By KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) – Toyota Motor Corp. faces more questions from U.S. lawmakers over its troubled safety record when top company officials testify Tuesday at a Senate hearing on the automaker’s huge worldwide recall of 8.5 million vehicles.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold the third [...]
By TIM FOUGHT
Associated Press Writer
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon (AP) – Searchers used a helicopter Sunday to look for two missing climbers on Oregon’s Mount Hood and were preparing to take rescue and medical teams back to the area on a second try.
Capt. Stephen Bomar, an Oregon Army National Guard spokesman, said he didn’t know if the [...]
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the panel that oversees the $700 billion federal bailout fund said Thursday the Obama administration is insisting on slashing the salaries of executives of companies that took money from the government.
Appearing on a nationally broadcast interview, Elizabeth Warren said reports of pending slashes in executive [...]
By BEN FELLER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly one year removed from his own election, President Barack Obama is dashing into campaign mode again, devoting coveted time toward getting Democrats elected in November and generating cash for his party in 2010.
The concentrated push begins Tuesday and is shaping up, at least to some degree, as [...]
By PAT EATON-ROBB
Associated Press Writer
STORRS, Connecticut (AP) – A Connecticut football player who was an expectant father was stabbed to death after an on-campus dance, just hours after helping his team to a homecoming victory.
Jasper Howard, 20, and another student were stabbed during a fight after a fire alarm was pulled during a university sanctioned [...]
By DAN ELLIOTT
Associated Press Writers
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – An alleged associate of the father in the balloon boy hoax is wanted for questioning after e-mails surfaced showing the two men had discussed a similar stunt months ago as a public relations campaign to promote a reality TV show.
Investigators said they want to interview Robert [...]
By KRISTIN M. HALL and TRAVIS LOLLER
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) – A kidnapped newborn and three siblings were taken away from their mother following allegations that a family member tried to sell the baby, according to officials familiar with the case.
Maria Gurrolla was briefly reunited with her newborn son Yair Anthony Carillo over the [...]
By TOM HAYS and DEVLIN BARRETT
Associated Press Writers
NEW YORK (AP) – Authorities know the identities of three people believed to be in on a terrorist scheme targeting New York City, a law enforcement official has confirmed, as an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting with them to try to turn common chemicals into explosives is due [...]
By GLEN JOHNSON
AP Political Writer
BOSTON (AP) – The governor of Massachusetts was prepared to announce a temporary replacement for the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, with a former Democratic National Committee chairman favored to fill the post.
Kennedy’s sons, Edward Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy, both lobbied for Paul G. Kirk Jr. in [...]
By P. SOLOMON BANDA and STEVEN K. PAULSON
Associated Press Writers
DENVER (AP) – Three people, including an Afghanistan-born man who allegedly handwrote bomb-making instructions, face court appearances Monday on charges of lying to authorities in an ongoing terror investigation.
Najibullah Zazi, 24, an airport shuttle driver in Colorado who has admitted receiving weapons training from al-Qaida, played [...]
