AP 2011-04-14

1. Nuclear regulators have raised the severity level of the crippled nuclear power plant after assessing radiation leaks from the facility. The Level 7 designation is on par with the Chernobyl disaster. Japanese officials say any health effects cause

AP 2011-04-12

1. The countdown is on to a Friday deadline for a federal government shutdown. President Obama wants to avoid the shutdown and he is now actively involved in trying to get a spending cuts deal. He says he will call Speaker Boehner and other leaders b

AP 2011-04-11

1. President Barack Obama says there's still time to reach a budget deal and avoid a government shutdown this weekend. He says failing to do so could disrupt the countrys economy just as it's getting back on track. 2. The South is picking up the piec

AP 2011-04-10

1. President Barack Obama is hoping Republicans and Democrats can reach an agreement on budget cuts. He'll meet with House Speaker John Boehner later this morning. Lawmakers are working on a stopgap spending measure, but senior government workers hav

AP 2011-04-09

1. 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators are being referred to the system of military commissions for trial. The decision by the Obama administration is an about-face from earlier plans to have the five go on trial i

AP 2011-04-08

1. President Obama has officially launched his re-election bid. The two-minute video on his campaign website which doesn't feature the president calls for volunteers to start organizing for 2012. Obama's campaign is expected to file formal paperwork

AP 2011-04-07

1. Libyan rebels say they will agree to a cease fire if Muammar Gaddafi pulls his forces out of all cities and allows peaceful protests. Libyan opposition leaders also say theyve struck a deal with Cartel to sell rebel-held oil. Proceeds would be use

AP 2011-04-06

1. Economists expect unemployment figures released this morning will show steady jobs growth. Analysts predict about 185,000 jobs were added last month, saying overall jobless rate of 8.9%. One economist says the labor market recovery is gathering mo

AP 2011-04-05

1. Muammar Gaddafi has issued a defiant statement after two high-profile departures from his regime, and is calling on leaders of countries attacking his forces to resign. The Libyan news agency says Gaddafi accused Western leaders of warning to crea

AP 2011-04-04

1. In Libya, opposition fighters are retreating from a key oil port, coming under heavy shelling from ground forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. The war is raging on for a second week here with no end in sight. 2. A 300-pound giant spotted eagle ray, li

AP 2011-04-03

1. Nuclear safety officials say they're concerned that seawater near Japan's troubled nuclear power plant contains radiation more than 3,300 times the legal limit. But they insist it's not a threat to human health. Meanwhile the president of the comp

AP 2011-04-01

1. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with a representative of the Libyan opposition this morning. The meeting was ahead of a broader conference on political solutions to secure Moammar Gadhafi's exit. The visit follows President Obama's s

AP 2011-04-13

1. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is appealing to President Barack Obama to end the air war in a letter calling it an unjust war against a small people of a developing country. 2. In Ivory Coast, fighters trying to force strongman Laurent Gbagbo out o

AP 2011-04-15

1. The world's largest passenger aircraft clipped a much smaller commuter plane at New York City's Kennedy Airport, spinning it like a toy. An aviation safety expert says it's more like the Air France A380 creamed the regional jet, while the NTSB is

AP 2011-04-02

1. A defense official says the US has unleashed a barrage of cruise missiles at Libyan targets yesterday and today. However, the Libyan government says its tanks and rockets have driven back rebels who attempted an assault on Muammar Gaddafis hometow

AP 2011-04-16

1. President Barack Obama has outlined his ideas on ways to cut national spending. The president wants to cut four trillion dollars over a dozen years, through cuts in the growth of Medicare spending, cuts in defense and an end to some tax loopholes,

AP 2011-04-17

1. Congress is set to vote today on last week's budget deal which last until September. Next, lawmakers will start the budget battle for 2012, which maybe a tougher fight than this fight that almost shut down the government. Republican and White Hous

AP 2011-04-18

1. Congress is moving forward with passing this year's budget. The House has approved a 38-billion-dollar package of spending cuts. House Speaker John Boehner says this deal is a move in the right direction. 2. The head of the Federal Aviation Admini

AP 2011-04-19

1. More than a dozen deaths are being blamed on a series of severe storms that have ripped through the South. Tornadoes spotted across the region. Fatalities are being reported in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma. 2. The government is chan

AP 2011-04-22

1. Stocks plunged as Standard Poor's Rating Service lowered the long term outlook on US debt to negative from stable. SP says it has little confidence that Washington will produce a deficit reduction plan before the 2012 elections. 2. North Carolina