1. An aide to Dick Cheney says tests on the former vice president show he suffered a mild heart attack. The 69-year-old was admitted to a Washington hospital Monday after experiencing chest pains. Cheney has a history of heart problems. 2. Toyota's t...
[1] Former Vice President Dick Cheney remains in the hospital after experienced chest pain yesterday. An aide to the 69-year-old says he is resting comfortably at George Washington University Hospital in Washington. Cheney has had a history of heart...
1. Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six are safely back on Earth, following a successful construction mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle touched down at Kennedy Space Center late Sunday night. Only one more mission for End...
[1] Three teenage girls who were killed by a train in Florida had been joking around and taking pictures on a narrow bridge just before they were hit. A boy, who was with the girls, told police he saw the train approaching, yelled at them to run, the...
1. Tiger Woods makes his first public statement today since being involved in a car crash outside his house in November. That crash led to a string of allegations of infidelity. Today's event will be held at the TPC Sawgrass in South Florida, home of...
[1] Eight American missionaries charged in Haiti with child-kidnapping are now back in the US. The group arrived in Miami early this morning. They left Haiti just hours after a judge decided to set them free. A Haitian judge kept two missionaries in...
I'm Mark Smith at a snowbound White House where President Barack Obama is trying to unthaw his domestic agenda in a new round of talks with Democratic and Republican leaders. And a short time ago, he paid a surprise visit to the White House briefing...
The evacuation fatigue has set in, I know, with a lot of people. But as one who has toured the facility, the area and seen the devastation of the homes, you must evacuate. Only 50% of those who have been told to evacuate have evacuated at this time,...
[1] President Barack Obama says hes ready to start from scratch on health care. That is as long as the final bill meets his goals. He made the comment after meeting with leaders from both parties on Tuesday. [2] The president says he is preparing a r...
1. Toyota has announced it will recall more than 400,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles around the globe to fix brake problems. This recall is the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world's largest automaker. This recall invol...
[1] Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha has died. He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery in January. The 77-year-old Democrat was a retired Marine Corps officer, who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq War. [2] Michael Jacks...
1. The space shuttle Endeavour is on its way toward the International Space Station. Endeavour lifted off this morning just after 4 a.m. in one of the shuttle program's last scheduled missions. (The) pre-dawn launch was the last one in darkness if th...
[1] The snow is over, but there is still a tough road ahead for folks in the Mid-Atlantic. With parts of the region buried under three feet or more of snow, emergency officials say there is only so much plows and snow blowers can do. Authorities say...
1. Washington is buried under a heavy blanket of snow. Roads are mostly impassable. President Obama has called the storm Snowmageddon. 2. Despite the blizzard, some people in D.C. did venture outside for a chance to play. Snowballs were flying in nor...
1. Very hazardous and nearly impossible. That is how forecasters and government officials near Washington D.C. are describing what trouble will be like tonight. The mid-Atlantic is bracing for a storm that could dump up to two feet of snow in certain...