AP 2012-02-03

1. Florida residents head to the polls to vote in the Republican presidential primary today. Many residents have already voted early. The latest polls have Mitt Romney with a strong lead over Newt Gingrich. 2. President Obama used an online chat to e

AP 2012-02-04

1. Mitt Romney looks strong in the polls heading into the Florida primary, but Newt Gingrich is insisting the race for the nomination is far from over. The winner-take-all primary is worth 50 convention delegates, but the bigger prize is political mo

AP 2012-02-05

1. President Barack Obama says programs to help struggling homeowners have not worked as he had hoped, so he's calling on Congress to do more. He's detailing a proposal to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgages at lower interest r

AP 2012-02-06

1. Donald Trump is backing Mitt Romney for president. The TV personality and business mogul says he likes how Romney performed in debates as well as his stance on China. 2. Newt Gingrich says he believes we should care about the very poor. This comes

AP 2012-02-07

1. Russia and China have vetoed a Security Council resolution that calls for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down. The resolution which is supported by all the other council members aimed at stopping the ongoing violence in Syria. 2. Mitt Ro

AP 2012-02-08

1. While Nevada's caucuses are looking like a big win for Mitt Romney, his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination are shrugging it off as the expected result. Newt Gingrich says he's focused on making it to Super Tuesday, where he says he'

AP 2012-02-09

1. Syria is seeing more diplomatic fallout from its continued violent crackdown on protesters. The US is closing its embassy there, pulling all American diplomats out of the country. And the British are recalling their ambassador for consultations on

AP 2012-02-10

1. A federal appeals court has declared California same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for a likely US Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law known as Proposition 8. 2. A vice president at the Susan G. Komen for

AP 2012-02-16

1. A Coroner's official says they won't release information on an autopsy performed on Whitney Houston at the request of police detectives investigating her death. Houston was found dead Saturday in the bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel room. 2. Greek

AP 2012-02-15

1. The Los Angeles coroner's office says an autopsy will be performed on Whitney Houston. The 48-year-old singer was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room Saturday. She was also mourned Sunday at the church her family attended in Newark, New Jersey.

AP 2012-02-17

1. Sources say Whitney Houston's body will be taken home to New Jersey late Monday for a funeral to be held at week's end. Meanwhile police say Houston was found in a tub and unconscious in a Beverly Hills hotel Saturday. It could be weeks before a c

AP 2012-02-18

1. Chinese expected next leader is defending his nation's record on human right, but says there is room for improvement. Vice president Xi Jinping said he had candid discussions on the issue with President Obama at the White House. 2. President Obama

AP 2012-04-19

1. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold the first of at least four hearings focused on the General Services Administration this week after runaway spending for conferences and other events was uncovered. 2. Jury selection

AP 2012-04-18

1. The UN Security Council has united behind a legally binding resolution calling for violence in Syria to end immediately and peace talks to begin. It authorized the deployment of UN military observers to monitor a ceasefire there. 2. President Bara

AP 2012-04-17

1. A senior house Republican says he doubts that a Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Columbia was a one-time incident. 11 Secret Service employees have been placed on administration leave after allegedly partying with prostitutes in adv

AP 2012-04-16

1. George Zimmerman has made his first court appearance on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Judge said an arraignment would be held on May 29th before another judge. 2. Jury selection is underway in the trial of

AP 2012-04-02

1. The Senate has rebuffed efforts to move ahead on a bill to repeal tax breaks for oil companies. A vote to proceed failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority. President Barack Obama had pleaded for Congress to end subsidies. 2. Police in Flori

AP 2012-04-03

1. Anyone selling lottery tickets can expect brisk business today. The record 540-million-dollar Mega millions jackpot is up for grabs tonight. Experts say a player is about 50 times more likely to be struck by lighting than to win the big prize. 2.

AP 2012-04-04

1. That Mega Millions jackpot leaps to 640 million, raising what had already been a world-record prize. The drawing for the fortune is set for Friday night. The odds of winning - about 1 in 176 million. 2. The Supreme Court is casting its vote on hea

AP 2012-04-05

1. Authorities in Oakland, California have a 43-year-old man in custody for allegedly going on a shooting rampage at a tiny Christian college. Seven people were killed, and three wounded on Monday. The man named One L. Goh is a former student at the