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1. Senator John Carry says he is sorry he botched a joke about the president's Iraq policies which some say was an insult to US troops. He says he meant no offence to the troops. 2. The official Ameri
1. President Bush nominates White House counsel Harriet Miers, a lawyer who's never been a judge , to the US Supreme Court. 2. Investigators search for the cause of a deadly boating accident in Lake G
1. Ready to go, but no way to get there. Travelers at the Denver airport will have to wait at least one more day before they head out. With at least two feet of snow on the ground, officials say the a
1. Expert climbers've begun their biggest effort to find 3 missing men on Mount Hood. One team started up the south side of the mountain, another team tackled the north side. Weather conditions are go
1. After months of negotiations, the UN Security Council has unanimously voted to sanction Iran over its nuclear program. The resolution prohibits all countries from providing Iran with certain materi
1. Officials in India say more than a dozen explosions in a western city have killed 29 people and wounded scores more. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility. The explosions come a day after seven similar blasts struck another city in
1. Oil prices are down for a second day, more than four dollars lower on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil is trading at less than 135 dollars a barrel. Yesterday prices fell nearly six and a half dollars in the biggest one-day drop in dollar te
1. Seven people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a group of partygoers at a Seattle home, then took his own life. Three others were hurt during the shooting rampage this morning. The victims are
1. Police are providing new details into the Virginia Tech massacre. Today they revealed that the gunman fired more than 170 rounds in nine minutes and shot himself in a classroom surrounded by victims. 2. Some residents of Spencer, Massachusetts ha
1. An insurgent group that includes al-Qaeda in Iraq is claiming responsibility for a suicide truck bombing that killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20. It happened at a patrol base northeast of Baghdad. This is one of the deadliest attacks on Ame
1. The bells are tolling as Virginia pauses to pay tribute to those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings. It's a day of mourning in the state and for many around country and the world. 2. One of the Virginia Tech victims was buried in Israel today.
1. Churches around Virginia Tech were packed Sunday as students and residents turned to the pulpit for guidance and reassurance. Classes are set to resume at the university Monday, a full week after 32 people were killed by a gunman. 2. An air show
1. In Iraq toady near Najaf, the US military has confirmed a helicopter went down during combat operations. Two crew members aboard were killed. US backed Iraqi forces were on hand in the region to prevent attacks on religious pilgrims. About 250 mi
1. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a critic of the Iraq war, is leading a congressional delegation in Baghdad, holding talks with Iraqi leaders. Her visit with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is viewed by some as a declaration the White House alone will
1. President Bush is using his State of the Union address to try to revive his domestic agenda and deflect criticism about the war in Iraq. He's arguing that success in Iraq is necessary to make American safer. 2. US officials say at least five civi
1. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accuses President Bush of rushing more troops to Iraq saying he knows Congress won't cut off funding for them once they're in the war zone. But the White House denies the claims and describes Pelosi's words as poisonous
1. In Afghanistan, the Pentagon is extending the tour of more than 2,000 Marines after insisting the unit would come home on time. Military leaders say they need more troops. So now the unit is due home in early November. 2. Hostages released in Col
1. Police in Illinois say they have evidence linking this man to eight murders over the past week. They are warning the public that Nicholas Sheley is armed and dangerous. And they are offering a 25-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to
1.Three Americans held hostage by rebels in Colombia for more than five years are heading home to Florida. The men had been recovering at a San Antonio, Texas hospital since being rescued in an undercover operation last week. 2.President Bush s form
1. President Bush has lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling. But the move, by itself, will do nothing unless Congress acts as well. The ban has stood since his father Bush Senior, was president. 2. Authorities in North Carolina have charg