1.The White House is insisting it's not changing its stands on health care reform. It says reports suggesting the administration is ready to abandon the public option in favor of health care cooperatives are overblown. 2.Michael Jackson will finally...
1. Hurricane Bill is gaining strength in the Atlantic. It is now a Category 2 storm. It's expected to become a major hurricane packing winds over 110 miles per hour over the next couple of days. The hurricane will likely steer clear of Florida which...
1.Tropical Storm Claudette made landfall on the Florida Panhandle packing fifteen-mile-per-hour winds. It is now a tropical depression. Meanwhile Bill has become the Atlantic season's first hurricane. 2.Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is hospitalized af...
1. Police in Baltimore say Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was not to blame for a fender-bender he had Thursday night. Phelps will be cited for driving without a license and failure to establish residency in Maryland. Phelps lived in Michigan f...
1. A wildfire continues to rage in Northern California and so far firefighters have not been able to contain it. The fire on the Santa Cruz Mountains has forced more than 2,400 people from their homes. Officials say the fire has now grown to more th...
1.Firefighters in Northern California continue to battle a wildfire that has forced thousands of residents to evacuate their homes. Early the Thursday authorities issued a mandatory evacuation for the entire population of Bonny Doon, a small communi...
1.U.S. Marines are staging a major assault on a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan. US, NATO and Afghan troops are working to protect voting sites around this country ahead of next week's presidential election. Taliban militants have vowed to...
1.Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy has died. Shriver was best-known for founding the Special Olympics. She was 88. 2.One person is dead and dozens others are injured as two powerful earthquakes hit Asia. A 7.6-magnitud...
1. President Barack Obama predicts Congress will pass his sweeping health care overhaul this fall. Some opponents say an overhaul will result in a government-run system where people are denied care. Obama spoke at a news conference following his sum...
1. The National Transportation Safety Board says three of nine presumed victims of a helicopter-plane collision over the Hudson River have been recovered. A small plane collided with a New York City sightseeing helicopter carrying Italian tourists a...
