Obama backs political solution to Libya conflict
2011-07-14 10:34:34
President Barack Obama told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Wednesday he supports Moscow's mediation efforts on the Libyan conflict.
Mexico halts search for 7 missing US tourists
2011-07-14 09:53:34
The Mexican navy on Wednesday suspended its search for seven US men missing since a charter fishing boat capsized and sank in Mexico's Sea of Cortez on July 3.
Most baby boomers find perks with age
2011-07-14 08:09:00
Baby boomers say wrinkles aren't so bad and they're not that worried about dying. Just don't call them "old".
US mom in son's death wasn't mentally ill
2011-07-13 14:29:51
Lawyers for a multimillionaire charged with murdering her 8-year-old autistic son in a New York City hotel say she wasn't mentally ill.
Betty Ford remembered at bipartisan memorial
2011-07-13 14:16:53
First ladies, past and present, and others who called the White House home remembered Betty Ford on Tuesday, not just for her decades-long work against substance abuse but for her contributions to a political era when friendship among lawmakers helped them govern.
FARC still threatens Colombia: US ambassador
2011-07-13 13:31:12
Recent attacks of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) indicate the rebel group is still a threat, US ambassador in Bogota Michael Mckinley said Tuesday.
US sisters sue over mom's burial in wrong plot
2011-07-13 13:28:34
Two New York City sisters have filed a lawsuit claiming their mother was buried in a different grave from the plot they had been visiting for 20 years.
US panel says changes needed at US nuclear plants
2011-07-13 10:19:21
Calling the Japan nuclear disaster "unacceptable," an expert task force convened by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is saying that plants in the U.S. need better protections for rare, catastrophic events.
Facebook allows police searches
2011-07-13 10:07:54
US law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users' accounts without their knowledge.
Obama asked to probe Bush
2011-07-13 09:23:03
A human rights group asked US President Barack Obama to order a criminal investigation into allegations of detainee abuse authorized by former President George W. Bush.
US airports have security holes
2011-07-13 08:58:12
It has been almost 10 years since the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, and US airports still are not as secure as they need to be.
Schwarzenegger back in Hollywood saddle
2011-07-13 07:39:58
Two months after putting his Hollywood return on hold following a damaging sex scandal, Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to get back into the saddle.