12/16/2009 11:29:43 AM
AP - The Federal Reserve has decided to hold interest rates at a record low and pledged to keep them there for an "extended period" to keep the recovery going and drive down double-digit unemployment.
12/16/2009 11:47:16 AM
AP - Senate Democrats' drive to pass the health care overhaul by Christmas sputtered Wednesday as a lone moderate holdout remained undecided and Republican delaying tactics stretched an already protracted debate even further.
12/16/2009 11:24:56 AM
AP - Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell says the first of 30,000 additional troops being sent to Afghanistan have begun to arrive.
12/16/2009 11:07:53 AM
AP - The House approved a $636 billion defense bill Wednesday that funds the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and provides a 3.4 percent pay hike for military personnel.
12/16/2009 10:00:16 AM
AP - A single call from a flight attendant to the pilots of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis catapulted the cockpit crew from complacency to chaos.
12/16/2009 11:49:04 AM
AP - The Walt Disney Co. says Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney who became a powerful behind-the-scenes influence on the family business, has died. He was 79.
12/16/2009 10:44:36 AM
Reuters - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen asked Russia on Wednesday to give the Western military alliance more help in Afghanistan but failed to get an immediate pledge of assistance from the Kremlin.
12/16/2009 11:31:59 AM
Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was named Person of the Year by Time magazine on Wednesday, giving him a high-profile boost as he tries to fend off proposals that might weaken the Fed's independence.
12/16/2009 9:56:47 AM
AFP - Police battled demonstrators outside the UN climate summit on Wednesday as leaders of developing nations let rip at wealthy counterparts, exposing the huge obstacles facing a deal to tame global warming.
12/16/2009 11:34:13 AM
AFP - Iran on Wednesday test-fired what it said was a faster version of a medium-range missile which could allow it to strike Israel, drawing international censure and warnings of "serious" fallout.
12/16/2009 10:00:00 AM
The planet orbits a red dwarf star 40 light-years from our Earth, and its surface may be covered in water. But scientists say conditions on this planet would probably be too extreme to support life as we know it.
12/16/2009 9:03:00 AM
China has emerged as the world's top producer of solar panels, and Western companies are eager to cash in on the country's urgent drive for renewable energy resources. It has the Obama administration worried.
12/16/2009 11:13:00 AM
The court declares an amnesty that had protected the country's president from corruption charges is illegal, paving the way for challenges to Asif Ali Zardari's shaky rule. The ruling also leaves thousands of other officials vulnerable to reopened corruption and other criminal cases.
12/16/2009 10:42:00 AM
A South Carolina House panel voted Wednesday to formally rebuke Gov. Mark Sanford for secret trips to see his Argentine mistress and misuse of state planes. The House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a rebuke that says the governor brought "ridicule, dishonor, disgrace and shame" to the state.
12/16/2009 10:34:00 AM
Baggage handlers and check-in staff at Britain's Heathrow and Aberdeen airports announced strikes in tandem with work stoppages by British Airways cabin crews. The airline applied for an emergency court injunction to stop the 12-day strike, due to start Tuesday.
12/16/2009 9:00:00 AM
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is being both applauded and scorned over his plan to downscale and merge five publicly-funded universities to addess a $700 million budget shortfall. But the proposal is being especially shunned by those who believe it unfairly puts Mississippi's minority students at a disadvantage. Three of the five schools included in Barbour's plan are historically black colleges — Alcorn State, Mississippi Valley State and Jackson State universities. George E. Ross, the outgoing president of Alcorn State, and Jackson State University president Ronald Mason, Jr., share their strong opposition to the merger and why their campus communities are fighting hard to block the governor's proposal.
12/16/2009 5:07:00 AM
As world leaders streamed into Copenhagen, disputes have left big issues unresolved just two days before participants hope to sign a historic accord to fight global warming. Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters tried to disrupt the conference, and police said more than 200 were detained.
12/16/2009 10:00:06 AM
Scientists unlock the genetic code of two common cancers - a move which they say could revolutionise cancer care.
12/16/2009 11:24:05 AM
Swiss banking group Credit Suisse says it will pay $536m for violating US sanctions against Iran.
12/16/2009 10:13:46 AM
An appeal against a decision by Swiss voters to ban minarets is submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
12/16/2009 9:30:53 AM
Fulham must win in Basle to reach the last 32 of the Europa League and there are four mouth-watering Premier League games too.
12/16/2009 11:39:26 AM
The Federal Reserve decides to keep US interest rates on hold at between 0% and 0.25%, as widely expected.
12/16/2009 11:14:03 AM
The coldest place in the Solar System yet measured by a spacecraft has been found to be on our Moon.
12/16/2009 9:33:28 AM
A Guinean soldier on the run from the authorities admits for the first time that he shot the country's military ruler.
12/16/2009 11:12:38 AM
US President Barack Obama sends a personal letter to North Korea's Kim Jong-il, apparently about nuclear talks.
12/16/2009 10:25:47 AM
Authorities in the Netherlands are to slaughter 35,000 goats to combat a Q fever epidemic.
12/16/2009 8:10:54 AM
Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and two Afghan reporters held hostage for six days in Afghanistan are released.
12/16/2009 10:56:03 AM
Pakistan's top court invalidates an amnesty on corruption, opening the way for allies of the president to be prosecuted.
12/16/2009 11:08:46 AM
Two boys aged 10, who cannot be named, are charged with raping an eight-year-old girl in a park in Hayes, in west London.
12/16/2009 11:08:44 AM
Scotland's biggest airline, Flyglobespan, is placed in administration after it fails to find a new investor.
12/16/2009 11:42:36 AM
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a review of what he considers "obscene" compensation paid to retired senior officers ... 
12/16/2009 11:01:09 AM
The main opposition party says Pakistan's president should resign following a court order that voids an amnesty protecting him ... 
12/16/2009 10:55:33 AM
The U.S. envoy for North Korea says any future nuclear disarmament talks will have to deal with a nuclear program the North has ... 
12/16/2009 10:50:08 AM
Newly released U.S. government papers show homeland security officials improperly gathered intelligence on the Nation of Islam, ... 
12/16/2009 10:27:31 AM
First lady Michelle Obama's vegetable garden is ready for the winter. 
12/16/2009 10:24:25 AM
An Amtrak passenger train struck two high school Ohio students crossing some tracks as they walked to school, killing one and ... 
12/16/2009 10:41:56 AM
South Carolina lawmakers have voted to formally rebuke Gov. Mark Sanford for secret visits to his Argentine mistress and misusing ... 
12/16/2009 10:04:12 AM
The body of an elderly woman remained in her bed for up to eight months even though caretakers paid daily visits to the house ... 
12/16/2009 9:59:02 AM
The Army psychiatrist charged in last month's deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood has been moved from a hospital's intensive care ... 
12/16/2009 8:34:39 AM
The House launched a frenetic day of legislating Wednesday, seeking to wrap up such end-of-session tasks as financing the military, ... 
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12/16/2009 8:24:04 AM
After Brian Wood, 55, crashed his pickup into a pole on Friday, he got out and sat down nearby. A motorist saw him on the ground ... 
12/16/2009 7:45:19 AM
President Obama's announcement that the government will send terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay to an Illinois prison raised ... 
12/16/2009 6:27:13 AM
Five days into the search for two missing climbers, authorities in Oregon were piecing together a theory about what may have ... 
12/16/2009 5:53:21 AM
After taking part in a fight that left a Mexican immigrant mortally wounded on the street, teenagers Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick ... 
12/16/2009 10:44:00 AM
The Danish president of the U.N. climate conference, Connie Hedegaard, has resigned and will be replaced by the Danish prime ... 
12/16/2009 8:43:01 AM
President Obama wrote a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il that a U.S. envoy delivered, a senior U.S. official said today. 
12/16/2009 10:34:25 AM
More than 30,000 people have fled their homes ahead of an expected eruption of the Mayon volcano in the central Philippines, the Red Cross said Wednesday. ;/a> 
12/16/2009 9:04:10 AM
Over 200 climate change activists have been detained by police in protests outside the Copenhagen summit as world leaders gather for the final days of negotiations. 
12/16/2009 8:40:16 AM
A man tried to enter the hospital room of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi overnight as the leader recovered from being hit in the face Sunday. 
12/16/2009 8:01:59 AM
Some passengers, whose travel plans the planned British Airways strike may disrupt, say their holiday dreams will be wrecked. 
12/16/2009 8:39:58 AM
A dazed boy's musings after a trip to the dentist's office had a good run. 
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