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President Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration told Congress on Tuesday he wants U.S. airport security to more closely resemble security at Israeli airports, where officers engage travelers in conversations and questions to determine whether they are a threat to aircraft.

President Obama signed sweeping health care reform into law Tuesday. The Senate must now pass a package of changes that will reconcile the differences between Senate and House bills. If those changes are worked out, here is how health care reforms will affect you:

An Israeli diplomat has been expelled from the United Kingdom in connection with the cloning of British passports in the killing of Hamas operative Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai, a British government source familiar with the situation told CNN Tuesday.

ORLANDO — In a move that will at least remove the NFL’s nightmare scenario of a Super Bowl that’s unduly impacted by the flip of a coin, the league’s owners on Tuesday surprisingly approved a modified sudden death overtime proposal.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he feared Middle East peace talks could be delayed for another year unless Palestinians drop their demand for a full freeze on housing settlements.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it was expelling an Israeli diplomat after concluding that Israel had forged British passports used by the suspected killers of a Hamas commander in Dubai.