health care without GOP compromiseWASHINGTON — The Senate’s chief Democratic negotiator on a health care bill is indicating it’s time to act and has told his colleagues he won’t wait much longer for a Republican compromise. British justice secretary says oil and trade played part in negotiations over Lockerbie bomberLONDON — Trade and oil considerations played a major role in the decision to include the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner transfer agreement between Britain and Libya, a senior British official said in an interview published Saturday. Top Senate negotiator says he won’t wait much longer for GOP to compromise on health reformWASHINGTON — Signaling it’s time for action, the Senate’s chief negotiator on a health care bill told his colleagues he won’t wait much longer for a Republican compromise. SEC report shows investigators bungled Madoff probes for 16 years, failed to act on complaintsWASHINGTON — Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff tried by turns to bully and impress the federal examiners who looked into his business, but the investigators managed by themselves to botch the probes and enable Madoff’s multibillion-dollar fraud to continue for nearly two decades, a new report shows. |