1. President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to swiftly confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. In his weekly radio address he says he's certain she's the right choice. He scolded critics who he said were trying to distort her record. 2....
1.US officials say there are new signs North Korea may be planning even more missile launches. Today it fired its sixth short-range missile since Monday and officials say there are signs of more activity. 2.Members of the United Auto Workers union h...
1. Prosecutors say more charges are possibly against Bonnie Sweeten, a Pennsylvania woman who reported being abducted with her daughter and was later found in Orlando, Florida. Sweeten is already expected to face charges of filing false reports and...
1.The White House says North Koreas threats against South Korea will only add to Pyongyang's isolation. North Korea is threatening military action against the US and South Korea. The threat comes days after the North conducted an underground nuclear...
1. The California Supreme Court has upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. But the court decided that the thousands of gay couples who tied the knot before the law took effect can stay wed. 2. Senate Democrats are promising they'll do the...
1. North Korea's underground nuclear test is drawing condemnation from Washington to Beijing. The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss what President Barack Obama calls a blatant violation of international law and a grave threat to world peace....
1. Space Shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts are back on Earth. Atlantis landed Sunday morning in California, ending its successful 13-day mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope. Thunderstorms prevented the shuttle from returning to its Flo...
Another day in orbit for space shuttle Atalntis.Today's landing in Florida screwed up because of weather.The forecast looks better tomorrow.NASA hopes it can land the shuttle there rather than a back-up site in Califonia. Tha nation settles into a l...
1.Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she's got nothing more to add about her allegations that the CIA lied in 2002 about waterboarding terrorist suspects. Initial comment caused quite a stir among Republicans whove been demanding an investigatio...
1.President Barack Obama says some of those suspected of terrorism held at Guantanamo will end up in prisons in the United States. There is fierce opposition in Congress, but Obama says US prisons are tough enough to house dangerous inmates. 2.Suspe...
1.Former NFL star quarterback Michael Vick left a Kansas prison early Wednesday to begin home confinement in Virginia. Vick spent 19 months behind bars for financing a dogfighting ring. His agent says resuming a football career will not be his immed...
1. President Barack Obama has been outlined the nations first comprehensive effort to curb vehicle emissions while also cutting dependence on imported oils. Hes calling the plan a historic turning point toward a clean-energy economy. 2. Authorities...
1.Israel's prime minister says he's ready to restart negotiations with Palestinians immediately. Benjamin Netanyahu made the comments after a two-hour meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama. But Natanyahu says any agreement is contin...
1. President Barack Obama is wading in the abortion debate. He delivered the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame. Meanwhile, outside the school's front gate, more than 300 abortion opponents protested it and at least 27 were arreste...
1. The Hubble Space Telescope has a new high-tech gadget, helping it uncover the secrets of the universe. Spacewalking astronauts installed an 88-million-dollar spectrograph designed to detect faint light from faraway quasar. 2. President Barack Oba...
