IRS draws new criticism over $70M bonuses
The Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses.Read More ...
New Colorado wildfire breaks out
A new wildfire near Denver forces evacuations.Read More ...
Compromise among senators eyed on border security
WASHINGTON
(AP) — After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday
night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to
dramatically toughen the border security requirements in immigration
legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in
the country illegally.Read More ...
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US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects
KABUL,
Afghanistan (AP) — Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan
war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security
negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the
Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the
possibility of dialogue with the militants.Read More ...
Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases
WASHINGTON
(AP) — In a move that could send interest rates higher, Fed Chairman
Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal
Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it
next year because the economy is strengthening.Read More ...
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
MINEOLA,
N.Y. (AP) — Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into
the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800, saying new evidence points to the
often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo
jet.Read More ...
Obama making plans to tackle global warming
WASHINGTON
(AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive
powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to
make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know
we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in
Berlin.Read More ...
Body found near Patriot's home was homicide victim
BOSTON
(AP) — A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New
England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's home had been killed, a
prosecutor said Wednesday.Read More ...
Blackhawks beat Bruins 6-5 in OT, tie series 2-2
BOSTON
(AP) — After struggling for more than 120 minutes to score even once,
the Blackhawks beat Boston goalie Tuukka Rask a half-dozen times in Game
4 of the Stanley Cup finals to send the series back to Chicago tied two
games apiece.Read More ...
Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
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Blackhawks, Bruins head into OT tied 5-5 in Game 4
BOSTON
(AP) — The Boston Bruins came from behind to tie the Chicago Blackhawks
for the third time and sent Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals into
overtime with the teams even 5-5 on Wednesday night.Read More ...
FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remains
OAKLAND
TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Beneath a swimming pool, under a horse farm and
now a weed-grown field north of Detroit. For at least the third time in a
decade, FBI agents grabbed shovels and combed through dirt and mud in
the search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains or clues to the disappearance of
the former Teamsters boss.Read More ...
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