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Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs

Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs
By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception

Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs

Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs
By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception

Reports: Father Accidentally Shoots, Kills 10-Month-Old Son In Front Of Family

Reports: Father Accidentally Shoots, Kills 10-Month-Old Son In Front Of Family
NBCNEWS.COM - A 10-month-old boy was shot and killed by his father Thursday in an apparent accident at a Nashville, Tenn., hotel, local media reported. Two police detectives from the Hermitage Precinct were close to the hotel when the call went out and made it to the scene within about three

Gun Attack Inside Bar Kills 7, Wounds 4

Gun Attack Inside Bar Kills 7, Wounds 4
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - Authorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun say two gunmen burst into a bar in a working class neighborhood and fatally shot seven people. Four others are wounded.    Public Safety Secretary Jesus Aiza says most of the victims belonged to a taxi drivers union.

First lady: Priority is ensuring 'family is whole'

First lady: Priority is ensuring 'family is whole'
By DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama is pushing back against the notion that she and President Barack Obama don't socialize enough in Washington. The first lady says in an interview in the April issue of Vogue magazine that she and the president were

GOP sends mixed signals on Obama's outreach effort

GOP sends mixed signals on Obama's outreach effort
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are sending mixed signals in agreeing to meet with President Barack Obama for talks over the budget impasse, while Obama is conceding that a political accommodation may be impossible. On the one hand, many Republicans who long

GOP sends mixed signals on Obama's outreach effort

GOP sends mixed signals on Obama's outreach effort
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are sending mixed signals in agreeing to meet with President Barack Obama for talks over the budget impasse, while Obama is conceding that a political accommodation may be impossible. On the one hand, many Republicans who long

GOP sends mixed signals on Obama's outreach effort

GOP sends mixed signals on Obama's outreach effort
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are sending mixed signals in agreeing to meet with President Barack Obama for talks over the budget impasse, while Obama is conceding that a political accommodation may be impossible. On the one hand, many Republicans who long

UPDATE: Cardinals Celebrate Mass Before Entering Conclave; Awaiting White Smoke

UPDATE: Cardinals Celebrate Mass Before Entering Conclave; Awaiting White Smoke
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinals at the Vatican have celebrated a final Mass before they sequester themselves in the Sistine Chapel to begin selecting a new pope.    Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the dean of the College of Cardinals, delivered today's homily, calling for unity within the

Jury has case in Ohio's Craigslist killings

Jury has case in Ohio's Craigslist killings
By THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Jurors must decide if the alleged triggerman charged with killing three men in Ohio by luring them with Craigslist job offers was a masterful manipulator or the target of investigators. The jury in the case against Richard Beasley, 53, was