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Obama urges major new stimulus, jobs spending
AP – 1 hr 16 mins ago
AP WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment. Full Story »
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Gate-crashers to take the Fifth if subpoenaed
AP – 1 hr 16 mins ago
AP WASHINGTON - The White House gate-crashers plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach. Full Story »
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Fierce winter storm hits Midwest with snow, wind
AP – 1 min ago
AP DES MOINES, Iowa - A fierce winter storm hammered more than a dozen states Tuesday with dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds that threatened to create 15-foot drifts in parts of the Upper Midwest. Full Story »
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Sen. Brown wins GOP primary, Coakley tops Dems
AP – 14 mins ago
AP BOSTON - Two veteran state legislators won their party's nominations Tuesday amid light turnout that followed a low-key campaign to fill the high-profile Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy. Full Story »
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Woods' mother-in-law released from Fla. hospital
AP – 7 mins ago
AP OCOEE, Fla. - Tiger Woods' mother-in-law collapsed at his home and was rushed to a hospital early Tuesday, touching off the second media frenzy in two weeks surrounding the pro golfer's carefully guarded private life. Full Story »
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Police: Man dresses up as mom to withdraw cash
AP – 1 hr 50 mins agoFRANKLIN, N.J. - Police said a Franklin man dressed up as his mother in an attempt to withdraw money from her bank account. Tita Nyambi, 25, was still at the Chase Bank in Franklin, in Somerset County, when police arrived Monday afternoon. Tellers called to report that a man wearing women's clothes and speaking in a high pitched voice was trying to withdraw money through the bank's drive-through window. Full Story »
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Granderson headed to Yanks as part of 3-team deal
AP – 1 hr 50 mins ago
AP INDIANAPOLIS - Instead of spending at these winter meetings, the New York Yankees are in a dealing mode. The World Series champions pulled off the first big trade of this year's session, reaching a tentative agreement Tuesday on a three-team, seven-player swap that would bring them All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson from Detroit. Full Story »
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Democrats reach deal on health bill
Reuters – 30 mins ago
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic healthcare negotiators said they agreed on Tuesday to replace a government-run insurance option with a scaled-back non-profit plan and would seek cost estimates on the deal. Full Story »
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Obama pushes plans for more job creation
Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 4:31 pm ET
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered modest steps to spur jobs and defended his push to get the U.S. economy growing, amid deep public dismay over double-digit unemployment that has eroded his popularity. Full Story »
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U.S. commander, envoy unite behind Afghan strategy
Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 3:16 pm ET
AP WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. commander in Afghanistan and the top diplomat closed ranks on Tuesday around President Barack Obama's orders to send in 30,000 more troops, saying the strategy would halt Taliban momentum within a year. Full Story »
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Coakley wins primary for Kennedy's Senate seat
Reuters – 17 mins agoBOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on Tuesday won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death Senator Edward Kennedy, who died in August of brain cancer. Full Story »
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Car bombs rock Iraqi capital, 112 killed
Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 7:29 pm ET
Reuters BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs killed at least 112 people in the heart of the Iraqi capital Tuesday, striking government buildings despite a security crackdown after a series of high-profile attacks. Full Story »
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Bin Laden death tied to al Qaeda defeat: McChrystal
Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:17 pm ET
Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden is an iconic figure among extremists who must be captured or killed in order to defeat al Qaeda, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Tuesday. Full Story »
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Grand jury in New York hearing September 11 case: report
Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 7:56 pm ETNEW YORK (Reuters) - A grand jury in New York is hearing evidence against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and four accused accomplices, NBC News reported Tuesday. Full Story »
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China demands more from rich to unlock climate talks
Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 3:15 pm ET
Reuters COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - China led calls by developing nations for deeper emissions cuts from the United States, Japan and Europe at U.N. climate talks on Tuesday, as a study showed that this decade will be the warmest on record. Full Story »
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Developing nations furious over Danish climate text
AFP – 32 mins ago
AFP COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A leaked Danish proposal triggered outrage at Copenhagen climate talks, with developing nations condemning a draft deal that they argued would consign most of the world's poor to permanent penury. Full Story »
