1. The White House says President Barack Obama received 12 stitches in his lip after being hit during a pickup basketball game. Spokesman Robert Gibbs says the president was inadvertently struck by someone's elbow. 2. Early signs are pointing to bigg...
1. Tens of thousands of spectators are again expected to line the streets of Manhattan to watch the annual Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade tradition, started in 1924, has grown year after year. This year, Kung Fu Panda and Spiderman will le...
1. The White House says President Barack Obama is outraged over North Koreas artillery attack against the South Korean island. Two South Korean marines were killed and the countrys president says Seoul will unleash an enormous retaliation should Nort...
1. Holiday travelers are moving smoothly through security checkpoints Thursday before thanksgiving. Thats despite threats of massive protest that could have snarled what is traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year. 2. The smoke was st...
1. The White House is strongly condemning North Korea's artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called on the North to halt its belligerent action. North Korea fired barrages of artillery Tuesday,...
1. The Transportation Security Administration says airport screens will continue but that they will try to make them as minimally invasive as possible. The more thorough screenings have drawn fire from lawmakers and passengers. They come nearly a yea...
1. Although President Barack Obama is asking his national security team to consider less intrusive airport screenings, travelers may not be seeing changes anytime soon. The head of the agency responsible for airport security says the terror threat le...
1. President Barack Obama says NATO has agreed to his plans for a new expanded missile defense system for Europe. The system would cover all NATO member countries and the United States. Obama spoke in between meetings on the opening day of a NATO sum...
1. The head of the Transportation Security Administration is admitting that new airport pat-downs are more invasive than what most are used to. But it doesn't sound like they're going away. He tells a Senate committee that the procedures are needed t...
1. The sit-down between President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders will have to wait nearly two weeks. Obama was supposed to meet with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and presumptive House Speaker John Boehner today. But a sch...
1. An army staff sergeant has been given a Medal of Honor. President Barack Obama awarded the medal to Salvatore Giunta, the first living service member from Iraq or Afghanistan wars to be so honored. 2. Congressman Charles Rangel of New York is deno...
1. Ohio officials say a missing 13-year-old girl has been found safe a short distance from her home. A man has been charged with holding the girl against her will. Her mother, brother and a family friend remain missing. 2. President Barack Obama retu...
1. The ethics trial of Rep. Charles Rangel is going ahead without the New York Democrat there. The 80-year-old Rangel says he has no money for attorneys asking for a delay to start a legal defense fund. The House panel said no. 2. A search near an Oh...
1. The G20 nations meeting in Seoul, South Korea have refused to call on countries to stop undervaluing their currencies. The dispute is over whether China and the United States are manipulating their currencies. President Obama said that leaders onl...
1. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been released from years of detention. Thousands greeted her at her home in Myanmar, where she promised to continue to fight for democracy for her country. 2. Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Ema...
