AP 2011-08-01

1. The FBI says bomb-making materials were found in the motel room of an AWOL Fort Campbell Kentucky soldier arrested near Fort Hood, Texas. The 21-year-old Muslim infantry soldier had been granted conscientious objector status earlier this year, say

AP 2011-08-02

1. The House has rejected a debt-limit bill by Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid. The move comes as time is running out for a deal to be reached. The White House says the Treasury won't be able to pay all of its bills without new legislation by Tue

AP 2011-08-03

1. Activists say dozens of people have been killed as the Syrian government escalates its crackdown against protesters. Most of the casualties appear to be in the city of Hama. Witnesses say a barrage of shelling and gunfire has left bodies scattered

AP 2011-08-04

1. A prosecutor says investigators searching for an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl missing for almost a week have found a female's body. The body was found near a hydroelectric dam close to Celina Cass's home. Investigators haven't identified it yet.

AP 2011-08-05

1. The Senate is expected to approve a higher debt ceiling limit and more than $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. That's the deal that cleared the House Monday. The bill then goes on to the president for his signature. 2. An autopsy i

AP 2011-08-06

1. President Barack Obama has signed the emergency legislation to raise the nation's borrowing limit. Obama says lawmakers still need to find a balanced approach to reducing the deficit that includes adjustments to Medicare and reforming the tax code

AP 2011-08-07

[1]The White House isdiscounting talk economy may be headed for a second recession. PresidentBarack Obama says the economy is weak, and part because of earthquakes andEuropean debt and a long debt ceiling argument in the US. [2]In Australia, an 18-ye

AP 2011-08-08

1. A tense day on the campus of Virginia Tech. It was put under a lockdown this morning after three children attending a summer camp in the campus, reported seeing a man holding something that looked like a gun. 2. Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36

AP 2011-08-09

1. Top officials of Standand Poor's are defending their decision to degrade the US government's credit rating. White House claims that it was a hasty decision based on faulty math, but the SP says it was reasoned conclusion. 2. More than 20 elite Nav

AP 2011-08-10

1. NATO has started an operation to recover the remains of a helicopter shot down in Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans. U.S. officials say the Americans have just completed a mission to help an army ranger unit when their copter was hit. 2. London is

AP 2011-09-03

1. The roads in and out of many Vermont communities are still cut off by flooding after hurricane Irene. About 260 roads in Vermont are closed by storm damage along with about 30 highway bridges. National Guard helicopters are taking food and water.

AP 2011-09-19

I thought I was going to die. And, I was like all right, I'm still running for it'. Noah Joraanstad is one of hundreds of spectators who ran for their lives as a vintage airplane came hurtling towards them at a Reno air show. The deadly explosion occ

AP 2011-09-18

1. In the Gulf oil spill, BP is getting most of the blame. A federal report just out says in the days leading up to the explosion on an offshore oil rig, false decisions were made about the cement seal that added risk. 2. The lawyer for two American

AP 2011-09-17

A major federal report on last year Golf oil spill could come out today. The spill was the worst offshore oil spill in US history. The report follows a year hearing in the investigation by the Coast Guard and the government agency in charge of offsho

AP 2011-09-16

1. President Barack Obama pushes Congress to pass his jobs bill immediately, asking lawmakers during a stop in Ohio What on earth are we waiting for. He says it would put scores of construction workers to work in the state. 2. Freedom could be near f

AP 2011-09-01

1. At least 35 deaths in ten states are now blamed on hurricane Irene. The storm left a trail of misery from North Carolina to Canada, washing away roads, flooding homes and knocking out power. Damage is still being assessed. 2. Federal government ha

AP 2011-09-04

1. Hurricane Irene killed at least 45 people when 2 million people still in the dark, according to an Associated Press tally. In Vermont, many have no power, no telephone service and no way to leave. 2. The White House says President Barack Obama wil

AP 2011-09-02

1. Irene is long gone but her aftermath lingers. In Vermont, roads are impassable due to flooding. Many states are also facing flood woes and electricity is still out for millions along the East Coast. 2. Post Irene disaster aid from Washington could

AP 2011-09-05

1. The White House is calling the flap over the timing of the President's economic address a sideshow. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the American people don't give a lick about when President Obama speaks, but they do care about what he says.

AP 2011-09-06

1. Tropical storm Lee is drenching New Orleans and Gulf Coast. Bands of heavy rain and strong wind has already knocked out / power to thousands. Forecasters say as much as 15 even 20 inches of rain could fall before the slow moving Lee leaves the are