1. New York City police are searching for a bicyclist caught on tape pedaling away from a landmark military recruiting station moments before a small bomb went off, damaging the office in the heart of...

1.President Barack Obama says he's committed to the survival of the US auto industry, but that the administration "cannot continue to excuse poor decisions." Obama has rejected the restructu...

1. The mayor of Fargo, North Dakota says a levee breach that allowed the Red River to flood an elementary school early Sunday is a "wake-up call". He said that shows a threat that the city f...

1. The forecast from Fargo may have good news. The Red River may be reaching its crest, lower than previously thought, just under 41 feet and dropping. But the mayor is warning conditions could still ...

1.President Barack Obama is ordering 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan to train its military and police forces. He says the mountainous region between Afghanistan and Pakistan is the most dangerous pla...

1. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the nation's financial system has grown too unstable and fragile. He told a congressional panel stronger regulations are needed for major players like hedge...

1.President Barack Obama says his administration's efforts to fix the economy are moving in the right directions. Speaking at his second prime-time news conference, the President urged Americans to be...

1. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants Congress to give him new powers to regulate huge companies like AIG. During a hearing in Congress, Geithner said the government must ensure the country nev...

1.The Obama administration is asking private investors to help buy up to a trillion dollars of bad assets from the nation's banks. President Obama calls it "one more critical element" in his...

1. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ordering flags at the state capitol flown at half-staff after the shooting deaths of three police officers. The shootings began after a routine traffic ...

1. Iran's supreme leader is dismissing overtures from President Barack Obama. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says even though Obama congratulated Iranians on the Persian new year, US policy toward Iran hasn't...

1.The latest congressional estimates say President Barack Obama's budget will likely generate deficits averaging almost one trillion a year over the next decade. That's a lot worse than the White Hous...

1. At least nine deaths are being blamed on a storm that's drenching the nation’s midsection. Hundreds are fleeing their homes and roads are flooded after as much as ten inches of rain fell in s...

1.The Federal Reserve says it’s opening a new front in its battle to lift the country out of recession. It announced today that it will buy up to 300 billion dollars in long term Treasury securi...

1. The White House says President Barack Obama is working closely with Congress to find ways to block the bonuses at AIG or recoup that money. Millions have gone to AIG executives despite the fact the...

1.President Barack Obama and his economic team are taking a cheerier tone on the economy while making about ten billion dollars in federal loans available to struggling small businesses. The White Hou...

1. The president's chief economic adviser calls the tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses paid out by AIG "outrageous". Larry Summers says these kinds of bonus payments should be a matt...

1. President Barack Obama says investors should have absolute confidence in the US economy, making the comment in the Oval Office, responding the concerns of the Chinese premier on the safety of China...

1. A change at the top in New York. Lieutenant Governor David Paterson is taking over for disgraced Governor Eliot Spitzer. In a press conference, Paterson said if legislators can pass the budget on t...

.New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is giving late-night comedians plenty of material, but in political circles no one is laughing. The State Assembly leader says if Spitzer doesn't resign over a call-gi...