Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, Republicans plunged Wednesday into an intense period of self-examination, blame-setting and testy debate…
Republicans, Democrats face fiscal cliff
Thu Nov 08, 2012 By Leave a Comment
After Tuesday’s election, both Democrats and Republicans will be tested by the immediate need for moderation if they are to avoid the feared “fiscal cliff”…
Obama re-election analysis
Tue Nov 06, 2012 By 1 Comment
Obama spoke to thousands of cheering supporters in his hometown of Chicago, praising Romney and declaring his optimism for the next four years…
Obama wins second term
Tue Nov 06, 2012 By 1 Comment
President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican Mitt Romney in a hard-fought race in which the economy was the dominant issue…
Problems at some US voting polls
Tue Nov 06, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One voting machine in Pennsylvania lit up for Mitt Romney when a voter pressed the button for President Barack Obama. The machine was recalibrated…
Last day of campaigning
Mon Nov 05, 2012 By Leave a Comment
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney stormed into the final day of campaigning before Election Day, once again visiting the toughest battleground state of all – Ohio…
Storm cancels campaigns
Tue Oct 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
Obama is canceled a third straight day of campaigning, calling off appearances scheduled Wednesday in Ohio, the most important of the battleground states…
Slight increase in Social Security benefit next year
Mon Oct 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Social Security recipients shouldn’t expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. Preliminary figures show the pay raise will be between 1 percent and 2 percent…
Warning about counterfeit air bags
Wed Oct 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
U.S. car owners whose air bags have been replaced in the past three years may have had dangerous counterfeit bags installed, the Obama administration warned Wednesday…
At Bain, Romney helped China, Russia growth
Wed Oct 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As Bain & Co. head in the early 1990s, Mitt Romney presided over the corporate strategy firm’s expanding operations into China and Russia, helping their initial attempts to move into the world’s free market system.
US Protestants lose majority status
Tue Oct 09, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise…
Ca. Governor takes action on rising gas prices
Mon Oct 08, 2012 By 1 Comment
The California Air Resources Board announced Sunday evening that it is easing certain restrictions on gasoline production in response to a directive issued by Gov. Jerry Brown…
US jobless rate falls to 7.8%
Fri Oct 05, 2012 By 1 Comment
The U.S. unemployment rate has fallen below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years…
California gasoline price jumps 8 cents overnight
Thu Oct 04, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The cost of gasoline in California jumped 8 cents overnight and is poised to soar to the highest point this year in what analysts say is a supply problem fueled by refinery and pipeline outages…
Colleges pledge to graduate additional 4 million students
Tue Oct 02, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Public colleges and universities are pledging they’ll produce an additional 3.8 million graduates by 2025, providing a major boost toward a national target of having 60 percent of adults hold a college degree…
Smoked salmon blamed for salmonella outbreak
Tue Oct 02, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands and the United States, sparking a major recall, health authorities said Tuesday…
Higher gas costs push US consumer spending up
Fri Sep 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Americans boosted their spending in August even though their income barely grew. Much of the spending increase went to pay higher gas prices…
Chef found guilty of murder in boiled body case
Thu Sep 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A jury has found a chef guilty of murdering his wife after he told police he cooked her body for four days in boiling water to get rid of the evidence…
US economy grew 1.3% in second quarter
Thu Sep 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, held back by the severe drought that reduced farm production in the Midwest…
Photo gallery: Endeavour flies over Golden Gate Bridge
Fri Sep 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hundreds gather at Crissy Field to view Endeavour
Fri Sep 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hundreds of people are gathered at San Francisco’s Crissy Field this morning to watch the Space Shuttle Endeavour make a low-altitude pass near the Golden Gate Bridge.
Trial resumes for US chef who says he cooked wife
Wed Sep 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
美國洛杉磯一名男子被控殺害妻子後，花了4天時間將她的屍體放在沸水中烹煮，試圖毀屍滅跡，週三接受審訊…
China reserves right to act on disputed islands
Tue Sep 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
中日兩國就釣魚島主權爭拗愈演愈烈，中國國防部長梁光烈週二警告說，中國會保留採取進一步行動的權利，應對事態發展…
Baby panda born in Washington DC
Mon Sep 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
居住在首都華盛頓Smithsonian國家動物園的大熊貓美香，經歷多次人工受孕失敗後，週日晚終於誕下熊貓寶寶，第二度榮升母親…
Obama launches China trade case over auto industry
Mon Sep 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
美中貿易磨擦持續升級，奧巴馬政府週一要求世界貿易組織（WTO）介入美中就汽車補貼產生的糾紛，指控中國非法補貼出口汽車和汽車零件，中國也不甘示弱，同日也向世貿提出控訴…
The attack in Libya: A two-pronged assault?
Thu Sep 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
利比亞官員週四表示，美國駐利比亞使館遭到的攻擊是由武裝份子在背後策劃，武裝份子用示威作煙幕，他們在行動中更可能獲利比亞保安裏應外合…
Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen
Thu Sep 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
近日一套反伊斯蘭電影在阿拉伯地區觸發的反美示威浪潮仍未平息，週四有數百名抗議者直搗美國駐也門大使館，大肆破壞和焚燒停在使館範圍內的汽車…
US poverty rate unchanged; record numbers persist
Wed Sep 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
美國人口普查局週三發表報告，指2011年美國貧窮人口的比率與對上一年相同，仍然是15%，代表貧窮比率仍舊處於有紀錄以來的最高水平…
Moody’s set to downgrade US without budget deal
Tue Sep 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
穆迪投資公司（Moody’s）週二表示，如果聯邦政府的預算磋商未能達成協議，該公司有可能把美國國債目前的”Aaa”評級調降一級，同時會把國債前景維持”負面”的評級…
State Department enlists top American chefs
Fri Sep 07, 2012 By Leave a Comment
來自全美各地的80名位名廚週五獲美國國務院邀請，入選成為首支美國名廚大軍的成員，任務是要透過美食，協助美國推行外交活動…