AP 2011-11-12

1. The nation's Emergency Alert System will be activated nationally for the first time this afternoon to test its capability. FEMA chief Craig Fugate warns some video systems may make it look like a real emergency. He says that and other flaws are be

AP 2011-11-13

1. Penn State football coach Joe Peterno says he will retire at the end of the season. Peterno also says he is absolutely devastated after his longtime assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with molesting 8 boys. 2. Italian Prime Minister Silvio

AP 2011-11-14

1. The NCAA says it won't decide yet if it will take any action against Penn State University. It's waiting for the results of a criminal investigation of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who was accused of sexually abusing boys. Charges are pe

AP 2011-11-15

1. Nebraska has topped Penn State in a game heavily overshadowed by a tumultuous week on campus. Pen State has been under a dark cloud following sexual abuse charges that will file against former coach. The scandal forced the ousting of longtime coac

AP 2011-11-11

1. A jury has convicted Doctor Conrad Murray of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of Michael Jackson. Murray faces up to four years in jail and the loss of his medical license. 2. Two officials at Penn State University have surrendered to fa

AP 2011-12-11

1. A federal judge has sentenced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to 14 years in prison for corruption. After years of insisting he was innocent, he told the judge he'd made terrible mistakes and acknowledged that he broke the law. 2. A 20-ye

AP 2011-12-12

1. Virginia Tech officials say a police officer and another person have been shot and killed on the school's campus. A news release from the school said the police officer had pulled someone over after a traffic stop when the shooting happened. 2. Ex

AP 2011-12-13

1. It's cleanup time in Boston. Police evicted Occupy movement campers there this morning. Forty-six people were arrested, but police say the eviction was mostly peaceful. 2. You're looking at what's been called the largest anti-government protests t

AP 2011-12-14

1. Deep cracks are emerging in Britain's coalition government. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says he's bitterly disappointed over Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to block European Union treaty changes designed to save the euro. 2. Iran say

AP 2011-08-12

1. The global market said entered a bear market territory after one of the worst days on Wall Street since 2008. Rallies by Asian and European markets were short-lived as investors worried about the US credit downgrade, Europe's debt crisis and the e

AP 2011-08-13

1. President Barack Obama privately honored the US forces killed in the costliest attack of the Afghanistan war. The President visited Dover Air Force Base in Delaware where fallen troops come home. 2. Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been sentence

AP 2011-08-14

[1]Most global stock markets are rising today following Tuesday's surge onWall Street. European markets are all showing modest gain so far. Asian marketsclosed up as well following days of steep drops. [2]British PrimeMinister David Cameron says the

AP 2011-08-15

1. Conservative Texas Republican Congressman Jeb Hensarling has been chosen to co-chair a powerful new committee. It's supposed to find a bipartisan plan to cut the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion. 2. Another down day on Wall Street.

AP 2011-08-16

1. The rollercoaster ride on Wall Street is continuing. The Dow shot up today at one point more than 470 points on news that fewer people join the unemployment lines last week. Analysts say it may be a sign that job market is slowly improving. 2. Bri

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