1. After intense talks spanning two weeks, the US has made a U-turn on climate change. First rejecting negotiations, US finally agreed to a compromise: a two-year plan to develop a replacement for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. 2. In a nationally-televise...
1. The Midwest and Northeast are getting another blast of winter. A winter storm expected in the Midwest may complicate efforts to restore power from an earlier ice storm and the East Coast may see a mix of sleet and rain with snow inland. This afte...
1. Former Senator George Mitchell calls the use of steroids in Major League Baseball the game's worst scandal in nearly ninety years .His report names Roger Clemens, Miguel Tejada and Andy Pettittee among the users. Mitchell says everyone in basebal...
1. There were more questions for CIA Director Michael Hayden from members of Congress. Members of the House Intelligence Committee said the agency did not inform Congress it was videotaping interrogations of terror suspects. The tapes were destroyed...
1. An ice storm continues to wreak havoc on the Midwest. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are in the dark and flights are being cancelled. At least 23 deaths are blamed on the storm that moved into the nation's midsection over the weeke...
1. Investigators are trying to establish whether two deadly shooting sprees at a megachurch and a school for missionaries were carried out by the same man. Five people including a gunman were killed, and five wounded in separate shooting 65 miles ap...
1. At least four people have been shot after a gunman opened fire outside a Colorado Springs church. The shooting occurred hours after two people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a training center dormitory in a Denver suburb. Witnesses of t...
1. Shoppers have returned to the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska. It re-opened this morning, three days after a shooting rampage. The Von Maur department store where six employees and two customers were killed remains closed. 2. Former Vice Presid...
1. Surveillance photos were released from the mall in Omaha, Nebraska where a 19-year-old killed 8 people before taking his own life. The pictures show Robert Hawkins with his gun at the ready, walking through a department store. Police say the shoo...
1. Friends of the man who went on a shooting rampage at a Nebraska mall say he battled depression. Meanwhile, Omaha police say Robert Hawkins may have smuggled an assault rifle. They say he has stolen it from his stepfather into the Westroads Mall u...
1. A lawyer for detainees at Guantanamo Bay says the issue of whether they have the legal right to hearings in civilian courts is a fundamental test of the American justice system. At least two justices questioned whether detainees had any right to...
1. President Bush says he wants to keep the pressure on Iran even if a new intelligence says it stopped work on the nuclear bomb years ago, halted because of international pressure. Bush said in a news conference that Iran could still pursue nuclear...
1. Thousands of mourners gathered in Miami to mourn Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor. Taylor died last week after being shot at his home. Four men have been charged in his killing. 2. A British teacher jailed in Sudan after allowing her studen...
1. The fourth man charged for the murder of Sean Taylor faced a judge today. Jason Mitchell told the judge he understood the charges he faces. Mitchell and three others are accused of breaking into Taylor's Florida home, surprising the football star...
1. Police are charging four suspects in the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. Three of the men briefly appeared in court this morning and they are being held without bond. Lawyers for two of the suspects say some have confessed...
