Congress to raise US debt ceiling: Geithner

2011-04-18 11:18:35

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner expressed confidence on Sunday that the US Congress will raise the nation's borrowing cap.

Presidential candidates friend social media

2011-04-18 10:52:07

Republican Tim Pawlenty disclosed his 2012 presidential aspirations on Facebook. Rival Mitt Romney did it with a tweet.

US allies seeking refuge for Gadhafi

2011-04-18 10:30:58

The US and its allies have started an intense search for a country willing to accept Muammar Gaddafi once the Libyan leader is forced out of power by NATO-led military operations.

50% of AIDS patients in L America get treatment

2011-04-18 09:29:42

In Latin America there are 600,000 people infected with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and about 50 percent of them receive treatment.

Tornadoes pummel southern US, 43 dead

2011-04-18 09:16:26

Three days of violent storms and tornadoes across the southern United States killed at least 43 people, wrecked hundreds of buildings and downed power lines

Delegation to assess America's steps in Iraq

2011-04-18 08:38:18

US House Speaker John Boehner led a six-member congressional delegation to Iraq this weekend in a bid to assess America's next steps there.

Storms across US East Coast kill 24

2011-04-18 08:04:44

Brutal spring storms kept up their fury as they raged across the US East Coast on Saturday, killing more than a half dozen people in North Carolina and Virginia.

Palin back in the political spotlight with feisty speech

2011-04-18 08:04:44

Conservative Sarah Palin returned to the US political arena on Saturday after several months absence with a feisty speech

US boy, 9, plans solo balloon flight

2011-04-18 08:04:44

Bobby Bradley is ready. He has been training for about five years and learned from some of the most experienced and decorated pilots in the sport of ballooning.