AP 2011-12-09

1. Dozens of Shiite Muslims are dead after bombing attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan today. The attacks coincide with a Shiite religious holiday. 2. Standard Poor's is examining the credit rating of 15 eurozone countries, a downgrade is possible. S P's

AP 2011-12-10

1. A final Federal report on a West Virginia coal mine blast that killed 29 men details 369 safety violations. The report comes the same day as the announcement of a record 210 million dollar settlement by the new owners of the mine where the disaste

AP 2011-08-20

1. President Barack Obama says the country's economic comeback will be driven by communities in places like Iowa, and not by politicians in Washington. He is touring the mid-west and says the economy in agricultural communities isn't as strong as it

AP 2011-08-19

1. President Obama's bus tour rolls through northeastern Iowa today. Obama will be promoting rural economic policies, the second day of the three-day tour of three states. 2. Lingering questions about the stage collapse that killed 5 people at the In

AP 2011-08-18

1. President Barack Obama is on the road. He was greeted in St. Paul, Minn, by the state's governor and congressional delegation. The White House says the three-day bus tour through Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois will focus exclusively on the economy.

AP 2011-08-17

1. Tim Pawlenty has dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination. The move came a day after finishing a disappointing third in the Iowa straw poll. Pawlenty had struggled to gain traction in Iowa, a state he said he must win. 2. Five p

AP 2011-08-01

1. The FBI says bomb-making materials were found in the motel room of an AWOL Fort Campbell Kentucky soldier arrested near Fort Hood, Texas. The 21-year-old Muslim infantry soldier had been granted conscientious objector status earlier this year, say

AP 2011-08-02

1. The House has rejected a debt-limit bill by Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid. The move comes as time is running out for a deal to be reached. The White House says the Treasury won't be able to pay all of its bills without new legislation by Tue

AP 2011-08-03

1. Activists say dozens of people have been killed as the Syrian government escalates its crackdown against protesters. Most of the casualties appear to be in the city of Hama. Witnesses say a barrage of shelling and gunfire has left bodies scattered

AP 2011-08-04

1. A prosecutor says investigators searching for an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl missing for almost a week have found a female's body. The body was found near a hydroelectric dam close to Celina Cass's home. Investigators haven't identified it yet.

AP 2011-08-05

1. The Senate is expected to approve a higher debt ceiling limit and more than $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. That's the deal that cleared the House Monday. The bill then goes on to the president for his signature. 2. An autopsy i

AP 2011-08-06

1. President Barack Obama has signed the emergency legislation to raise the nation's borrowing limit. Obama says lawmakers still need to find a balanced approach to reducing the deficit that includes adjustments to Medicare and reforming the tax code

AP 2011-08-07

[1]The White House isdiscounting talk economy may be headed for a second recession. PresidentBarack Obama says the economy is weak, and part because of earthquakes andEuropean debt and a long debt ceiling argument in the US. [2]In Australia, an 18-ye

AP 2011-08-08

1. A tense day on the campus of Virginia Tech. It was put under a lockdown this morning after three children attending a summer camp in the campus, reported seeing a man holding something that looked like a gun. 2. Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36

AP 2011-08-09

1. Top officials of Standand Poor's are defending their decision to degrade the US government's credit rating. White House claims that it was a hasty decision based on faulty math, but the SP says it was reasoned conclusion. 2. More than 20 elite Nav

AP 2011-08-10

1. NATO has started an operation to recover the remains of a helicopter shot down in Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans. U.S. officials say the Americans have just completed a mission to help an army ranger unit when their copter was hit. 2. London is

AP 2011-09-03

1. The roads in and out of many Vermont communities are still cut off by flooding after hurricane Irene. About 260 roads in Vermont are closed by storm damage along with about 30 highway bridges. National Guard helicopters are taking food and water.

AP 2011-09-19

I thought I was going to die. And, I was like all right, I'm still running for it'. Noah Joraanstad is one of hundreds of spectators who ran for their lives as a vintage airplane came hurtling towards them at a Reno air show. The deadly explosion occ

AP 2011-09-18

1. In the Gulf oil spill, BP is getting most of the blame. A federal report just out says in the days leading up to the explosion on an offshore oil rig, false decisions were made about the cement seal that added risk. 2. The lawyer for two American

AP 2011-09-17

A major federal report on last year Golf oil spill could come out today. The spill was the worst offshore oil spill in US history. The report follows a year hearing in the investigation by the Coast Guard and the government agency in charge of offsho