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Friday, 14 December 2012 16:14

$4 trillion no magical cure for debt problem

Written by By ALAN FRAM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has proposed saving more than $4 trillion over the next decade in his "fiscal cliff" talks with Republicans. House Speaker John Boehner has offered a comparable figure, and two years ago an influential bipartisan commission headed by Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson suggested $4...

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Friday, 14 December 2012 16:13

Transgender college hoops player keeps head high

Written by LISA LEFF

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- The women's basketball team at Mission College expected the bleachers to be full and the hecklers ready when its newest player made her home court debut.......

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Friday, 14 December 2012 15:52

Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

Written by By BRIAN SKOLOFF

PHOENIX (AP) -- The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the agency seized two of its planes earlier this year as part of the ongoing probe.......

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Friday, 14 December 2012 15:07

Obama signs Russian trade and human rights bill

Written by Administrator

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed a bill that will expand trade with Russia but could antagonize relations with Moscow over its treatment of dissidents.......

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Friday, 14 December 2012 14:26

AP source: 20-year-old suspect had ties to school

Written by By PETE YOST

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A law enforcement official says the attacker in the Connecticut school shootings is a 20-year-old man with ties to the school.......

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Friday, 14 December 2012 12:42

Official: Gunman killed in Conn. school shooting

Written by By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left the gunman dead and at least one teacher wounded and sent frightened pupils into the parking lot.......

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Friday, 14 December 2012 12:42

Military families worried by US fiscal cliff cuts

Written by By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Emerging from more than a decade at war, military families are confronting a new worry at home: the prospect that a Washington deal over federal spending cuts could chip away at military benefits long considered untouchable.......

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Friday, 14 December 2012 05:37

Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey

Written by By Robert Burns

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AP) -- The Pentagon says it will send Patriot air defense missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack.......

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Friday, 14 December 2012 05:05

Fewer health care options for illegal immigrants

Written by By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI

ALAMO, Texas (AP) -- For years, Sonia Limas would drag her daughters to the emergency room whenever they fell sick. As an illegal immigrant, she had no health insurance, and the only place she knew to seek treatment was the hospital - the most expensive setting for those covering the cost.......

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Friday, 14 December 2012 04:58

Federal judges sue to win promised pay increases

Written by By JESSE J. HOLLAND

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal judges are trying to force Congress to pay what could amount to millions in once-promised increases in judges' salaries.......

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