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1. Police say two people were killed and seven more wounded in a shooting during a wake in Kansas. Authorities say all the victims were adults with one victim in critical condition and as many as four others in serious condition. Police are looking
1. President Barack Obama hasn't been on the job long, but a new poll reports about two-thirds approve of what he is doing. The Gallup Organization says 68% of Americans surveyed approve of Obama's first three full days as chief executive. 2. Pakist
1.President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are seeking to ease Republican concerns about a massive economic stimulus plan. The president and top Democrats met at the White House with GOP leaders and promised to consider some of their recom
1. President Barack Obama signed orders earlier today to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The prison camp will be closed within a year. Obama also said the United States will not torture terror suspects. 2. Tragedy on the streets of New Yo
1.President Barack Obama got down to work today, his first full day in office. Officials say he called a number of leaders in the Middle East, telling them he'll work to consolidate the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. 2.Treasury Secretary-design
1.President-elect Barack Obama would observe Martin Luther King Day by working on volunteer service projects. Following a day of service, the president-elect will attend three tribute dinners, including a bipartisan dinner in honor of Senator John M
1. Thousands of people have gathered around Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a special pre-inauguration concert. President-elect Barack Obama and his family were in attendance. Performers including U2, Beyonce and James Taylor are on the bill. 2. I
1.In Gaza, signs Israel is preparing for a possible ground invasion with tanks and vehicles lined up along a road leading to the Gaza Strip. Israel has been pounding Hamas militants from the air in response to rocket attacks, almost 400 are dead. 2.
1. President Obama is in Mexico to confront a security threat on America's doorstep - the deadly flow of drugs and weapons. Following his short stay in Mexico City, Obama travels to the two-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago for the Summ
1. Financial officials from the world's wealthy nations are meeting in Washington to discuss ways out of the financial crisis. President Bush met with them for about a half hour this morning at the White House. Afterward, the president said the US w
1.Markets go on a wild ride, with the Dow going back and forth between positive and negative territory all day, dropping nearly 700 points early on before closing down by more than 100 points. This has been the Dows worst week ever. 2.President Bush
1. President-elect Barack Obama is rolling into D.C., aboard a whistle-stop train tour ahead of his swearing-in on Tuesday. Along the way, he and Vice President-elect Joe Biden promised voters they will fight every day for them while they are in Was
1.The pilot of the US Airways flight that landed in the Hudson River is being praised as a hero for the safe landing with no loss of life. The wife of Chesley Sully Sullenberger says her husband is a pilots pilot who loves the art of the airplane. 2
1.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. is working with the international community to bring about a durable and sustainable ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians. Hundreds of people had been killed on the week-long fighting in and
1. Lebanon's prime minister has condemned rocket attacks on Israel from his country as well as retaliation by the Jewish state. The brief exchange was the first since Israel launched an offensive against the militant group Hamas in Gaza. That offens
1.President-elect Barack Obama would meet with Senate Democrats to discuss the economy today. At the same time, top Obama aides will be getting ready for a meeting with Senate Republicans. All of these are ahead of a possible vote Thursday on whethe
1.The White House says the new audio type supposedly from Osama Bin Laden is a sign of his isolation. Bin Laden urges a Muslim holy war against Israel as an angry response to Israel's Gaza offensive. Officials say it's Bin Laden's attempt to remain
1.President Barack Obama has ended his eight-day international trip with an unannounced visit to Iraq. Obama met with the top US commander there along with hundreds of troops. He's urging Baghdad to take the leadership reins, saying it's time for Ir
1.A US vessel seized by pirates off Somalia is now back in the hands of the crew after they retook control of the ship. But one person aboard the ship reached by satellite phone tells the AP the pirates are holding the captain hostage in a lifeboat.
1. The Maersk Alabama is back in port in Kenya. The American ship whose captain is still being held hostage by pirates off the coast of Somalia arrived with the other 19 crew members. The US is still trying to secure the release of the captain. 2. P