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[1] Toyota says there were design problems with the anti-lock brake system in the new Prius which went on sale last year. A Toyota spokesperson says the problems have been fixed in previous models sold since late January. [2] States up and down the E
This is AP news. President Barack Obama encouraged job secrets in Pennsylvania, saying the latest employment figures are just the start what he hopes is good news. New statistics show only a moderate shielding of 11000 jobs last month. The unemployme
1. The Transportation Security of Administration says airline passengers arriving in the US from certain counties will now be subjected to an enhanced screening technics including 4 body scans and pack downs. The measures were imposed after a Nigeria
1. Late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien says he is rejecting NBC's attempt to move the Tonight Show until midnight, making room for Jay Leno's return. In a statement, O'Brien says NBC has barely given him time to establish himself as host of Tonig
1. A deadly stabbing has cast a shadow over the Olympic Games in Beijing. A suicidal man stabbed two tourists from Minnesota. Todd Bachman was killed, his wife Barbara hospitalized. Their daughter is a former Olympian, Elizabeth Bachman. She's marri
1. Russia's president has agreed to a proposal calling for both Russian and Georgian troops to move back to their initial positions and stop fighting. The plan also calls for discussion on future status of Georgia's breakaway provinces. Georgia has
1. Brian Mitchell could face life in prison when he is sentenced in May for the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart in 2002. Smart was 14 at the time. A federal jury in Salt Lake City convicted the street preacher on kidnapping and other charges. 2. Six pe
1. Hundreds packed a North Carolina church today for the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards. Her daughter Kate spoke about her grace, wits and charm. Sixty-one-year-old Edwards died Tuesday. She's been praised for her strength amid a series of challenges,
1. President Barack Obama has been busy pushing the message he laid out last night in the State of the Union address. He was in Wisconsin today where he warned the U.S. has fallen down on the job and needs to get serious about winning the future. 2.
1. In Libya, opposition fighters are retreating from a key oil port, coming under heavy shelling from ground forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. The war is raging on for a second week here with no end in sight. 2. A 300-pound giant spotted eagle ray, li
1. President Barack Obama is hoping Republicans and Democrats can reach an agreement on budget cuts. He'll meet with House Speaker John Boehner later this morning. Lawmakers are working on a stopgap spending measure, but senior government workers hav
1. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has formally requested an ethics investigation of Congressman Anthony Weiner. It comes one day after the New York Democrat publicly confessed to sending inappropriate photos and emails to women he had met online.
1. The search continues for 20-year-old Lauren Spierer. Police have few leads but suspect foul play in the disappearance of the Indiana University sophomore who has been missing for five days. 2. Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant in the face of the heavi
Dozens of Egyptians have been arrested after deadly clashes between Christians, Muslims and security forces. At least 24 people were killed and more than 200 were injured this weekend.A recent attack on a southern Egyptian church sparked the violence
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
1. The nation's Emergency Alert System will be activated nationally for the first time this afternoon to test its capability. FEMA chief Craig Fugate warns some video systems may make it look like a real emergency. He says that and other flaws are be
1. Investigators in California have packed up a 28-foot section of a ruptured natural gas pipeline and shipped it off to Washington DC for analysis. The pipeline was blown out of the ground and hurled 100 feet during last week's explosion that killed
1. Hurricane Earl is getting closer. Residents in North Carolina have been doing last-minute preparations and getting out. The Category 3 storm with 125-mile-per-hour winds is expected to pass close to the Outer Banks overnight on its way to New Engl
1. A Christian minister in Florida is cancelling plans to burn copies of the Quran on September 11th. The plan drew criticism from President Barack Obama along with religious and political leaders across the Muslim world. 2. Strong winds are keeping
1. The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted in favor of General David Petraeus to become the next commander of the Afghanistan war, paving the way for a swift, full Senate confirmation. 2. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan clashes with the GOP o