AP 2011-07-16

1. The top Republican in the Senate has a new idea on how to solve the nations debt limit problem. Senator Mitch McConnell says President Barack Obama should have the power to unilaterally increase the debt limit, so it's not to default on U.S. oblig

AP 2011-07-15

1. The half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been killed. Ahmed Wali Karzai was assassinated by a bodyguard at his home in Kandahar. Hamid Karzai says his brother's death reflects the suffering of all Afghan people. 2. Wikileaks founder J

AP 2011-07-13

1. Britain's News of the World published for the last time Sunday. News Corp head Rupert Murdoch visited as the 168-year-old paper closed up shop. The closure was announced last week as the paper was caught up in a phone hacking scandal. 2. Atlantis

AP 2011-07-12

1. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. and its allies are close to beating al-Qaeda. He was in Afghanistan today, and says the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has yielded new insights about the groups other leaders. 2. Theres a new country

AP 2011-07-14

1. Republicans meet again with President Barack Obama looking for an agreement on the Nation's borrowing limit. Earlier Monday House Speaker John Boehner said he agrees with the president that the debt limit need to be raised, but the Republicans wou

AP 2011-07-11

1. More meetings ahead for dealing with the debts. President Barack Obama says both parties will sit down on Sunday for some hard bargaining, trying to get a deal done by August 2nd to raise the debt limit. 2. Casey Anthony could be getting out of ja

AP 2011-07-03

[1]President Barack Obama says Congress needs to stay in town and get the budget talks done, even if it means cancelling other plans back home. Lawmakers are facing an August second deadline to raise the US borrowing limit. [2]An Afghan official says

AP 2011-07-20

1. London police chief has quit over his links to a former News of the World editor caught up in the phone hacking scandal. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson denies any wrongdoing. Hours earlier, Rupert Murdoch's former British CEO Reb

AP 2011-07-18

1. Almost as soon as it began former baseball star Roger Clemens's perjury trial ended Thursday. In a mistrial, the judge blamed on prosecutors and said a first-year law student would have known to avoid. The question of a new trial is still up in th

AP 2011-07-17

[1]More than 20 people were dead and more than 100 hurt after a series of bombings in Indian's financial capital during evening rush hour. Indian officials say the close timing of these explosions suggested it was a coordinated attack by terrorist. [

AP 2011-07-01

1. Firefighters worked through the night to put out spot fires near Los Alamos, New Mexico. That's the home of the government nuclear laboratory. Lab officials say the facility and nuclear waste in storage are safe. Nearly 13,000 town residents have

AP 2011-07-02

1. Officials say they are not concerned about flames reaching sensitive material at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. A wildfire has consumed more than 90 square miles near the lab, but officials insist the risk of exposure is small.

AP 2011-07-04

1. The defense has rested in the Casey Anthony murder trial without her testifying about the death of her two-year-old daughter Caylee. Prosecutors have begun their rebuttal case and closing arguments could take place as soon as Saturday. 2. The hear

AP 2011-07-05

1. Greece is said to get a vital loan installment by July 15th. The nation is struggling financially and needs the money to prevent defaulting on its debt which could lead to a worldwide crisis. 2. The US and Spain say Muammar Gaddafi's threats of re

AP 2011-07-06

1. Lawyers gave their closing arguments in the Casey Anthony trial in an unusual Sunday court session. Anthony's attorney ridiculed the prosecution's forensic evidence as a fantasy. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Casey Anthony suffocated her daughter Ca

AP 2011-07-07

1. Deliberations are underway in the murder trial of Casey Anthony. The jury of seven women and five men are considering whether the 25-year-old is guilty of killing her young daughter. Anthonys defense says the girl accidently drowned in the family

AP 2011-07-08

1. After more than 10 hours of deliberations, a Florida jury has acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee. Anthony had faced the death penalty if convicted of murder. She was found guilty of lying to investigators and wil

AP 2011-07-09

1. Congressional leaders will head back to the White House tomorrow. They try to work out a deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut federal spending. President Obama says hell reject any short-term solution to the problem. 2. A massive dust storm swep

AP 2011-07-10

[1]The army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage will be court-martial and could face the death penalty. Michell Nidal Hasan killed 13 in November 2009 shooting on a Texas Army. [2]President Barack Obama takes questions from

AP 2011-07-19

1. President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are again pushing opposing positions in the debate over deficit reduction. Obama says a combination of spending cuts and tax increases is needed while Senator Orrin Hatch is pushing for a balanc