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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
[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. [
1. Congress is set to vote today on last week's budget deal which last until September. Next, lawmakers will start the budget battle for 2012, which maybe a tougher fight than this fight that almost shut down the government. Republican and White Hous
1. The lawyer for a hotel maid who accused International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual abuse says she is telling the truth. Lawyer Jeffrey Shapiro says the maid is an immigrant from West Africa, who has a 15-year-old daughter.
1. Just days after the death of Osama Bin Laden, the victims of 9/11 have been remembered. President Barack Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero. Vice President Joe Biden led a similar ceremony at the Pentagon. 2. The record-high Mississippi River cont
1. President Barack Obama says releasing photos of Osama Bin Laden's body could pose a national security risk. The White House says the president ultimately decided he did not want to make available graphic photos that could become a propaganda tool.
1. New details on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The White House says bin Laden was not armed when he was confronted by US commandos but did try to resist. Officials also say one of bin Laden's wives tried to rush the commandos and was shot in
1. Workers trying to prevent a meltdown at a Japanese nuclear power plant are being allowed to return to their jobs. That follows an evacuation overnight when radiation levels became too dangerous. The death toll from Friday's earthquake and tsunami
1. A wildfire in Arizona is now the State's third largest ever. Officials say the blaze covers about 287 square miles and is expected to grow larger. Some 1,300 firefighters, some from as far away as New York, are working the wildfire. 2. Authorities
1. The State Department says it has had at least one direct conversation with Iran over allegations of an assassination plot on US soil. The US says Iran was behind a plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US. 2. Conviction in Connecticut i
1. Pennsylvania residents are once again cleaning up after heavy downpours on already rain-soaked ground flooded parts of central and eastern areas of the commonwealth, triggering road closures and prompting some rescues. 2. Two Americans are heading
1. Opening statements begin today in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor. Doctor Conrad Murray is accused of causing the performer's death by giving him the drug propofol. Murray faces four years in prison and the lost of his medical license if con
1. Jobs and education on the agenda for President Obama today. He'll promote his jobs proposal in an online forum with Hispanic voters. The president will also deliver a back-to-school message for students at a Washington D.C School. 2. As many as 16
1. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to three women for their non-violence struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights. The winners are Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman of
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
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
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.
1. President Barack Obama has signed the emergency legislation to raise the nation's borrowing limit. Obama says lawmakers still need to find a balanced approach to reducing the deficit that includes adjustments to Medicare and reforming the tax code
1. The House has rejected a debt-limit bill by Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid. The move comes as time is running out for a deal to be reached. The White House says the Treasury won't be able to pay all of its bills without new legislation by Tue
1. Today could be the final day of testimony in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor. Testimony from defendant Dr. Conrad Murray is up in the air. He says he'll make that decision today. 2. A small jet carrying the owner of