1. The longest-serving senator in history has died. Robert Byrd died overnight at the age of 92. He had been in the hospital since late last week. Byrd was first elected to Congress in 1952. His elevation to the Senate came six years later. 2. Confir...
1. The U.S. has been eliminated from the World Cup after losing to Ghana 2-1 in overtime. U.S. came back from a 1-0 deficit with a penalty kick by Landon Donovan but they couldnt come back after Ghana scored three minutes into overtime. 2. Steady rai...
1. World leaders gather in Canada talking about the shape of global economy and international efforts to stop future economic meltdowns. Some of the discussion could focus on an overhaul of the US banking system, Okd by Congress. 2. Officials cleanin...
1. The American who traveled to Pakistan to track down Osama bin Laden is back home in Colorado. Gary Faulkner arrived at the Denver Airport just around midnight. He had been detained in Pakistan after he was found in the northern part of the country...
1. President Barack Obama says General David Petraeus will assume the role of top US commander in Afghanistan. This after General Stanley McChrystal tendered his resignation, following biting comments he made about the president and his aides in a ma...
1. An enormous mistake may cost the top US official in Afghanistan his job. General Stanley McChrystal has been summoned to the White House from Afghanistan to explain some unflattering comments he made about President Barack Obama and his aides in a...
1. Strong winds are expected to continue fanning the flames of two wildfires in Arizona. Hundreds of residents have evacuated, but no buildings have burnt. A California man is accused of starting one fire when he left behind hot coals at a camp site....
1. President Barack Obamas chief of staff says Republicans have given the White House a political gift by criticizing its push for a $20 billion compensation fund from BP. Rahm Emanuel told ABC's This Week that Republicans appear to consider BP the a...
1. The BP executive who angered Gulf residents by saying he wanted his life back is spending the day at a yacht race in England. A BP spokesperson calls it a rare moment of private time for CEO Tony Hayward. 2. A top US envoy is calling for an indepe...
1. There has been more sound and fury than substance in today's congressional hearing into BP. The chairman of the oil giant apologized for the spill in the Gulf, but didnt answer many questions. And instead, he didnt have the answers with him. 2. De...
1. BP CEO Tony Hayward is expected to appear before a House panel today. Hayward plans to tell Congress he's personally devastated by the Gulf oil spill. Hayward says BP has spent nearly 1.5 billion since the rig disaster, and adds BP won't stop unti...
1. President Barack Obama will meet with BP executives today for the first time since the Gulf oil spill started. Last night, the president addressed the nation from the Oval Office, saying BP must set aside whatever money is needed to compensate tho...
1. President Barack Obama toured the white sand beaches of the Florida Panhandle Tuesday, vowing to fight the oil spill with (quote) everything we got. The president spoke in Pensacola to wrap up a two-day visit to the Gulf Coast before returning to...
1. President Barack Obama is promising Gulf Coast residents that the region will be left in better shape than it was before the massive BP oil spill. On a visit to the Alabama Coast, Obama said his administration will do everything it can to make sur...
1. The federal government has given BP until the end of the weekend to find better ways to contain the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists estimate that between about 40 million gallons to 109 million gallons of oil have gushed into the g...
