1. Republicans in the House released a two-track plan, increasing the nation's borrowing cap by a trillion dollars and then a larger increase next year. All depending on Congress passing cuts to programs like Medicaid. 2. The NFL Players Association
The White House is threatening to veto debt ceiling legislation that's pending in the House.Speaker John Banner is laboring the line-up enough vote to pass the measure aimed up avoiding government default. Smith David Wu is resigning amid allegations
1. Women who sued Wal-Mart, alleging sex discrimination, are vowing to push ahead with their claims, despite a setback in the Supreme Court. By a Five-four vote, the justices said there were too many women in too many jobs of Wal-Mart to wrap into on
1. European stocks slipped after Eurozone finance ministers failed to reach a final deal to get Greece its next installment of bailout money. Officials say they expect Greece will get the next 12-billion-Euro installment in July. Greece is facing a d
[1]Less than a week to go to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling and no deal is in sight. Late last night, House Speaker John Boehner postponed a vote on his plan to cut spending and raise the borrowing limit. Conservative and Tea Party Group had
1. The man charged following a bombing and mass shooting in Norway will make his first court appearance Monday. A YouTube video and 1,500-page anti-Muslim manifesto believed to be written by Anders Breivik have appeared online. 2. Gay couples began m
The hotel housekeeper accusing former IMF leader Dominique Strauss Khan of sexual assult has spoken out publicly for the first time.In an interview with News Week Magazine,the woman said she wanted to tell her story because she wants Strauss Khan beh
1. In Libya, a French fighter jet apparently brings down one of Moammar Gadhafi's planes on a day when French fighters also struck an airbase deep inside the country. The French foreign minister says military operations here will not last months. 2.
1. Military experts say China may have developed the technology for its new stealth fighter from U.S. jets. Military officials say Chinese agent bought up pieces of an F-117 stealth fighter that was downed in Serbia in 1999. The Air Force says it's n
1. President Obama is shaking up his economic advisory board. The president has taped General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as the new head of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Immelt will join the president at an event at a General
1. Chinese President Hu Jintao has arrived in the US. The visit will come with full pomp and circumstance, and is designed to calm tensions between the two nations. 2. A senate candidate in Haiti says former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier is headed to
1. Authorities say charges filed against some 120 alleged organized crime figures came with help from informants recording thousands of conversations. Charges included extortion, drug trafficking and murder. 2. The husband of shot Representative Gabr
1. Chinese President Hu Jintao will head to the Capitol Hill today. He'll meet with leaders from both Houses before heading to Chicago to talk to business leaders. President Obama and the first lady honored Hu at a state dinner last night. 2. A Los A
1. The House is planning to vote on the repeal of last years health care reform law, even though it has almost no chance of passing in the Senate. The GOP says it is not merely symbolic. Some Republicans are also challenging Senate Democrats to bring
1. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao are promising closer cooperation on issues ranging from trade to the fight against terrorism. But at a joint White House news conference Wednesday, the two did not narrow their division on hum
1. President Barack Obama is calling abortion a constitutional right that he's committed to protecting. Saturday is the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Obama also says he remains committed to policies designed to prevent unintended pregnancies. 2. F
1. At stores around the country, it is the day to return gifts that did not quite measure up on Christmas morning. Others are coming armed with gift cards, hunting for sales. 2. In Maine, residents and businesses in the Waterville area offered a 30,0
1. GOP candidates for president are ramping up their campaigns in Iowa just days before the caucuses there. Several candidates are running to the state for advancing speeches. Mitt Romney however appeared in New Hampshire. 2. Police say neighbor has
1. A nine-year-old girl who was missing in Fort Wayne, Indiana has been found dead. A family friend who was babysitting Aliahna Lemmon has been charged with her murder. 2. Police in Maine are now offering a $30,000 reward as they search for missing t
1. It looks like Newt Gingrich won't be able to mount a write-in campaign for the Republican primary in Virginia after all. The Gingrich campaign had said that would be the path it would take, after state party officials said he failed to submit the