No explosives found on plane at Reagan
2011-06-20 06:44:56
No explosives were found aboard a plane that landed in Washington Sunday after someone made a bomb threat at an airport ticket counter in Ohio, an FBI spokesman said.
Iraq hunting $17b missing after US invasion
2011-06-20 05:54:20
Iraq's parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 US-led invasion and has asked the United Nations for help to track it down.
Obama says being a dad is sometimes his hardest job
2011-06-20 08:51:36
US President Barack Obama says being a dad is sometimes his hardest job, but also the most rewarding.
Obama lookalike ushered off stage
2011-06-19 10:16:19
An actor impersonating President Barack Obama was ushered off the stage after he mocked the Republican presidential hopefuls.
Obama ignored top legal advice on Libya
2011-06-18 23:19:55
US President Barack Obama ignored legal advice on Libya from top Pentagon and US Justice Department lawyers.
Obama on fatherhood: 'most rewarding job'
2011-06-18 23:16:41
Barack Obama said he still thinks about how things would have worked out had his dad been there.
US is talking to Taliban - Karzai
2011-06-18 16:52:59
The US and other foreign powers are engaged in talks with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the war in Afghanistan.
2nd test flight of X-51 aircraft ends in crash
2011-06-18 13:57:19
The Air Force says the second test of a hypersonic experimental aircraft ended in a crash off the Southern California coast earlier this week.
IMF cuts US growth forecast
2011-06-18 10:42:47
US, Europe are "playing with fire" unless they take immediate steps to reduce budget deficits.
US, Japan to hold security talks
2011-06-18 10:48:01
The US and Japan will have a high-level security meeting here next Tuesday, the first of its kind in four years.
US funds hunt for Libyan missiles
2011-06-17 17:15:59
The US is paying two European mine-clearing groups nearly $1 million to hunt and dispose of loose anti-aircraft missiles.
Heat, high winds threaten US wildfire lines
2011-06-17 13:53:45
Firefighters trying to protect homes, a popular national park and tinder dry patches of forest were tested Thursday as temperatures peaked and winds started to whip up the flames of several wildfires burning throughout the Southwest.
