1. A top BP executive says crews trying to plug a massive Gulf oil leak are pumping mud into a blown-out well as effectively as they've hoped. BP says it will know within the next 24 hours whether the procedure known as top kill has been successful....
1. BP's Top Kill operation is underway. The company says it's trying to seal the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico by pumping heavy mud into it. Company officials say it could be a couple of days before they know whether it's working. 2. After...
1. In Mississippi, they are cleaning up after a tornado that killed ten people. Now, emergency officials are surveying the damage with the area likely eligible for federal aid. Severe weather also rolled through other parts of the Southeast, causing...
1. A proposal to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy on gays in the military is set to be introduced in Congress today. Gay rights groups are urging quick congressional approval. A vote could come as early as Thursday. 2. The prosecuti...
1. The US and South Korea are fending military exercises on the South green of Korea of peninsula, a response of North Korea toss fatal of attack on South Korea in warship. The catgang says the idea is to defeat the submarine, says the monitor listen...
1. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says North Korea's sinking of a South Korean warship has created a highly precarious security situation in the region. She says the Obama administration is working hard to prevent an escalation of tension that co...
The amount of oil siphoned by a-mile-long tube been inserted into a leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico ,has sharply dropped off in the past day.A BP spokesman says the siphon collected more than 57,000 gallons of oil during the past 24 hours ,BP says...
1. President Barack Obama says financial industry lobbyists have failed in their attempt to block a major Wall Street reform bill from coming to a vote. Obama heralded a breakthrough for his domestic agenda as the Senate cleared the way for final pas...
1. Iran's state-run Press TV says three Americans jailed in Iran are now meeting with their mothers. The trios mothers arrived in Tehran yesterday to visit their children and try to secure their release. The three were arrested along the Iraqi border...
1. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter will not be elected to a sixth term. Specter lost his primary battle to congressman Joe Sestak, who will now face Republican Pat Toomey in the fall. In Kentucky, Rand Paul won the Republican primary, calling its...
1. The suspect in the botched Times Square bombing makes his first appearance in court. Faisal Shahzad is facing five felony charges related to the May 1st botched bombing. 2. The secretary of the Interior says the federal government shares the blame...
1. It is primary day around the nation, and it could end being a tough day for incumbents a year after switching parties. Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is in a tough primary fight as a Senator Blanche Lincoln whose battle against Lieutenant Gove...
1. BP says it hopes to siphon as much as half of the oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, and it's getting ready to shoot mud into a blown-out well later this week to try and stop it all. Meanwhile, the Obama administration is defending the governmen...
1. BP says it expects to siphon oil from a gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico later tonight. The company says it has had some trouble inserting a tube into the broken well, but it now says it expects to reinsert the siphon Saturday. 2. The government...
1. There could be some unexpectedly good news for drivers this summer. Experts predict gas prices will actually fall as Memorial Day approaches, instead of the usual steady climb. Drivers can thank rising supplies and concerns about the global econom...
