1. The White House says President Barack Obama is working closely with Congress to find ways to block the bonuses at AIG or recoup that money. Millions have gone to AIG executives despite the fact the insurance giant received billions in federal bai...
1. President Bush says its obvious the economy is going through a tough time. He wants the country to be optimistic about the future with unemployment low, productivity high. On Wall Street, stocks tumbled, the Dow giving up about 195 points. 2. By...
1. A tanker carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline crashed on a northern California highway, catching on fire and causing a section of the highway to collapse. Authorities say the collapse could cause the largest disruption for commuters in the S...
1. One of the holiest Shiite shrines in all of Iraq has been hit by a car bombing. More than 50 people were killed in an explosion in Karbala. Another 70 were wounded. 2. A suicide bomber has killed 22 people at a public meeting in northwestern Paki...
1. Saudi officials say they've broken up a terror plot on the verge of being carried out. One hundred seventy two Islamic militants have been arrested. Police also confiscated weapons and cash. 2. A new book by former CIA Director George Tenet says...
1. An apartment building collapses in Istanbul with rescuers pulling two people out of the rubble alive. The mayor blames the collapse on a damaged foundation caused by a contractor tearing down the building next door. 2. A historic veto showdown is...
1. Police are providing new details into the Virginia Tech massacre. Today they revealed that the gunman fired more than 170 rounds in nine minutes and shot himself in a classroom surrounded by victims. 2. Some residents of Spencer, Massachusetts ha...
1. An insurgent group that includes al-Qaeda in Iraq is claiming responsibility for a suicide truck bombing that killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20. It happened at a patrol base northeast of Baghdad. This is one of the deadliest attacks on Ame...
1. Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76. He is credited with engineering the collapse of the Soviet Union and introducing a market economy to the former communist state. 2. Thousands of Virginia Tech students paid solemn...
1. Churches around Virginia Tech were packed Sunday as students and residents turned to the pulpit for guidance and reassurance. Classes are set to resume at the university Monday, a full week after 32 people were killed by a gunman. 2. An air show...
