1. President Barack Obama says the war in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better. But the US remains on track to start withdrawing troops next year. Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White House Wednesday. 2. Congressional...
1. Attorney General Eric Holder says three men taken into custody in the Times Square bombing attempt apparently provided money to the suspect. In the meantime, during a trip to New York, President Barack Obama thanked the city police officers who re...
1. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he's quitting office, bringing to a close the Labour Party's 13-year hold on power. His two chief rivals from last week's election have worked out a deal to form a coalition. The Conservative Party chief Da...
1. The president's nominee to the US Supreme Court is planning to meet with senators starting Wednesday. Republicans are giving no indication they'll try to prevent a vote on Elena Kagan's nomination. But they are expected to grill her over her lack...
1. Senior White House officials are pinning blame for the attempted Times Square car bombing on the Pakistani Taliban. Attorney General Eric Holder says new evidence shows that Pakistani militants were intimately involved in the plot, planning it and...
Clean-up is continuing on the Gulf of Mexico including this controlled burn of the oil on the water. Meanwhile ice crystals have formed in the oil containment box placed over the leak, forcing officials to move it away. Conservative leaders in the UK...
1. Crews in the Gulf Coast are getting into place a massive steel-and-concrete box they hope will contain the massive oil leak, but have to lower the contraption about a mile into the water. If successful, it could collect as much as 85% of what's le...
1. Heavy winds and high tides complicated efforts to hold back oil that threatened to coat birds and other marine life as it oozed ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, the White House halted any new offshore oil projects until safeguards are in place to p...
1. The latest effort to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a 100-ton contraption that will help funnel the oil into a tanker. The giant concrete-and-steel box is the best short-term solution. 2. The Times Square bombing suspect has report...
1. Authorities have brought formal terrorism and mass destruction charges against the suspect in the failed Times Square car bombing. They say Faisal Shahzad confessed to receiving explosives training in Pakistan. No word from officials on whether th...
1. New York City police have spoken to the registered owner of the vehicle used as a home-made car bomb in the heart of / Times Square. Police say the crude gasoline-and-propane bomb could have sprayed shrapnel and metal parts with enough force to ki...
1. New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg says there is no evidence that a failed car bombing in Times Square is linked to al-Qaeda or any other large terrorist organization. Bloomberg notes the investigation is in its early stages. Police found the S...
1．The Governor of Louisiana declares a state of emergency as an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico creeps closer toward the shore, threatening wildlife. President Barack Obama says every single resource will be used to contain the spill. 2. Civil righ...
1. From bad to worse in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard now says five times more oil a day than previously believed is spewing into the gulf from a blown-out well. The Coast Guard says it's a new leak, giving off 5,000 barrels a day. The leading...
1. The Coast Guard has comes up with a plan to deal with the thick oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico - light them on fire. Its the last-ditch effort to protect environmentally sensitive areas on the coast. About 42,000 gallons of oil a day are leaking...
