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1.The government confirms 40 cases of the new swine flu in the US. 20 of them come from a New York City school where students spent spring break in Mexico. The CDC says it's premature for other countries to urge people not to travel to the US, which
1. The spread of swine flu is prompting governments around the globe to take action. Cuba became the first country to impose a travel ban today by suspending flights to and from Mexico for 48 hours. This, even though the World Health Organization sa
1. Authorities in Utah say they found no signs of six trapped miners when they lowered a camera down to where they think the men are located. This is their second effort to make contact with the men. Yesterday a microphone was lowered down to a separ
1. The White House says it's very close to a decision on how to help the troubled US auto industry. But the Bush administration didn't provide any details or even a timetable on when an announcement would be made. One option being considered is a ma
1. President Bush has made a surprise farewell visit to Iraq where he signed a new Iraqi-US security agreement. During a news conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, an Iraqi journalist threw two shoes at Bush. He didn't get hit. Bu
1. Five Blackwater Worldwide guards indicted for deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting are all decorated military veterans. The men are charged following the shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians in a busy Baghdad intersection. 2. House and Senate staffers are spen
1. A Boston medical student is being held without bail on murder, armed robbery and kidnapping charges. Prosecutors accused Philip Markoff of targeting women who advertised services on Craigslist. Markoff's attorney says his 23-year-old client is no
1. President Barack Obama says he has seen positive signs from both Cuba and Venezuela in his four-day trip to Central America, but says the test is in deeds not words. Obama said the signals provided an opportunity for frank dialogue on issues incl
1.President Barack Obama is using this tax-filing day to say he wants to get the dread out of deadline day with a simpler tax code. For too long we've seen taxes used as a wedge to scare people into supporting policies that actually increased the bu
1. Authorities have searched the home of the man they say is responsible for killing 13 people and then killing himself at a Binghamton, New York immigration center. One law enforcement officer, speaking anonymously, says the man's name Jiverly Voon
1.Richard Phillips has returned home and balloons and signs welcomed the captain of the ship seized by Somali pirates back to his small Vermont town of Underhill Friday. Phillips was rescued in a daring Navy Seal sniper operation on Easter Sunday. 2
1. President Barack Obama has been discussing trade, security and other issues at the opening sessions of the Summit of the Americas. Obama says he hopes to open a new chapter in America's relations with South and Central America. 2. Meantime, the W
1. Israeli tanks and infantry have entered Gaza, launching a much anticipated ground offensive in a widening war on Gaza's Hamas rulers. Israeli security officials said the operation is likely to go on for several days, but that the objective is not
1. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary. Obama has accepted Richardson's withdrawal. A federal grand jury is investigating how a California company that contributed
1.President-elect Barack Obama meets with congressional leaders to talk about the economy today. But we are now told the broad economic stimulus package Obama is pushing for won't be ready for a signature the day he takes office. Republicans say the
1. The Israeli air force has been dropping leaflets throughout Gaza, saying it plans to escalate its offensive. Palestinian officials say more than 800 people have died so far in the fighting. Meanwhile, the president of the Palestinian authority is
1. Israel's chief military spokesman says the army has begun sending reserve units into the Gaza Strip. It's a strong signal that Israel is entering a new phase of its 16-day offensive against Hamas. 2. More than 250 people are feared dead after a f
1. Multiple people have been killed in an attack on an immigration services center in Binghamton, New York. The gunman reportedly barricaded the rear door of the building with his car before entering the front door and opening fire. 2. Courting Euro
1. The rocket launched by nuclear-armed North Korea on Sunday appears to have fizzled in the Pacific Ocean. But it still got the international community worry that North Korea has the capacity to fire a long-range missile. Speaking from Prague, Pres
1.A solemn ceremony in Delaware has marked the end of nearly a two-decade ban on news coverage of returning US war dead. The remains of a Virginia airman killed in Afghanistan returned to Dover Air Force Base Sunday, the 20-minute ceremony was mostl