1. Isaac nears the Louisiana coast as a Category 1 hurricane with top winds of 75 miles per hour. Landfall along the swampy coast is expected late Tuesday or early Wednesday. 2. Along the Gulf Coast, businesses are boarded up ahead of Isaac, but no w...
1. Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus is insisting that the GOP can have a great week despite tropic storm Isaac bearing down on the Golf Coast. The Republican national convention is getting under way in Tampa but most of day's activities have...
1. The Gulf Coast is getting ready for Wednesday's possible arrival of Isaac. Isaac is expected to grow to a Category 2 hurricane. The governors of Mississippi and Louisiana have declared states of emergency. 2. Republican National Committee official...
Forecasters say hurricane conditions could reach as far as New Orleans in the coming days. That as wind and rain from tropical storm Isaac reaches south Florida. The storm killed at least seven people in Haiti. Republican party officials are scrambli...
1. Tropical Storm Isaac is drenching Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands as it churns 10-foot waves in the region. Forecasters say the storm will likely become a hurricane tomorrow as it nears Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 2. GOP officials sa...
1. The Republican ticket is looking to attack President Barack Obama's stand on Medicare. Meantime, Obama told supporters in Nevada that his opponent's spending cuts would cripple schools, while his tax cuts would shower more breaks on millionaires....
1. Representative Todd Akin says he is staying in the race for Missouri Senate despite comments that women's body can prevent pregnancies in cases of so-called legitimate rape. He is facing growing calls to leave the race. 2. Authorities say two coll...
1. The jury in one of the biggest technology disputes in history is expected to hear closing arguments Tuesday from lawyers for Apple and Samsung. Apple accused Samsung of copying iPhone and iPad technology. Samsung lawyers countered that others had...
1. President Barack Obama says US thinking on military involvement in Syria would change if chemical or biological weapons came into play in the civil war there. The US has been reluctant to intervene militarily so far. 2. Missouri Representative Tod...
1. Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, a conservative Republican candidate for the Senate, is feeling the backlash of a comment that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in a legitimate rape. The Romney campaign is distancing itself from the remark. 2....
1. The White House isn't commenting on Sunday's appeal from Julian Assange that the US end what he calls a witch hunt against his website WikiLeaks. Assange has been holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London for two months to avoid being extradited to...
1. The White House says it's too early to determine the cause of a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. NATO says seven American troops and four Afghans died. The Taliban says insurgents shot down the Black Hawk. 2. Speaking in Ohio, Paul Ryan s...
1. Police in Washington say a security guard for a conservative Christian lobbying group has been shot. The guard and others wrestled the man to the ground and he was taken into FBI custody. 2. Starting today, illegal immigrants who came to the Unite...
1. US defense officials accuse Iran of building and training a militia to help Syrian president Bashar Assad regime battle the rebel fighters trying to topple him. Defense Secretary Leon Pentagon says the Iranian efforts will only add to the killing....
1. A battle for energy in the pursuit of the White House. In Iowa, President Obama blasts Mitt Romney for opposing tax supports for wind power. In Ohio, Romney came out in support of coal as a home-grown energy source. 2. An attorney for the family o...
