[1] Four suicide attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar have killed at least 30 people and hurt dozens more. A main target was a prison, but no prisoner escaped. [2] The Obama administration has unveiled its plan to radically change his No C...
1. President Barack Obama is promising Haiti the US will stand with that country in the long road to recovery from January's earthquake. Obama stood alongside Haiti's visiting president in the Rose Garden. He says the challenge now is to prevent a se...
1. President Barack Obama is making a new pitch for revised health care reform. He traveled to Philadelphia today to drum up support for the plan. There Obama accused insurance companies of placing profits over people. 2. A father and son were wounde...
[1] Iraq War thriller, The Hurt Locker, is the big winner at the Academy Awards. The film won the Best Picture Oscar and Kathryn Bigelow won for Best Director. Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for her role in the hit, The Blind Side. Jeff Bridges won...
1. President Barack Obama is congratulating the Iraqi people on their election turnout. Millions went to the polls Sunday despite several deadly attacks by insurgents. The results of that vote expected in the coming days. 2. Just hours after he was f...
[1] Iraqis are looking forward to Sunday's elections, but some fear possible chaos. The vote is Iraq's second nationwide election and comes at a vastly different time than the first in 2005. US troops have all but vanished from streets, but attacks c...
1. The gunman who wounded two police officers at the subway entrance to the Pentagon has died. Officers say as the suspect approached police, he pulled a weapon from his pocket and started firing. He's been identified as John Patrick Bedell. The offi...
[1] President Barack Obama will describe his final health care plan at the White House today. The unveiling comes one day after Obama said he was open to melding four Republican ideas into his proposal. However, GOP resistance to the health care plan...
1. The mayor of the largest Chilean city near the epicenter of Saturday's quake says food aid is arriving in Concepcion. But the power is still out and water is scarce. Troops are patrolling the city, trying to prevent further looting. 2. President B...
1. The outgoing president of Chile is asking for foreign help in dealing with what she calls a catastrophe of such unthinkable magnitude. The 8.8-magnitude quake struck early Saturday. The death toll has now topped 700. Half a million homes were eith...
[1] Chile's president says the death toll from Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake has topped 700. Deaths are expected to be highest in Concepcion, a city of more than 200,000 near the epicenter. [2] President Barack Obama's doctor says the commander-in-c...
1. (The) death toll is rising in Chile where a massive earthquake struck early Saturday. The 8.8 quake destroyed homes and bridges. The country has declared a state of catastrophe. It tried to figure exactly how much damage has been done. 2. Hawaii a...
[1] The worst may be over in the Northeast as a strong winter storm is tapering off. Already, more than 21 inches of snow has fallen in New York. Crews at airports from Philadelphia North are now trying to clear the runways. [2] The shows are going o...
1. President Barack Obama is holding a bipartisan summit on health care in Washington today. The president will meet with 22 high-ranking lawmakers. The schedule includes remarks from both sides with Obama serving as moderator. 2. The Northeast is de...
[1] The head of Toyota is apologizing to the American people for safety lapses that led to a number of deaths and widespread recalls. Akio Toyota appeared Wednesday before Congress where he also disputed claims that electronics were to blame for the...
