Wednesday, March 6, 4:10 AM Talk about awkward timing: While the Obama administration is struggling with sequester-mandated cuts that are nipping into everything from air traffic control to combat-pilot training, it has also tucked a one-time $65 billion pledge to the International Monetary Fund in the most recent budget resolution sent to Congress.
8:08p.m. EST February 25, 2013. Thousands of visitor pack popular California alpine resort as police corner ex-L.A. cop wanted in deadly shooting spree.
4:20AM EST December 9. 2012 - BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Rolling Stones fans finally got their Satisfaction, along with fever in the funk house and so much more as the ageless band nailed its first U.S. show since 2006 on Saturday at the new Barclays Center.
1:05AM EST December 7. 2012 - A New York photographer who snapped images of a man about to be killed by a subway train was far from the only person who filmed the startling events at that scene.
4:35p.m. EST January 5, 2013 That early winter break you've been getting at the gasoline pump? It's beginning to show signs of cracking.Gasoline prices remain below $3 a gallon in at least 50% or more outlets in 14 states. But the national average has crept up three cents to $3.30 a gallon the past week and 8 cents since hitting a 2012 low of $3.22 in mid-December.
2:25PM EST December 4. 2012 - President Obama said Tuesday the latest Republican "fiscal cliff" plan is "still out of bounds" because it does not include higher taxes on the wealthy.
2:45a.m. EST January 1, 2013. Racing the clock, the White House sealed a New Year's Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Monday to neutralize across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts in government programs due to take effect at midnight, according to administration and Democratic officials.
10:30PM EST November 24. 2012 - Thanksgiving shopping on Thursday took a noticeable bite out of Black Friday's start to the holiday season, as the latest survey found retail sales in stores fell slightly from last year.
2:41PM EST December 12. 2012 - MESA, Ariz. — Reece Gonzalez visited Santa for the first time this year, and he was so frightened of the guy with the cascading white beard that the 5-year-old didn't sit on his lap.
8:58PM EST November 10. 2012 -Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States.The holiday falls on a Sunday, and the federal observance is on Monday. It's the first such day honoring the men and women who served in uniform since the last U.S. troops left Iraq in December 2011.