7 killed in Michigan shootings

2011-07-08 12:55:49

Police say seven people including a child have been shot dead at two sites in the western Michigan city of Grand Rapids.

Frantic manhunt on after 7 found killed

2011-07-08 08:34:23

A frantic manhunt is under way for a suspect in seven fatal shootings in the Midwestern state of Michigan.

US soldier fighting fit at 59 in Afghanistan

2011-07-08 07:50:43

Staff Sergeant Eric Ferguson joined the US Army in 1973 and - now approaching his 60th birthday

No 2 US defense official quitting

2011-07-08 07:10:47

The Pentagon's second-ranking official said he intends to resign but has agreed to stay on the job until new Defense Secretary Leon Panetta chooses a successor.

Florida divers find new treasure from famed wreck

2011-07-07 08:33:59

Divers in the Florida Keys have recovered a large emerald ring and two silver spoons believed to come from Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a shipwrecked Spanish galleon that has already yielded one of the greatest treasures ever recovered from the sea.

US court halts gay military ban

2011-07-07 08:30:11

A federal appeals court ordered the US government on Wednesday to immediately cease enforcing the ban on openly gay members of the militar

US warms of human bombs in flights

2011-07-07 08:21:33

The US government has warned airlines that some terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans to carry out attacks

Facebook lets its 750 million users video chat

2011-07-07 07:27:23

Facebook is striking back at Google Inc, which last week introduced a social networking service dubbed Google+, launched a video-calling feature with Skype for its 750 million users. Google+ challenges Facebook in new battle

US says time short for Iraq to request troops stay

2011-07-06 13:41:07

The White House on Tuesday said time was running short for Iraq to issue a request for US troops to stay in the country beyond the end of this year.

1st day hiccup for NY same-sex marriages

2011-07-06 10:30:39

Same-sex couples eager to marry in New York hit a bureaucratic snag when marriage license applications made available to them for the first time still used the terms "bride" and "groom."

10,000 US troops on offer for Iraq

2011-07-06 09:39:05

The White House is offering to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq next year, despite opposition from many Iraqis and key Democratic Party allies...

US shipmates await word of 7 missing

2011-07-06 09:27:03

The seven US tourists still missing two days after their boat capsized off Mexico's coast went to sea as they had for several years on the US Independence Day holiday