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New Afghan offensive
U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan. (Feb. 9)
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Toyota recall list
Toyota's decision to recall nearly 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars adds to an already long list of recalled vehicles. Here's a breakdown of which models are effected. (Feb. 9)
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White House mocks Palin
In a bow to vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs went to his hand during a briefing Tuesday to remember points he wanted to make to reporters. (Feb. 9)
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DC braces for next storm
Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty says emergency workers are preparing for their eighth straight 12-hour shift as the city continues cleaning up last weekends blizzard and prepares for another storm to drop 10 to 20 more inches of snow. (Feb 9)
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Saints welcomed back home
Swarms of fans in black and gold greeted the players as they stepped off a chartered plane at the suburban New Orleans airport, cheering them with "Who Dat!" chants. (Feb. 9)
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Elizabeth Smart Plea
Prosecutors have dropped state charges against a key figure in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart in 2002, in exchange for the woman's guilty plea in a related case. (Feb. 8)
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Toyota Prius
Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid cars worldwide to fix brake problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world's largest automaker. (Feb. 9)
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Colorado Stranded Man
It was a harrowing weekend for one indiana man who was driving through the Rockies when the Colorado snow stopped him in his tracks. (Feb. 9)
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John Murtha dies at 77
A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77. (Feb. 8)
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New lawyer for missionaries
The new attorney for 10 Americans charged with child kidnapping says the group had authorization to take the children. He said the group had papers allowing the children to be taken across the border. (Feb. 8)
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Giant Boeing takes first flight
The biggest jumbojet Boeing has ever made lifted off Monday on its first test flight at Paine Field at Everett, Washington. The 747-8 is 250 feet long, 18 feet longer than current jumbo 747s. (Feb. 7)
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Cleanup before next storm
The Washington, D.C. area is spending the day trying to dig out from a storm that left feet of snow on the ground. But the forecast says another storm looms with the possibility of 10 inches or more. (Feb. 8)
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Prius Recall
Toyota said Sunday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has decided to issue a recall for the vehicle in Japan, a possible new embarrassment for the world's biggest automaker. (Feb. 7)
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Prayers for Haiti missionaries
A church in Idaho continues to pray for some of its members who are jailed in Haiti, accused of child kidnapping. The group was allegedly caught trying to take 33 Haitian children across the border into the Dominican Republic. (Feb. 8)
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Minuteworld
Here's the latest news for Sunday, Feb. 7: For Mid-Atlantic, digging out remains a challenge; Officials: Some die in Conn. power plant explosion; Toyota to announce Prius plans "soon"; US-born pandas reach new home in China.
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Northeast begins snow recovery
Transit systems in the Mid-Atlantic region are starting to come back to life after a blizzard over the weekend, but service is limited, and some travelers are frustrated with the clean-up. (Feb. 8)
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Saints fans react
Saints fans hugged, kissed, and spilled onto the streets Sunday as a citywide party erupted after their once woebegone NFL franchise defeated the Indiapolis Colts in the Super Bowl. (Feb. 8)
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Storm Cleanup
The U.S. capital and other cities in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. awoke Sunday to below-freezing temperatures and piles of wet, heavy snow while power crews tried to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes. (Feb. 7)
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Fatal power plant explosion
A fire official says about 50 construction workers were at an under-construction natural gas power plant in Middletown, Connecticut when an explosion happened. An unknown number of deaths and injuries are reported. (Feb. 7)
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Palin attacks Obama
Sarah Palin is predicting a good year for conservative candidates for public office, citing the recent Massachusetts election. Palin also criticized the president on national security. (Feb. 6)
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Missionary home from NKorea
Robert Park, an American missionary who was detained in North Korea for 43 days, has returned to the U.S.. Park entered North Korea carrying letters calling on leader Kim Jong Il to step down from power. (Feb. 6)
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Fun in the snow
Despite the onslaught of snow, hundreds of Washington, D.C. residents ventured outside for a chance to play. Snowballs were flying in normally bustling DuPont Circle, a major Washington thoroughfare.
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Deer pays hotel visit
An unexpected guest tried to check in at a Florida hotel and the whole thing was caught on surveillance tape. (Feb. 5)
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Historic DC snowstorm
AP photographer Bill Gorman rode along with Washington, D.C. plow driver Osborne Lake as a massive winter storm paralyzed the city. (Feb. 6)
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Snowstorm claims church
A Washington D.C. fire official says a small church has collapsed in northeast Washington. (Feb. 6)
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Fla Shark Attack
A lifeguard who rescued the victim of a shark attack off Florida's Atlantic coast Wednesday says the water was crimson and sharks were circling the grievously hurt kiteboarder. (Feb. 4)
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DC snow dump
Shoppers jammed aisles and emptied stores of milk, bread and shovels Friday as a massive snowstorm blew into the Mid-Atlantic. Forecasters said the nation's capital could get a record 30 inches or more. (Feb. 5)
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East prepares for major storm
A powerful winter storm is bearing down on the Mid-Atlantic on Friday with as much as 2 feet of snow in store for the nation's capital, where the federal government prepared to shut early. (Feb. 5)
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Fatal school shooting
A ninth-grader shot by another student during a class change at a north Alabama middle school Friday has died at a hospital. The suspected shooter has been charged with murder. (Feb. 5)
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Brown Swearing In
Republican Scott Brown took over the seat of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Thursday, vowing to be an independent voice in a bitterly divided Senate. (Feb. 4)
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Snow emergency in DC
Although not a flake had yet fallen, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty declared a snow emergency at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Schools in the city and surrounding suburbs announced they were closing early, and airlines cancelled flights. (Feb. 5)
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Major storm for east
A winter storm warning is in effect for the nation's capital and surrounding areas. By Sunday morning, residents may be digging their way out of 2 feet of snow. (Feb. 4)
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Obama: Prayer and civility needed
President Barack Obama, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, says the country needs to regain a sense of civility and that prayer can touch our hearts with humility. (Feb. 4)
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Bank faces charges
The New York Attorney General's office said Thursday it filed civil charges against Bank of America and its former CEO Ken Lewis, saying the bank misled investors about Merrill Lynch before it acquired the Wall Street bank in early 2009. (Feb. 4)
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Idaho Pastor defends arrested missionaries
A pastor who says he gave 10 U.S. Baptist missionaries permission to move a busload of Haitian children to the Dominican Republic says they didn't complete the required paperwork, but had approval from parents of children who were not orphaned. (Feb. 3)
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Farm Store Shooting
A man opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon inside an Illinois farm supply store, sending customers scrambling. Eventually, the suspect turned the gun on himself. (Feb. 4)
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Toyota Prius Brakes
Toyota admitted design problems with the brakes in its prized Prius, adding to the catalog of woes for the world's No. 1 automaker still reeling from a massive U.S. recall involving faulty gas pedals. (Feb. 4)
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Sweat Lodge Arrest
Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray was arrested Wednesday afternoon on three counts of manslaughter for deaths that happened after a sweat lodge ceremony he led in Arizona last year. (Feb. 3)
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LaHood: Park your Toyota
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is telling owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving the vehicles and get them fixed. (Feb. 3)
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Obama: Democrat pep talk
President Barack Obama implored Senate Democrats on Wednesday to stay aggressive in pushing their agenda despite the loss of one vital seat, saying: "We still have to lead." (Feb. 3)
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4th grade fighting ring?
A New York City public school teacher is facing child endangerment charges after allegedly turning his fourth-grade classroom into a fighting ring. (Feb. 2)
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Report: Christmas bomber cooperating
The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day has been cooperating with investigators since last week. (Feb. 3)
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Texas closet case
A Brownsville, Texas, couple has been jailed for allegedly keeping the woman's 12-year-old daughter in an unlit closet in their home for about a year. (Feb. 2)
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Pilots blamed for Buffalo crash
The head of a federal safety panel said Tuesday the pilots of a regional airliner that crashed near Buffalo, N.Y., nearly a year ago made critical errors showing "complacency and confusion that resulted in catastrophe." (Feb. 2)
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Americans questioned by Haiti judge
A group of U.S. Baptist missionaries arrested trying to leave Haiti with a busload of children were being questioned by a judge. Legal experts say taking children across a border without documents can be considered child trafficking. (Feb. 2)
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Military gay ban may be lifted
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped his chief legal adviser and a four-star Army general to lead a landmark study on how the U.S. military would lift its ban on openly gay service members. (Feb. 2)
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U.S. terrorist suspects testify
Five American terrorism suspects alleged Tuesday that they were subjected to electric shocks and other torture by the FBI and Pakistani police. (Feb. 2)
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Girl attacks shark
A teenage New Zealand girl bitten by a shark bashed it over the head with her body board until it let her go, she said. (Feb. 2)
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Baptists may be prosecuted
Haitian officials say are thinking of sending 10 U.S. Baptists to the United States for prosecution after they were arrested trying to take 33 children out of the country without government permission. (Feb. 1)
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Fla Haiti Flights
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday the federal government has agreed to reimburse the state for treating victims of Haiti's earthquake. (Feb. 1)
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NY Deadly Fire
NY detectives investigating a fire that killed 5 Guatemalan immigrants over the weekend in a building without enough smoke detectors declared the blaze an arson and urged neighborhood witnesses to come forward, regardless of their legal status. (Feb. 1)
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Landrieu office arrests
The top federal prosecutor for New Orleans has removed himself from the case of four activists arrested last week while trying to capture hidden camera footage in a senator's office. (Feb. 2)
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Obama unveils record deficit budget
President Barack Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan, pledging an intensified effort to combat unemployment and asking Congress to approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion. (Feb. 1)
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Obama budget and NASA
President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget, while astronomical in comparison to previous plans, is aiming to spend wisely and keep those funds closer to Earth. (Feb. 1)
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Toyota: Parts on the way
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday its dealers should get parts to fix a sticky gas pedal problem this week as the automaker tries to bring an end to a recall that has affected 4.2 million vehicles worldwide. (Feb. 1)
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Freeway landing
A single-engine plane reporting on traffic made an emergency landing on the New Jersey Turnpike on Monday, inadvertently becoming the cause of a morning rush-hour jam. No injuries were reported. (Feb. 1)
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Pastor defends Americans arrested in Haiti
An Idaho pastor condemned child trafficking as a 'wicked and evil practice,' defending members of his congregation detained in Haiti after they tried to bus 33 children into the Dominican Republic. (Jan. 31)
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Obama proposes record high deficit
President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.8 trillion budget on Monday that will increase spending in the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and freeze spending for a number of government programs. (Feb. 1)
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East shovels out
From the suburbs of Washington, to western North Carolina, folks grabbed shovels Sunday to dig out from the latest winter blast. (Feb. 1)
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Conn. Break In
A Conn. official says a man charged with killing a mother and her daughters during a 2007 home invasion is facing a medical crisis. Jury selection for Steven Hayes has been halted for Monday because of the crisis. (Feb. 1)
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Obama budget: $3.8 trillion
A senior administration official and a top House Republican have different views of the budget President Barack Obama will unveil Monday. The New York Times reports it will total $3.8 trillion. (Jan. 31)
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Brown does thank-you tour
Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown spent the weekend on a thank you tour. Hundreds gathered at venues across the state hoping to meet the man who will represent them in Washington. (Jan. 31)
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Money dispute disrupts Haiti relief
The U.S. military has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States because of an apparent cost dispute, though a doctor warned that some injured patients faced imminent death if the flights don't resume. (Jan. 30)
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Toyota recall fix
Federal regulators have cleared Toyota's plan to fix millions of sticky gas pedals, and dealers could get parts to make the repairs as early as Thursday or Friday, people briefed on the matter said Saturday. (Jan. 30)
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Southeast in grip of winter
Southeastern states are dealing with a major winter storm that's knocking out power to tens of thousands as it makes its way eastward, packing heavy snow and freezing rain. (Jan. 30)
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Amtrak terror scare
An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers in Colorado by allegedly talking about terrorist threats on a cell phone faces a felony charge of endangering public transportation. Ojore Nuru Lutalo tells the AP his side of the story. (Jan. 29)
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GOP: Obama blind spot
Republicans say President Barack Obama has a "blind spot" when it comes to the war on terrorism. Maine Sen. Susan Collins says it was exposed in the administration's handling of the man who allegedly tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner. (Jan. 30)
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Roeder convicted
Confessed killer Scott Roeder has been convicted of murdering Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, as well as other charges related to the incident. (Jan. 29)
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Obama talks unity with GOP
President Barack Obama has told congressional Republicans that it's time to work more closely together to solve the country's problems. He made the comments during a speech at a retreat of House Republicans Friday in Baltimore.(Jan. 29)
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Toyota recall tensions
Toyota executives have been virtually silent amid a recall of millions of their cars because gas pedals can become dangerously stuck. For their customers, oh, what a feeling _ fear, frustration, confusion and anger.(Jan. 29)
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NYC Terror Trials
Opposition to the government's plans to hold the Sept. 11 terrorist trial in New York City intensified Thursday, one day after Mayor Michael Bloomberg revealed he had changed his mind and now hoped the trial would be held elsewhere. (Jan. 29)
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bin Laden blames U.S. for global warming
A new tape purportedly from Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden says global warming is the United States' fault, along with other industrialized nations. (Jan. 29)
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America responds to Obama
Across the country, Americans are giving their opinion about President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (Jan. 28)
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Bernanke confirmed
The Senate has confirmed Ben Bernanke for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. The 70-30 vote came amid criticism of his judgment ahead of the financial crisis and his support for massive Wall Street bailouts. (Jan. 28)
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Haiti latest
Officials in Haiti are trying to come up with a plan to stop the looting and better distribute the food and aid that has arrived in the country. (Jan. 28)
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Ford announces big profit
Ford, the only U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy court, clawed its way to a $2.7 billion profit in 2009 and expects to stay in the black in 2010. It was the automaker's first annual profit in four years.(Jan. 28)
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Robbery caught on tape
A theft at an Indiana computer store ended with an employee nearly getting run over. Surveillance tape shows a man and woman entering the store. Shortly thereafter, the man runs out with two computer monitors. (Jan. 28)
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Toyota Recall
Toyota's suspension of U.S. sales on an unprecedented scale to fix faulty gas pedals deals a blow to the automaker's reputation for quality. AP's Rich Matthews reports. (Jan. 27)
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Obama Jobs
President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday to make job growth his topmost priority for the year and urged a divided Congress to come together around new stimulus spending and short-term economic relief. (Jan. 27)
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CBS defends Tebow pro-life ad
CBS responded to complaints over a conservative group's planned Super Bowl ad featuring football star Tim Tebow by saying that it had eased restrictions on advocacy ads. (Jan. 27)
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State of the Union GOP response
The nation cannot afford the spending Democrats have enacted or the tax increases they propose, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday in the Republican response to the State of the Union address. (Jan. 27)
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Geithner under fire
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday denied he played a role in withholding information about deals that sent billions of taxpayer dollars from the bailout of American International Group Inc. to big banks. His claim drew skepticism from lawma
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Fed holds rate
The Federal Reserve notes some improvement in the economy, but isn't ready to start raising interest rates. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Jan. 27)
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Haiti Future
Haiti's great earthquake may be an opportunity to rebuild and re-boot a state which has largely failed its own people. The AP's John Mone spoke with some of Haiti's intellectual and financial elite about how to redevelop the country. (Jan. 26)
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Koreas Exchange Fire
North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire along their disputed western sea border on Wednesday, an official said, escalating tensions on the divided peninsula. (Jan. 27)
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Obama prepares for speech
Restoring the economy and creating jobs will be the main themes of President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address. AP correspondent Julie Pace looks at Obama's attempt to reconnect with the American people. (Jan. 27)
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News Minute
Here's the latest news for Tuesday, January 26: Senate rejects Obama-backed deficit task force; Kerrigan's brother sent for mental evaluation; More U.S. deaths in Haiti; Juggling a soccer ball a record 30 miles.
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Florida Home Invasion
Police have released a frantic 911 call a woman made after seeing her neighbor bleeding and pleading for help. Turns out the family next door had been kidnapped and forced to takeout money from their bank. The woman was shot as she escaped. (Nov . 20)
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Teenage murder
A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbor should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said. (Nov. 20)
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Oprah calls it quits
Outside Harpo Studios in Chicago, audience members and fans of Oprah Winfrey describe how the talk show host broke the news that her program is ending. (Nov. 20)
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