AP 2011-09-23

1. President Obama presents his long-term deficit reduction plan today. It includes $1.5 trillion in new taxes mainly on the wealthy. The plan is seen as having little chance of making it through Congress. 2. It's still the nation's deadliest air rac

AP 2011-10-29

1. Crews in Turkey are working frantically to pull more survivors from the rubble of Sunday's earthquake. As many as 9 people including this two-week-old baby girl were rescued on Tuesday. 2. A US diplomatic official says Yemeni President Ali Abdulla

AP 2011-08-25

1. President Barack Obama says it appears Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule is almost over. Speaking from Martha's Vineyard, the president warns the situation in Libya is still fluid and uncertain with the whereabouts of Gaddafi still unknown. 2. Pr

AP 2011-08-30

1. Hurricane Irene has been making a mess of the Bahamas. The powerful storm has largely spared the capital. But property damage appears to be extensive in some of the less populated areas. 2. States from the Carolina zone up to the north are declari

AP 2011-11-24

1. The White House is urging Congress to act. That is the deficit reduction super committee gets closer and closer to facing failure. The panel has until Wednesday to approve a plan with 1.2 trillion in deficit reduction. 2. Egypt's State Television

AP 2011-11-23

1. The Republican co-chair of Congress' debt supercommittee says chances are slim that the panel can agree on a plan to reduce spending by $1.2 trillion over ten years. The committee faces a Wednesday deadline. 2. Egyptian doctors say three people ha

AP 2011-10-27

1. Rescuers in eastern Turkey are searching among crumbled buildings after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. News reports say at least 4 survivors were pulled from a collapsed six-story building after a man managed to call police on his cell phone. At leas

AP 2011-10-28

1. It's the first in a series of steps being outlined this week by President Barack Obama in hopes of jumpstarting the economy. He's in Las Vegas announcing new rules to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages. 2. Five people have

AP 2011-10-30

1. A Misrata military council official says Moammar Gadhafi, his son and a top aide have been buried in a secret location. The three bodies have been held in cold storage in Misrata since Gadhafi was captured near his hometown of Sirte on Thursday. L

AP 2011-08-28

1. Tourists have started evacuating Ocracoke Island in North Carolina, the first test to see if people will get out of the way of potentially major Hurricane Irene. Forecasters say Irene could approach the U.S. as a monster Category-4 storm. 2. A 5.8

AP 2011-09-28

1. Two Americans jailed for two years in Iran arrived in Oman today on their way back to the US. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal released on bail of $500,000 each. Sarah Shourd who was freed a year ago greeted the men. 2. President Barack Obama said it i

AP 2011-07-24

[1]Shuttle Atlantis touchdown the Kennedy Space Center put the final time early this morning. The landing ended NASA's 30-year space shuttle program. The shuttle grand finale comes 50 years to the day after Gus Grissom became the second American in s

AP 2011-11-25

1. Republicans and Democrats are blaming each other after the super committee failed to reach a deficit reduction deal. President Obama warns that he'll veto any attempt to undo spending cuts that are now set to go into effect. 2. Protests are contin

AP 2011-10-26

1. Rescuers are working into the night to try to find survivors of an earthquake that struck Turkey Sunday. The 7.2 magnitude quake hit the eastern part of the country, killing scores. 2. Libya's transitional leader has declared liberation of the cou

AP 2011-10-25

1. Nevada Republicans have decided not to move their state presidential caucuses after all. They had considered moving them from February 4th to January 14th to gain more influence on the race. However, they relented after the party threatened to pen

AP 2011-08-29

1. Forecasters say Hurricane Irene is getting a little stronger as it turns over the Bahamas, heading toward the East Coast. The storm is expected to grow over warmer waters. Now, vacationers are leaving parts of North Carolina. 2. Earthquake damage

AP 2011-08-26

1. A spokesman for Libya's rebels says forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are posted just outside Tripoli and it wouldn't take long for them to get to the center of the capital. There's still no word where Gadhafi is, but his son Saif, who was reported

AP 2011-08-24

1. There are still pockets of resistance, but rebel fighters have taken control of almost all of the Libyan capital Tripoli. The rebels stunning advance met little resistance from the regime's defenders, but some tanks have rolled out from Gadhafi's

AP 2011-10-31

1. President Barack Obama is trying to give some help for those with student loan debt. He says the executive actions will allow borrowers to get lower interest rate and will reduce their payments. 2. Hurricane Rina has weakened some as it nears Mexi

AP 2011-07-26

Norwegian police say a gunman fired at young people on an island retreat for an hour and a half before surrendering to police. Police say he has admitted firing weapons on the island. Hes also linked to a car bombing in XX. More than 90 people are de