Obamas join 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'

2011-04-28 11:18:25

US President Barack Obama and his wife returned to Chicago on Wednesday to support Oprah Winfrey in her talk show and the couple are being interviewed by the famous TV hostess.

Bernanke faces the press with little news

2011-04-28 10:34:46

In the United States Federal Reserve's first news conference in 32 years, Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed will maintain its stimulus policies and showed confidence that the dollar will get back on solid footing as the US economy climbs out of its recession.

GE sees best profit outlook

2011-04-28 09:19:01

General Electric Co sees its best earnings growth prospects in a decade as the global economic recovery drives demand for the heavy energy and aviation equipment it makes.

Facebook investors look for exits

2011-04-28 09:17:00

A group of Facebook shareholders is seeking to offload $1 billion worth of shares on the secondary market, a sale that would value the company at more than $70 billion

Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon

2011-04-28 09:13:50

President Barack Obama plans to name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next secretary of defense and move Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, into the CIA chief's job.

Carter meets DPRK official during peace bid

2011-04-28 07:58:42

Former US president Jimmy Carter and three other former world leaders met President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Yong-nam at his office in the legislature in Pyongyang on Wednesday, the official news agency KCNA reported.

US to continue bond-buying program

2011-04-28 07:28:15

The US economic recovery is "proceeding at a moderate pace," and the Federal Reserve will continue its Treasury bond purchase program by the end of June, said the Fed.

Obama shows longer birth certificate

2011-04-28 07:05:03

President Barack Obama on Wednesday released a longer version of his birth certificate to answer some Republicans who claim he was not US born.

9 Americans dead after Afghan officer opens fire

2011-04-27 23:52:19

Eight American troops and a US contractor died Wednesday after an Afghan military pilot opened fire at Kabul airport, the deadliest episode to date of an Afghan turning against coalition partners.

Bush on mountain bike ride in support of US veterans

2011-04-27 14:24:25

The W100 is part of the George W. Bush Presidential Center's Social Enterprise Initiative, highlighting the courage and physical strength of troops wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan.

S Korea, US hold security talks

2011-04-27 13:44:07

Senior defense and foreign affairs officials of South Korea and the United States held talks over issues ranging from their alliance and the DPRK.

High radiation levels found at Ohio nuke plant

2011-04-27 10:58:32

High radiation levels recorded at a nuclear reactor in northeast Ohio have prompted a special inspection by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.