AP 2011-08-11

1. Anxiety has overtaken the market in the aftermath of the SP downgrade of US debt. The Dow dropped more than 600 points on Monday, closing below 11,000. 2. Despite its credit rating downgrade, the US always has been and always will be a triple-A co

AP 2011-09-15

President Barack Obama says he has sent his jobs bill to the congress today and he is urging lawmakers to pass it immediately with no games, politics or delays.Obama appeared at Rose Garden Monday run by teachers' office and firefighters. People of t

AP 2011-09-14

1. Ten years and a day after the terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center, a memorial opens to the public. The memorial at Ground Zero in New York has waterfalls that spill into the footprints of the Twin Towers and the names of the more than 2,90

AP 2011-09-13

Additional evacuation has been ordered as the remanents of tropical storm Lee send the Susquehanna river near record levels. Everyone in the small town in Maryland has been ordered to leave as along with tens of thousands of people in central NY and

AP 2011-09-12

1. From New York City to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to the Pentagon in Virginia, thousands of relatives of those lost in the terror attacks on September 11 gathered for ten-year memorials. President Obama visited the locations. In New York, relatives

AP 2011-09-11

1. Wildfires in central Texas destroyed nearly 800 homes. But firefighters say they have it about 40% contained and expect more progress today. The Forest Service says it is responding to 19 new fires. 2. What remains of Tropical Storm Lee is drenchi

AP 2011-10-11

Republican White House container Mitt Romney says difference over religion should not divide conservatives. Romney's comments come a day after a backer of rival Texas governor Rick Perry suggested Romney's Mormon faith was cult-like at the same meeti

AP 2011-10-12

1. Wounded civilians are crowding the halls of a hospital in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown. Libya's revolutionary forces are battling for control of Sirte. Anti-Gadhafi fighters have captured the convention center that served as the main base for Gadhaf

AP 2011-10-13

Dozens of Egyptians have been arrested after deadly clashes between Christians, Muslims and security forces. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 were injured this weekend.A recent attack on a southern Egyptian church sparked the violence

AP 2011-10-14

1. A pregnant mother whom Milwaukee police say was kidnapped and had her full-term baby forcibly removed from her body did not know the women accused of attacking her. That's according to a relative. Maritza Ramirez-Cruz and her baby were both killed

AP 2011-10-15

The Republican presidential candidates are getting ready for their next debate tonight. Meanwhile, A \ university poll has H. King and Mitt Romney tied at the top. Support of Texas governor Rick Perry has plummeted over the pass month from 25% to 11%

AP 2011-10-16

1. A Nigerian man is facing a mandatory sentence of life in prison, that's after pleading guilty to charges that he tried to bring down a flight near Detroit on Christmas of 2009 with a bomb in his underwear. The surprise guilty plea came during the

AP 2011-06-13

1. The search continues for 20-year-old Lauren Spierer. Police have few leads but suspect foul play in the disappearance of the Indiana University sophomore who has been missing for five days. 2. Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant in the face of the heavi

AP 2011-06-15

1. The first public photos of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords have come out since she was seriously wounded in last January's mass shooting in Arizona. Pictures were posted on Giffords' Facebook page and show her smiling with shorter, darker hair bu

AP 2011-06-14

1. New York Congressman Anthoney Weiner is asking for a temporary leave of absence from Congress so he can get professional help. The married congressman has come under fire even from fellow Democrats after he admitted sending explicit photos online

AP 2011-06-12

1. A wildfire in Arizona is now the second largest in the state's history. The blaze has burned 486 square miles since it was sparked May 29th by what authorities believe was an unattended campfire. 2. Flames have destroyed a 112-year-old mill in nor

AP 2011-06-11

1. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has formally requested an ethics investigation of Congressman Anthony Weiner. It comes one day after the New York Democrat publicly confessed to sending inappropriate photos and emails to women he had met online.

AP 2011-03-16

1. Japan has declared a state of emergency at another earthquake-affected nuclear plant where higher than permitted levels of radioactivity were measured. Japan also said authorities at another plant have resorted to using sea water to cool a second

AP 2011-03-15

1. This explosion at a nuclear plant in Japan is raising fears of radiation leaks though perhaps even a meltdown. The explosion shattered the walls of a building where a nuclear reactor is located. Residents have been evacuated. 2. There are fears th

AP 2011-03-14

1. Wisconsin lawmakers have voted to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from the state's public workers. The vote ends a standoff over union rights that has rocked the state and the nation. Earlier, police hauled away dozens of protesters