AP 2012-07-12

1. President Obama is calling on Congress to extend tax cuts for families earning less than 250,000 a year, allowing tax to rise for those making more. Obama wants the one-year extension before the cuts expire at year's end. 2. It looks like just a f

AP 2012-07-13

1. President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney are clashing over taxes and outsourcing jobs. Obama is challenging Mitt Romney to join him in permitting tax hikes for rich Americans like them. Meanwhile, Romney has branded the presiden

AP 2012-07-14

1. A freight train derailed exploded in Ohio early morning, prompting officials to evacuate it a mile-wide area. Norfolk Southern says about 11 cars derailed, and emergency workers are working to determine what is contained in the blaze. 2. The house

AP 2012-07-15

1. This may not be the reception Mitt Romney was hoping for. The Republican presidential candidate was booed at the NAACP's annual meeting today when he pledged to repeal what he called ObamaCare. 2. Senate Democrats have blocked a pair of votes on e

AP 2012-07-16

1. Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky. That's according to a scathing report issued today on the scandal. The 267-page report is the result of an eight-month inquiry by former F

AP 2012-07-11

1. Roger Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, beating Andy Murray. Federer is now 17-7 in Grand Slam finals, including 7-1 at Wimbledon. Murray dropped to 0-4 in major finals, ending hopes for the first British All England Clu

AP 2012-07-20

1. The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario is open Tuesday morning. A bridge threat closed it down for several hours on Monday. 2. A top executive from Google is now taking over as CEO of Yahoo. Marissa Meyer was with Google for

AP 2012-07-19

1. President Barack Obama says Mitt Romney's proposal to free companies from taxes on their foreign holdings would result in job creation overseas, not in the United States. Obama was speaking to supporters in Ohio, a crucial battleground for him as

AP 2012-07-18

1. Authorities in North Carolina's Outer Banks say they need to wait for a medical examiner's investigation to determine if a body found is that of a missing Ohio woman. Lynn Jackenheimer never returned home after a vacation. 2. Police say a 3-year-o

AP 2012-07-17

1. President Barack Obama isn't letting some rain dampen his effort for a second term. He held a rally in a downpour near Richmond, Virginia today where he cast Mitt Romney as a pioneer of outsourcing. 2. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is ordering a t

AP 2012-07-01

1. The start of summer is heating up the eastern seaboard. The National Weather Service is forecasting temperatures into the high 90s from Boston down to Washington. Dozens of cities are setting up public cooling centers for those without air conditi

AP 2012-07-02

1. Prosecutors say the jurors in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse case cannot forget about the 10 boys the former Penn State coach is accused of abusing. Closing arguments came today followed by jury deliberations. 2. Commerce Secretary John Bry

AP 2012-07-03

1. Violence storms that battered the eastern US have been blamed for killing at least ten people, and leaving more three millions without power. Many now are facing the possibility of temperatures near or above 100 degrees without electricity, withou

AP 2012-07-05

1. Millions of people along the eastern coast are dealing with a third straight day of 100 degree heat and no power. Since Friday, severe weather has been blamed for power failures and at least 22 deaths, most from trees falling on homes and cars. 2.

AP 2012-07-06

1. Why will it take so long for the lights to come back on? That's the question nearly 1.8 million people without electricity on the East Coast are asking. Officials warn that some neighborhoods may be in the dark for most of the week. 2. Army Staff

AP 2012-07-07

1. Crews continue to make progress against the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs. And more residents have been allowed back home. But the fire department is banning Forth of July fireworks saying, quote: it's not worth to risk. 2. Temperatures ar

AP 2012-07-08

1. Almost eight years after Yasser Arafat's death, Palestinian officials are preparing for a possible autopsy on his remains. That after his widow said a Swiss lab found elevated levels of a lethal radioactive isotope on the longtime leader's belongi

AP 2012-07-09

1. Some relief for firefighters in the west battling wildfires - rain in the form of strong thunderstorms. In Colorado, that fire that ravaged neighborhoods near Colorado Springs is nearly contained. 2. Six days after violent storms knocked out power

AP 2012-07-10

1. Ask anyone to Indian on the east, and they'll tell you simply it hot up there. Temperature is in the triple digits, and the weather is being blamed for at least 24 deaths. 2. Libya is taking a major step toward democracy today. Voters are filling

AP 2012-07-04

1. The lights are slowly coming back on across the mid Atlantic. Power crews have been restoring electricity after a violent storm Friday night knocked it out. By Sunday afternoon, millions remained in the dark. 2. A storm stranded passengers on a Ne