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Obama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff

Obama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff
By KEN THOMASAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lobbying business and labor groups to support his plan to avoid an impending fiscal cliff, telling the two sides he remains committed to requiring the wealthy to pay more in taxes. Obama was meeting Wednesday with about a

Obama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff

Obama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff
By KEN THOMASAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lobbying business and labor groups to support his plan to avoid an impending fiscal cliff, telling the two sides he remains committed to requiring the wealthy to pay more in taxes. Obama was meeting Wednesday with about a

Obama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff

Obama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff
By KEN THOMASAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lobbying business and labor groups to support $1.6 trillion in new revenue to avoid an impending fiscal cliff, telling the two sides he remains committed to requiring the wealthy to pay more in taxes. Obama was meeting

Obama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff

Obama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff
By KEN THOMASAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lobbying business and labor groups to support $1.6 trillion in new revenue to avoid an impending fiscal cliff, telling the two sides he remains committed to requiring the wealthy to pay more in taxes. Obama was meeting

Fla. socialite at center of general's sex scandal

Fla. socialite at center of general's sex scandal
By MATT SEDENSKY and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - If you were to diagram the increasingly tangled sex scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, nearly all lines would lead back to one person: Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old Tampa socialite who hosted parties for the

Recall news

Recall news
By The Associated Press The following recalls have been announced: ____ FOLDING CAMPING CHAIRS DETAILS: Folding Camping Chairs imported by Rec-Out LLC of Atlanta, Ga., and manufactured by Beststar Tourist Products Co., Ltd. of China; sold exclusively at Big 5 Sporting Goods stores from April

Despite rebel deal, Syria can keep up the fight

Despite rebel deal, Syria can keep up the fight
By BRIAN MURPHY and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Nearly 20 months into the Syrian uprising, President Bashar Assad's message to the world has been nothing if not consistent: His military is strong, his enemies are mere terrorists and he will prevail in the end. And

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

10 Things to Know for Tuesday
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about on Tuesday: 1. WHAT PETRAEUS THOUGHT OF THREATENING EMAILS Friends say the then-CIA director was shocked when he learned his mistress was warning another woman to stay away from

Look at how Syria neighbors are drawn into its war

Look at how Syria neighbors are drawn into its war
By The Associated Press Syria's neighbors are increasingly being drawn into the country's civil war in a variety of ways, whether militarily or due to an exodus of Syrians fleeing the fighting at home. The spillover has raised concerns that the nearly 20-month-long conflict between

House leader heard of Petraeus affair Oct. 27

House leader heard of Petraeus affair Oct. 27
By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the Virginia congressman first heard about CIA Director David Petraeus' extramarital affair on Saturday, Oct. 27, from an FBI source he didn't know. Communications director Rory Cooper