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Sen. McCain exhorts Obama to address controversies

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama is "mired" in a series of scandals and must find a way to surmount them. McCain tells CBS's "This Morning" he believes "the president's credibility obviously is at stake here." The Arizona Republican, who lost the presidency to

Ahead of the bell: Adviser supports Sprint deal

By The Associated Press A shareholder advisory firm is backing Softbank in its attempted acquisition of a huge chunk of Sprint Nextel. The $20.1 billion bid from Japan's second-biggest mobile company would ease Sprint's debt burden and provide ample cash to improve its network and become a

3 veteran storm chasers killed by Oklahoma tornado

By KELLY P. KISSEL and THOMAS PEIPERTAssociated Press Three veteran storm chasers died doing what they loved: roaming the Great Plains in search of dangerous storms like the one in Oklahoma that ended their final pursuit. Tim Samaras, his son Paul and colleague Carl Young died Friday night when an

House panel: Report finds $50M for IRS conferences

By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A government watchdog has found that the Internal Revenue Service spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012, a House committee said Sunday. The chairman of that committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif.,