AP 2011-09-15

President Barack Obama says he has sent his jobs bill to the congress today and he is urging lawmakers to pass it immediately with no games, politics or delays.Obama appeared at Rose Garden Monday run by teachers' office and firefighters. People of t

AP 2011-09-14

1. Ten years and a day after the terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center, a memorial opens to the public. The memorial at Ground Zero in New York has waterfalls that spill into the footprints of the Twin Towers and the names of the more than 2,90

AP 2011-09-13

Additional evacuation has been ordered as the remanents of tropical storm Lee send the Susquehanna river near record levels. Everyone in the small town in Maryland has been ordered to leave as along with tens of thousands of people in central NY and

AP 2011-09-12

1. From New York City to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to the Pentagon in Virginia, thousands of relatives of those lost in the terror attacks on September 11 gathered for ten-year memorials. President Obama visited the locations. In New York, relatives

AP 2011-09-11

1. Wildfires in central Texas destroyed nearly 800 homes. But firefighters say they have it about 40% contained and expect more progress today. The Forest Service says it is responding to 19 new fires. 2. What remains of Tropical Storm Lee is drenchi

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

AP 2011-09-16

1. President Barack Obama pushes Congress to pass his jobs bill immediately, asking lawmakers during a stop in Ohio What on earth are we waiting for. He says it would put scores of construction workers to work in the state. 2. Freedom could be near f

AP 2011-09-01

1. At least 35 deaths in ten states are now blamed on hurricane Irene. The storm left a trail of misery from North Carolina to Canada, washing away roads, flooding homes and knocking out power. Damage is still being assessed. 2. Federal government ha

AP 2011-09-04

1. Hurricane Irene killed at least 45 people when 2 million people still in the dark, according to an Associated Press tally. In Vermont, many have no power, no telephone service and no way to leave. 2. The White House says President Barack Obama wil

AP 2011-09-02

1. Irene is long gone but her aftermath lingers. In Vermont, roads are impassable due to flooding. Many states are also facing flood woes and electricity is still out for millions along the East Coast. 2. Post Irene disaster aid from Washington could

AP 2011-09-05

1. The White House is calling the flap over the timing of the President's economic address a sideshow. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the American people don't give a lick about when President Obama speaks, but they do care about what he says.

AP 2011-09-06

1. Tropical storm Lee is drenching New Orleans and Gulf Coast. Bands of heavy rain and strong wind has already knocked out / power to thousands. Forecasters say as much as 15 even 20 inches of rain could fall before the slow moving Lee leaves the are

AP 2011-09-07

1. President Barack Obama stood on a bridge overlooking a rain-swollen river in New Jersey and said the federal government would work to rebuild towns recovering from Hurricane Irene. The Passaic, which had washed over the bridge swept through the on

AP 2011-09-08

1. A woman and her baby daughter have died in the wild fires that have spread across parts of Texas. Thousands of acres are burned in the eastern and central parts of the state. Officials say the flames were propelled by high winds from tropical stor

AP 2011-09-09

1. Georgia residents are cleaning up after remnants of Tropical Storm Lee spawned possible tornadoes. The high winds damaged dozens of homes, ripping off siding and shingles and sending trees crashing through roofs in the suburbs of Atlanta. 2. Wildf

AP 2011-09-10

1. A gunman has killed two National Guardsmen as well as a third person at an IHOP restaurant in Nevada before taking his own life, six other people were wounded. Officials say this appears to be an isolated incident. 2. Officials in Texas say wildfi

AP 2011-09-20

he Palestinian leader wants UN membership for his state, likely setting the stage for a diplomatic clash of the UN security council between Palestinians and the US and Israel. The US says it may use its veto power. Libyan revolutionary forces face fi