Tornado death toll climbs to 32 in 4 US states
2012-03-04 00:03:55
A string of violent storms blew through the US Midwest and South on Friday, killing at least 32 people in four states.
Obama warns Iran, 'I don't bluff'
2012-03-03 13:46:45
US President Barack Obama issued his most direct threat yet of US military action against Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon.
NY Times journalists digest Mandarin with lunch
2012-03-03 07:51:51
The New York Times' employees based have the opportunity to study Mandarin during lunch.
US imposes sanctions on key Taliban bomb-maker
2012-03-03 03:24:31
The United States on Friday targeted a key Taliban bomb-maker for sanctions, the first of its kind that aims to stifle the flow of the deadly improvised explosive devices.
Romney has solid lead in new national polls
2012-03-02 10:03:17
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney holds a double-digit lead over the rest of the field in new national polls released Thursday.
NASA loses command codes to control space station
2012-03-02 09:58:10
An unencrypted laptop computer stolen from NASA last year contained command codes used to control the International Space Station.
US agribusiness mission to visit China
2012-03-02 09:57:05
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead a trade mission to China at the end of March to strengthen business ties.
Monkees frontman Davy Jones dead at 66
2012-03-02 08:08:44
Davy Jones, the diminutive British heartthrob who rocketed to the top of the 1960s music charts by beckoning millions of adoring fans with the catchy refrains of The Monkees, died on Wednesday. He was 66.
Study: Old flu drug speeds brain injury recovery
2012-03-02 08:08:44
NEW YORK - Researchers are reporting the first treatment to speed recovery from severe brain injuries caused by falls and car crashes: a cheap flu medicine whose side benefits were discovered by accident decades ago.
Storms wreak havoc in Midwest United States, killing at least 12
2012-03-02 08:08:44
Tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system roared through midwestern United States in the early morning darkness on Wednesday, flattening entire blocks of homes in small-town Illinois and Kansas and killing at least 12 people.
WH denies Obama saying Afghan violence ended
2012-03-02 07:21:03
The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama didn't say violence has ended in Afghanistan.
US Senate defeats birth control amendment
2012-03-02 03:59:12
The Democratic controlled US Senate defeated a Republican sponsored amendment to turn back parts of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform.