67 cases confirmed as H1N1 virus is diagnosed at 6 bases

— There have been 67 confirmed cases of swine flu among American troops in Iraq with dozens more suspected, Iraqi officials said Wednesday, making U.S. soldiers the single-largest group in the country to come down with the virus.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Protesters plan to turn out in force when President Barack Obama brings his health care town hall tour to Montana on Friday and puts a conservative suburb of Bozeman at the center of the issue for a day.

Senator Recuperates After Procedure

U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd was recuperating Tuesday evening after undergoing surgery at a New York hospital to treat early-stage prostate cancer.

Anne Wexler, a well-connected political power broker who founded the first major Washington lobbying firm to be led by a woman and who was considered one of the capital’s most influential lobbyists, died Aug. 7 of cancer at her home. She was 79.

A California investment company that recently bought the San Diego Union-Tribune has emerged as a possible buyer of the Boston Globe newspaper.

NEW YORK (AP) —A small plane carrying three people collided with a tour helicopter carrying about a half-dozen people over the Hudson River on Saturday, sending debris into the river and onto the Hoboken, N.J., waterfront. New York City fire department officials on the scene said it appeared there were fatalities.

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) —John F. Kennedy’s sister remains at a Massachusetts hospital with her family by her side.

Manson Disciple Pointed Gun At President Ford In 1975

— Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, the enigmatic disciple of Charles Manson who was sent to prison for pointing a gun at President Gerald Ford in 1975, is scheduled to walk out of a Fort Worth federal prison next week.

Bomb kills dozens at Mosul mosque; Baghdad also hit

— A series of attacks largely targeting Shiites killed at least 52 people on Friday, most of them in a powerful car bombing at a mosque on the northern edge of the volatile city of Mosul.

A hard-line group demanded Friday that Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad obey the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or risk losing the confidence of lawmakers from his own conservative political camp.