Police arrest 91 protesters outside White House calling for better care for disabled people

October 8th, 2009 7 arrested in Chicago at insurance co. sit-inCHICAGO — Police have arrested seven protesters during a sit-in for single-payer universal health insurance in Chicago.

September 24th, 2009 Cops disperse hundreds of Pittsburgh G-20 marchersPITTSBURGH — Police are throwing canisters spewing smoke after ordering several hundred protesters to stop their march in opposition of the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh. The march does not have a city permit and police have declared it an unlawful assembly.

September 22nd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A disabled woman was allegedly raped by a civic official here Tuesday, police said. In her complaint to the police, the woman, who resides in Pratap Vihar locality under Vijay Nagar police station alleged that the civic official Sunil Kumar Surya had been harassing her since long.

September 16th, 2009 White House: Senate health bill a 'building block'WASHINGTON — The White House says a health care reform bill from a key Senate committee is "an important building block" in getting closer to comprehensive health care reform. Sen. Max Baucus released the long-awaited version of the bill from his Senate Finance committee Wednesday.

August 25th, 2009 Windows with health care posters smashed in DenverDENVER — At least two people smashed windows bearing health-care reform posters at the Colorado Democratic headquarters in Denver in what party officials are calling an act of political vandalism. Police say the windows were broken at about 2:30 a.m.

August 19th, 2009 White House: Obama would go to moon for his goalWASHINGTON — How far is President Barack Obama willing to go for a deal on overhauling the health care system? Try all the way to the moon. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs joked Wednesday that Obama would orbit the moon if he thought it would help get a deal on a bill Congress can vote on after it returns from summer break.

August 17th, 2009 Republicans want answers on White House e-mailsWASHINGTON — A mass e-mail from a top adviser to President Barack Obama has the leading Republican on a House oversight panel looking for answers. California Rep.

August 17th, 2009 House Republican wants answers on WH messagesWASHINGTON — The top Republican on the House's oversight committee asked the White House on Monday about an e-mail from a top political adviser urging support for a health care overhaul and whether officials are collecting names of President Barack Obama's critics. In a letter to White House counsel Greg Craig, Rep.

August 12th, 2009 Disabled Dallas woman rescued from truckDALLAS — Police say a developmentally disabled Dallas woman who was rescued from the back of a locked box truck had been beaten and left for more than an hour in 100-degree heat. Police say 21-year-old Latisha Morris was dehydrated and suffering from heat exhaustion when police and fire-rescue workers found her Monday afternoon.

August 10th, 2009 Pelosi, Hoyer: Protesters' behavior 'un-American'WASHINGTON —The House's top two Democrats on Monday called some of the behavior of health care overhaul opponents "simply un-American." The White House disagreed. Protesters have disrupted town-hall meetings held by lawmakers, in some cases shouting down speakers at the events.

July 28th, 2009 911 transcript on Harvard scholar arrestAn unofficial transcript compiled by The Associated Press from 911 audio released by Cambridge, Mass., police on Monday of the July 16 call that preceded the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Dispatcher: 911.

July 27th, 2009 Mass. police to release 911 call in Gates arrestCAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cambridge police are preparing to release a copy of the 911 call and radio dispatches made during the controversial arrest last week of black Harvard scholar Henry Louise Gates Jr.

July 24th, 2009 2nd cop says they went by book in Gates arrestBOSTON — The second Cambridge, Mass., police officer who was inside the home of renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. during his arrest says he and the arresting officer "followed protocols." Patrolman Carlos Figueroa says he and Sgt.

July 23rd, 2009 White House tempers Obama remark about policeCLEVELAND — President Barack Obama said Thursday he was surprised by all the hubbub over his comments that a white police officer in Cambridge, Mass., had acted "stupidly" in arresting a prominent black scholar for disorderly conduct. The president didn't take back his words, but he allowed that he understood the sergeant who made the arrest is an "outstanding police officer." "I have to say I am surprised by the controversy surrounding my statement," Obama said in an interview with ABC News, "because I think it was a pretty straightforward comment that you probably don't need to handcuff a guy, a middle-aged man who uses a cane, who's in his own home." A day earlier, Obama had been asked at a prime-time news conference whether race played a role in the arrest of Harvard's Henry Louis Gates Jr.

April 30th, 2009 Anti-torture demonstrators arrested at White HouseWASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police have arrested about 60 anti-torture activists in front of the White House.