US Senate kills Obama's jobs plan
2011-10-12 08:35:16
The US Senate on Tuesday defeated President Barack Obama's jobs plan in a procedural vote as Republicans and some Democrats objected stimulus spending and a tax surcharge on the rich.
Police break up Boston anti-Wall Street protest
2011-10-12 08:16:48
Riot police moved into a Boston square early on Tuesday, arresting up to 100 people and breaking up a protest inspired by the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, the Boston Globe reported.
US Senate passes yuan bill amid China's opposition
2011-10-12 08:02:48
The fate of the bill remains uncertain, as it has to clear the House of Representatives.
Occupy Wall Street protesters stage a Millionaires March
2011-10-12 06:47:37
Thousands of protesters on Tuesday kicked off a "Millionaires March" to the homes of super riches in NYC's Upper East Side to demonstrate against economic injustice.
Iranians charged in US over assassination plot
2011-10-12 03:49:01
US authorities broke up an alleged plot to bomb the Israeli and Saudi Arabian embassies in Washington and assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US.
Over 100 Occupy Boston protesters arrested in US
2011-10-12 01:55:27
More than 100 Occupy Boston protesters were arrested in US city of Boston early Tuesday, the movement organizer said.
Foreign insects, diseases got into US
2011-10-11 16:45:46
Dozens of foreign insects and plant diseases slipped undetected into the United States in the years after 9/11, when authorities were so focused on preventing another attack that they overlooked a pest explosion that threatened the quality of the nation's food supply.
US Democrats wary of their unpopular president
2011-10-11 15:42:05
Democrats face a big decision about whether to stand by Obama in the November 2012 elections.
Apple employee celebration of Jobs next week
2011-10-11 14:51:50
A celebration of Steve Jobs' life by Apple Inc will be held next week, Chief Executive Tim Cook said in a memo to employees on Monday.
5 shot in Newark, New Jersey
2011-10-11 14:48:44
At least five people were shot on Monday afternoon in Newark, the largest city of the US state of New Jersey, which is approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of New York's Manhattan, local police said.
US woman accused of cutting out fetus
2011-10-11 14:45:01
A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb with an X-Acto knife.
US state bans use of tanning beds by minors
2011-10-11 14:13:46
Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after the governor signed a bill prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.