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Super PAC plans to attack Obama’s ties to Rev. Jeremiah Wright
 A document by a conservative super PAC refers to the president as "metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln."
05/17/2012 - 09:25 AM
Judge postpones evidence in Mladic trial
 The presiding judge in the U.N. trial of Gen. Ratko Mladic has delayed indefinitely the presentation of evidence that had been scheduled to start later this month due to "errors" by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defense lawyers.
05/17/2012 - 06:14 AM
JPMorgan's trading loss is said to rise at least 50%
 The trading losses suffered by JPMorgan Chase have surged in recent days, surpassing the bank's initial $2 billion estimate by at least $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the losses.
05/17/2012 - 09:05 AM
As Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks'
 Don't try to friend MaLi Arwood on Facebook. You won't find her there.
05/17/2012 - 07:22 AM
Look out Obama: Romney raises over $40 million in April
 Romney nearly matched the $44 million that President Obama raised during the same period.
05/17/2012 - 06:48 AM
'Chilling impact': Judge rules terror law violates 1st amendment
A judge on Wednesday struck down a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists, saying it left journalists, scholars and political activists facing the prospect of indefinite detention for exercising First Amendment rights.
05/17/2012 - 08:30 AM
The Kennedy curse lives on
 The Death of RFK Jr.'s wife is the Latest Tragedy for the Kennedy Family.
05/16/2012 - 05:01 PM
Census: Minorities surpass whites in U.S.births
 For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.
05/17/2012 - 03:18 AM
'Ex-Patriot Act' responds to Facebook's Saverin's tax 'scheme'
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come to back to the U.S. again.
05/17/2012 - 07:02 AM
Report: Fewer US homes foreclosed upon in April
 National foreclosure trends took a positive turn in April, as the number of homes seized by banks declined and fewer properties entered into the foreclosure process.
05/17/2012 - 02:56 AM
Plans to strike Iran "ready," says U.S. Israel envoy
 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is "fully available", the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms. Like Israel, the United States has said it considers military force a last resort to prevent Iran using its uranium enrichment to make a bomb. Iran insists its nuclear program is for purely civilian purposes. ...
05/17/2012 - 06:51 AM
Manhunt for groom charged in Ill. bride's slaying
 Police and FBI officials were poring over more than 100 tips as they hunted for a man accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub, still clad in her silver-sequined wedding dress.
05/17/2012 - 08:10 AM
Honda recalls nearly 53,000 Acura TL sedans in US
Honda says it's recalling nearly 53,000 Acura TL sedans in the U.S. to fix a problem with power steering hoses.
05/17/2012 - 07:35 AM
Closing arguments to begin in John Edwards case
 With only two hours each to make their closing arguments, prosecutors and defense lawyers neared the end of a month-long trial into whether former presidential hopeful John Edwards violated campaign finance laws.
05/17/2012 - 04:01 AM
GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents
 For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010. They have a shot at taking control from Democrats as long as insurgent conservatives don't frighten independent voters like they did two years ago.
05/17/2012 - 03:32 AM
Caretaker Greek Cabinet, legislators sworn in
 Greece's caretaker Cabinet was sworn in and will lead the country into next month's election, after a deadlocked vote sparked more political turmoil and brought the country's use of the euro currency into question.
05/17/2012 - 09:04 AM
Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
 Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year.
05/17/2012 - 08:15 AM
Biden lays into Romney, GOP: 'They don't get who we are!'
 At a campaign stop in Youngstown, Ohio, Vice President Joe Biden lit into Republicans and their presumed  presidential nominee for what he described as a failure to understand the plight of the middle class.
05/16/2012 - 05:47 PM
U.S. Navy ships collide off California, no injuries reported
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy ships collided off the coast of California on Wednesday due to a steering malfunction during a refueling operation, damaging both vessels but causing no injuries, the Navy said in a statement. The Navy identified the ships involved as the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship, and the USNS Yukon, a Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler based in San Diego. "While both ships reported some damage, no one was injured, there was no fuel spilled and the ships' fuel tanks and systems were not compromised," the Navy statement said. ...
05/16/2012 - 06:02 PM
Chuck Brown, pioneer of 'go-go' funk music, dies
 Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75.
05/17/2012 - 05:22 AM
No tears as woman sees bacteria-ravaged hands
 A Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection has been looking at her ravaged hands and asking about the damage, all without tears, her father said.
05/16/2012 - 06:54 PM
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