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Washington Post | Officials: Surveillance programs foiled more than 50 terrorist plots Washington Post The U.S. government's sweeping surveillance programs have disrupted more than 50 terrorist plots in the United States and abroad, including a plan to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, senior government officials testified Tuesday. The officials ... NSA surveillance helped foil more than 50 attacks, officials say NSA chief defends surveillance, says helped prevent terror plots more than 50 ... NSA Terror Plots |
ABC News | Tornado Spotted Near Denver Airport... ABC News A tornado warning for Denver International Airport is over and no damage has been reported. Passengers had to take shelter in bathrooms and stairwells for about a half-hour Tuesday after the warning was issued. The National Weather Service said a ... Tornado spotted near Denver International Airport Tornado warning issued for Denver airport, day after tornado touches down in ... Tornado spotted near Denver airport terminal |
New York Times | Taliban Step Toward Afghan Peace Talks Is Hailed by US New York Times WASHINGTON — The Taliban signaled a breakthrough in efforts to open Afghan peace negotiations on Tuesday, announcing the opening of a political office in Qatar and new readiness to talk with American and Afghan officials, who said in turn that they ... US, Taliban to Hold Direct Talks Thursday NATO transfers full responsibility for security to Afghan forces United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace |
ABC News | Chrysler wins cut, says it'll recall 1.56 million Jeeps USA TODAY UPDATE 5:09 p.m. ET:Goverment lets Chrysler recall fewer Jeeps than first required. The government cut the number of Jeeps it wants recalled and in turn, Chrysler said it'll agree to the recall. The automaker says it'll recall as many as 1.56 million 1993-1998 ... Jeep recall: Chrysler refuses, then caves to feds' call for inspecting 2.7 million ... Chrysler relents, to recall 2.7 million Jeeps over fuel tanks Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire |
Jimmy Hoffa flashback, 2004: Was Hoffa killed inside northwest Detroit home? Detroit Free Press Editor's note: This story first ran in the Detroit Free Press on May 29, 2004. A deathbed confession by a Pennsylvania Teamsters official and scientific tests that may have detected blood in a house in northwest Detroit could help authorities solve the 1975 ... Investigators end day-long search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains at Michigan field FBI Still Chasing Jimmy Hoffa Search for Hoffa mystery endures for decades |
San Francisco Chronicle | Obama Arrives in Berlin Amid Trade Pact Hopes Wall Street Journal- India BERLIN—President Barack Obama and his family were welcomed to Berlin by cheering crowds Tuesday, as German industry called on him to throw his weight behind an ambitious trans-Atlantic free trade pact. More than 3,000 German police officers stood ... Obama will find a different crowd in Berlin than in 2008 At Brandenburg Gate, Obama follows in predecessors' footsteps Obama returns to Berlin, no longer a 'superstar' |
The Guardian | Cameron says morning swim helped with G8 Syria talks AFP ENNISKILLEN, United Kingdom — A dip in the icy waters of a Northern Irish lake proved the ideal tonic before a day of tough talks with G8 leaders on tax evasion and the Syria crisis, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. Cameron told a ... G8 summit: tax campaigners condemn David Cameron's 10-point 'wish list' G8 summit: live updates G-8 NOTEBOOK: Cameron Tweets about WWII bomb at G-8 site, Obama girls ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Times Square 'bike bomber' video released, FBI seeks Twitter tips Christian Science Monitor The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York Police Department are renewing their efforts to solve a 2008 bombing in Times Square that damaged a military recruiting center by boosting the reward, releasing new video footage, and seeking tips on ... Times Square bicycle bomber video released; FBI offers reward KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports - - New video, $65K reward in '08 Times ... New video, $65K reward in '08 Times Square bombing |
CBS News | Treasury secretary's loopy signature is now less loopy CBS News Less loop-dee-loop than his signature as President Obama's chief of staff, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's barely legible signature will appear on dollar bills this fall. The squiggly cursive representing his name while in the White House and Office of ... Treasury Secretary Unveils New, Less Loopy Signature for Dollar Debut Treasury debuts new Lew signature Jack Lew's New Signature: Market Mover? |
New York Daily News | Biden renews push for tougher gun control legislation: 'We will be back' New York Daily News Vice President Joe Biden unleashed a new push for gun control legislation Tuesday, demanding that the Senate take up the controversial issue once again. “We need Congress to act. The American people are demanding it," Biden said during a White House ... Biden Says Progress Is Being Made On Gun Control Biden: Obama team not giving up on gun legislation Biden on gun laws: "We have not given up" |