President Barack Obama says he has sent his jobs bill to the congress today and he is urging lawmakers to pass it immediately with no games, politics or delays.Obama appeared at Rose Garden Monday run by teachers' office and firefighters. People of t...
1. Ten years and a day after the terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center, a memorial opens to the public. The memorial at Ground Zero in New York has waterfalls that spill into the footprints of the Twin Towers and the names of the more than 2,90...
Additional evacuation has been ordered as the remanents of tropical storm Lee send the Susquehanna river near record levels. Everyone in the small town in Maryland has been ordered to leave as along with tens of thousands of people in central NY and...
1. From New York City to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to the Pentagon in Virginia, thousands of relatives of those lost in the terror attacks on September 11 gathered for ten-year memorials. President Obama visited the locations. In New York, relatives...
1. Wildfires in central Texas destroyed nearly 800 homes. But firefighters say they have it about 40% contained and expect more progress today. The Forest Service says it is responding to 19 new fires. 2. What remains of Tropical Storm Lee is drenchi...
1. A gunman has killed two National Guardsmen as well as a third person at an IHOP restaurant in Nevada before taking his own life, six other people were wounded. Officials say this appears to be an isolated incident. 2. Officials in Texas say wildfi...
1. Georgia residents are cleaning up after remnants of Tropical Storm Lee spawned possible tornadoes. The high winds damaged dozens of homes, ripping off siding and shingles and sending trees crashing through roofs in the suburbs of Atlanta. 2. Wildf...
1. A woman and her baby daughter have died in the wild fires that have spread across parts of Texas. Thousands of acres are burned in the eastern and central parts of the state. Officials say the flames were propelled by high winds from tropical stor...
1. President Barack Obama stood on a bridge overlooking a rain-swollen river in New Jersey and said the federal government would work to rebuild towns recovering from Hurricane Irene. The Passaic, which had washed over the bridge swept through the on...
1. Tropical storm Lee is drenching New Orleans and Gulf Coast. Bands of heavy rain and strong wind has already knocked out / power to thousands. Forecasters say as much as 15 even 20 inches of rain could fall before the slow moving Lee leaves the are...
1. The White House is calling the flap over the timing of the President's economic address a sideshow. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the American people don't give a lick about when President Obama speaks, but they do care about what he says....
1. Hurricane Irene killed at least 45 people when 2 million people still in the dark, according to an Associated Press tally. In Vermont, many have no power, no telephone service and no way to leave. 2. The White House says President Barack Obama wil...
1. The roads in and out of many Vermont communities are still cut off by flooding after hurricane Irene. About 260 roads in Vermont are closed by storm damage along with about 30 highway bridges. National Guard helicopters are taking food and water....
1. Irene is long gone but her aftermath lingers. In Vermont, roads are impassable due to flooding. Many states are also facing flood woes and electricity is still out for millions along the East Coast. 2. Post Irene disaster aid from Washington could...
1. At least 35 deaths in ten states are now blamed on hurricane Irene. The storm left a trail of misery from North Carolina to Canada, washing away roads, flooding homes and knocking out power. Damage is still being assessed. 2. Federal government ha...
