1. Mother Nature is walloping the country again. Ice is covering roads from California to Arkansas. In Oklahoma, at least 7 people died in an accident. And in Los Angeles, a firefighter lost control of his engine on black ice and skidded off the roa...
1. Much of the country, west of the Mississippi is coping with a paralyzing ice and snow storm. Inches of ice is expected in several Midwest states including Kansas and Oklahoma. Four deaths are blamed on the storm so far. Thousands are expected to...
1. It was Day 2 for Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Capitol Hill. ''We would probably have to be in Iraq to provide help of one kind or another to the Iraqis for quite some time.'' He was defending the president's new Iraq war strategy before the...
1. President Bush took his plan to increase troops in Iraq on the road today. He spoke to servicemen and women at Fort Benning, Georgia. Meantime on Capitol Hill, leaders in Congress questioned top administration officials about the plan. 2. Interna...
1. President Bush is getting ready to make his latest pitch on how to win the war in Iraq. He's set to tell the nation tonight that he's sending in more than 21,000 troops. A top aide says the president would also acknowledge it was a mistake not to...
1. A US air attack on suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Somalia killed 5 to 10 people. That word from a US intelligence official. Defense authorities have not released much information on the mission but say more attacks are possible. 2. US and Iraqi...
1. President Bush is slated to address the nation at 9 pm Eastern time Wednesday. On the agenda, his new approach for the war in Iraq which will reportedly include a surge of 20,000 US troops in the war-torn country. 2. Officials are probing the sou...
1. Security has been increased at the Port of Miami. The FBI says 3 men of Middle Eastern descent were caught trying to slip past a checkpoint in a cargo truck. Authorities say the driver lied about being alone within the cab. The other 2 were found...
1. Colorado officials say a massive avalanche buried several cars on US Highway 40 about 60 miles west of Denver. At least 7 people have been rescued. Crews are searching for more survivors. Snow fell on the area on Friday, the third snowstorm in th...
1. Democrats are blasting proposals to boost US troop strength in Iraq. In a letter to President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged him to begin pulling troops out of Iraq in four to six months. Bush plans t...
1. You can forget the glass ceiling. Nancy Pelosi says she broke through a marble one today when she was sworn in as the Speaker of the House. She is the first woman to hold that position and promises to embrace a spirit of partnership. 2. Pelosi wa...
1. A steady stream of mourners paid their final respects to Gerald R. Ford in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The former president is to be buried on his presidential museum grounds overlooking the Grand River. 2. Iraq's National Security Ad...
1. Former President Ford is now resting in Michigan. His body arrived Tuesday afternoon after a mourning memorial service in the nation's capital. His body was greeted by the University of Michigan marching band, Ford's alma mater. 2. Enraged suppor...
1. Two more American soldiers have been killed in Iraq, making December 2006 the bloodiest month of the year. Overall more than 3,000 US service members have died there. 2. Just back from their Texas ranch, President Bush and Laura Bush stopped off...
1. The US has hit a grim milestone in Iraq. The Pentagon announced that at least 3,000 American soldiers have died in the war in Iraq. At least 111 service members have died in December alone, making it the deadliest month this year for the military...
