Obama to call for 'pay-as-you-go' system — where Congress can pay for certain spending increases or tax cuts by coming up with savings somewhere else • URGENT: Sotomayor Hearings to Begin July 13 • Do Over! Bank Stress Tests May Have to Be Re-Done • Will Summer Sun Set on Obama Jobs Plan? more
Tue Jun 09 06:57pm CEST
An explosion at a North Carolina food plant led to a roof collapse at the facility, and some employees are trapped inside, fire officials said. more
Tue Jun 09 06:49pm CEST
Tue Jun 09 06:57pm CEST
A Guantanamo Bay detainee indicted in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa arrived in New York on Tuesday to face criminal charges. more
Tue Jun 09 03:38pm CEST
Air France has agreed to replace within days sensors on all of its Airbus A330 and A340 airplanes, parts that are suspected of being involved in last week's crash, a pilots' union said Tuesday. more
Tue Jun 09 03:38pm CEST
A $15.5 million payout made by oil giant Shell to settle a lawsuit brought against it by the relations of executed Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and other activists will allow the families of the victims to move on with their lives, Saro-Wiwa's son tells CNN. more
Tue Jun 09 03:07pm CEST
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom are blazing a new trail in political discourse from opposite sides of the country in social media. more
Sat Jun 06 11:02pm CEST
Sen. Arlen Specter's speech capped two days of speechmaking and socializing in which the atmosphere of party unity that state leaders sought was clouded only by a small union rally and low-key campaigning by prospective Specter challengers in the 2010 primary. more
Sat Jun 06 06:03pm CEST
Some fear the arrest of retired State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife could erode congressional support for easing tensions with the communist nation. more
Sat Jun 06 08:57pm CEST