BP releases findings of inquiry into oil rig disaster
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:27:35 EDT
"Multiple companies and work teams" contributed to the explosion aboard a Gulf oil rig that unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP's internal investigation finds.


Clinton condemns Quran-burning plan
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:26:42 EDT
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the planned burning of Qurans on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as criticism mounts from Muslims around the world.


Obama in Ohio to push economy plan
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:58:22 EDT
As President Obama heads to Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday to roll out a set of comprehensive proposals aimed at fixing the ailing U.S. economy, top aides are knocking down suggestions that politics and the midterms are driving this effort.


Officials: Bodies may be Mexican cops
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:12:06 EDT
Officials in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have found two bodies that may be those of two men investigating the massacre of 72 migrants in the state.


Feds: Threat on plane bound for LA
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:57:38 EDT
Authorities have begun an investigation after a threatening message was found scrawled on the lavatory mirror of a Thai Airways plane, the Transportation Security Administration said.


Food illness survivors demand action
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:09:40 EDT
After the recall of more than 500 million eggs from a salmonella outbreak this summer, food safety advocates and survivors of foodborne illness will call for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that has been in limbo since last year.


Vet who threatened Obama due in court
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:14:41 EDT
A former soldier arrested after a hostage incident at a Georgia military base is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.


UN says it knew of mass rapes earlier
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:42 EDT
The United Nations on Tuesday acknowledged that it first learned of a report of rape in rebel-held territory of the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on July 30, nearly two weeks earlier than it had previously said.


Thousands evacuate as Colo. fire grows
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:47:06 EDT
A 7,100-acre wildfire burned out of control west of Boulder, Colorado, Wednesday, threatening hundreds of homes, forcing the evacuation of thousands and pressing additional fire crews into action, authorities said.


Hermine to bring torrential rain
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:01:19 EDT
Tropical Depression Hermine is expected to dump an onslaught of rain in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri over the next few days.