AP 2011-05-16

1. Authorities in Missouri say they've caught a gunman who tried to enter an army base. The man then led police on a chase during which shots were fired. He's later spotted walking into a building at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

AP 2011-05-13

1. River watchers say the Mississippi is starting to level out around Memphis and it could crest tonight, just shy of a record. More than 1,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. 2. Pakistan's prime minister is echoing President Barack Obam

AP 2011-05-14

1. Memphis, Tennessee, is watching the worst of it flow by. Mississippi River crested just below record levels there, leaving a mess in low-lying areas. Attention is now turning to cities and communities downstream. 2. President Barack Obama is turni

AP 2011-05-15

1. Crews are working to shore up levees along the Mississippi River as floodwaters are expected to swell in the next few days in the Mississippi Delta. State officials are urging residents to seek higher ground. The local economy is taking a hit as t

AP 2011-05-11

1. The US government wants to talk to the three widows of Osama Bin Laden who are in Pakistani custody. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon says information from them could help answer questions about whether Pakistani authorities helped hide the a

AP 2011-05-20

1. Gabrielle Giffords watched her husband take off on the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Mark Kelly took her wedding ring with him, as well as a note Giffords wrote him. Giffords was wearing Kelly's ring around her neck. 2. Supporters o

AP 2011-05-19

1. The head of the International Monetary Fund will be in a New York City courtroom this morning. Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces charges he sexually assaulted a maid in his New York hotel room. Strauss-Kahn's attorneys say he will vigorously fight the

AP 2011-05-18

1. Officials in Louisiana are warning residents in low-lying areas to get out, as water gushing from a floodgate creeps in. The Morganza spillways opening has diverted water from heavily populated New Orleans and Baton Rouge. 2. The head of the Inter

AP 2011-05-17

1. Federal officials have opened a Mississippi River floodgate for the first time in nearly four decades. Opening the Morganza spillway will ease pressure on levees downstream and help prevent flooding in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. 2. President Bar

AP 2011-05-01

1. Southeast Missouri has received 15 inches of rain in the past four days. It's proving to be too much for a levee that's keeping a swollen river from inundating the town of Poplar Bluff. It has cracked in at least one spot. But authorities say it p

AP 2011-05-02

1. The White House released President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate today, which says he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama says he hopes this will quiet the questions around his citizenship and qualifications to be president. 2. At lea

AP 2011-05-03

1. President Barack Obama will travel to Alabama on Friday to meet with families devastated by the deadliest tornadoes in nearly four decades. Nearly 300 people are dead in the south after a storm that spawned dozens of twisters wiped out towns acros

AP 2011-05-05

1. The White House says US forces who killed Osama bin Laden would have taken him alive if they had the chance. Since he fought back, he was killed. US officials say bin Laden went down firing at Navy SEALs. 2. The killing of bin Laden has parts of t

AP 2011-05-06

1. The White House is debating releasing graphic pictures of Osama Bin Laden's dead body. There is also unreleased video of his burial at sea. Meanwhile President Obama will visit Ground Zero in New York Thursday. 2. Across northeastern Arkansas they

AP 2011-05-07

1. New details on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The White House says bin Laden was not armed when he was confronted by US commandos but did try to resist. Officials also say one of bin Laden's wives tried to rush the commandos and was shot in

AP 2011-05-08

1. President Barack Obama says releasing photos of Osama Bin Laden's body could pose a national security risk. The White House says the president ultimately decided he did not want to make available graphic photos that could become a propaganda tool.

AP 2011-05-09

1. Just days after the death of Osama Bin Laden, the victims of 9/11 have been remembered. President Barack Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero. Vice President Joe Biden led a similar ceremony at the Pentagon. 2. The record-high Mississippi River cont

AP 2011-05-10

1. The Pentagon has released five silent videos it says it seized from Osama Bin Laden's compound. Most show him giving statements into a camera, but another shows him sitting on the floor watching TV, flipping to different channels that were showing

AP 2011-05-04

1. Daylight video shows the area around the compound where Osama Bin Laden was killed during a US raid in Pakistan. President Barack Obama announced the raid last night from the White House, saying no Americans were hurt in the operation. Bin Laden's

AP 2011-05-22

[1]Officials say IMF chief Dominic Strauss-Khan is on suicide watch in his New York jail. He's charged with sexual assaulting a hotel maid. Meanwhile financial leaders are intensifying calls for him to resign. [2]The government says more older Americ