- Congressional leaders optimistic after meeting Obama Reuters - 11 hrs ago
Republican and Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday pledging to find common ground on taxes and spending that would allow them to avert an upcoming "fiscal cliff" that … More »Congressional leaders optimistic after meeting Obama
Republican and Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama on Friday pledging to find common ground on taxes and spending that would allow them to avert an upcoming "fiscal cliff" that could send the economy back into recession. The top lawmakers spoke to reporters as a group for …
- Petraeus: CIA blamed terrorists for Libya attack AP - 11 hrs ago
Testifying out of sight, ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told Congress withheld the suspected role of al-Qaida affiliates to avoid tipping them off. More »Petraeus: CIA blamed terrorists for Libya attack
- Coast Guard searches for 2 after Gulf rig fire AP - 5 hrs ago
The Coast Guard is searching for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. More »Coast Guard searches for 2 after Gulf rig fire
- Police: Man plotted attack during 'Twilight' movie @ Yahoo! Movies - 8 hrs ago
A southwest Missouri man accused of plotting to shoot up a movie theater during the new "Twilight" film was charged Friday after his mother contacted police, telling them she worried her son had purchased weapons similar … More »Police: Man plotted attack during 'Twilight' movie
- Egypt: Train hits school bus; 47 children killed AP - 2 hrs 44 mins ago
A speeding train crashed into a bus carrying children to their kindergarten in southern Egypt on Saturday, killing at least 47, officials said. Distraught families searched for signs of their loved ones along the tracks and angry villagers berated officials in the aftermath of the latest disaster to hit the country's railway …
- Sandy cleanup turns popular New York beach parking lot into dump Reuters - 18 mins ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Last summer it was packed with beachgoers, a parking lot where New Yorkers stashed their cars, applied sunscreen and dragged lawn chairs, coolers and umbrellas across the blacktop toward the shore. Today it's an enormous waste collection site half a mile long and a quarter-mile wide, piled high with …
- Top five oddball petitions on WhiteHouse.gov ABC OTUS News - 56 mins ago
- Turkish cameraman set free by captors in Syria AP - 1 hr 5 mins ago
A Turkish cameraman captured by Syrian forces while covering fighting in the city of Aleppo has been released by his captors and would return to Turkey, a delegation negotiating his freedom told Turkish media on Saturday.
- U.S. seriously concerned about abuses by Nigerian forces Reuters - 4 hrs ago
LAGOS (Reuters) - The United States is seriously concerned about abuses committed by Nigerian security forces that are fuelling support for the Islamist insurgency in the north, the U.S. assistant secretary for democracy and human rights said on Friday. Addressing journalists in the commercial hub of Lagos, Assistant Secretary …
- Women in Petraeus scandal had visited White House AP - 4 hrs ago