Military pension cuts now unsure; changes likely
Written by PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's top civilian says it's time to tame burgeoning military personnel costs, but he's facing a test of wills with the nation's powerful veterans groups, which want no cut in their benefits.
2nd opinion planned for teen declared brain dead
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The family of a Northern California girl on life support after being declared brain dead was expected to appear with hospital officials in court Monday to announce the name of the independent physician it has chosen to provide a second opinion on the girl's condition.
Brits, Canadians still in SSudan city US evacuated
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A top U.N. official in South Sudan says 3,000 foreign nationals remain in a strife-torn city from which American citizens have been successfully evacuated.
To clean up coal, Obama pushes more oil production
Written by DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press
DE KALB, Miss. (AP) — America's newest, most expensive coal-fired power plant is hailed as one of the cleanest on the planet, thanks to government-backed technology that removes carbon dioxide and keeps it out of the atmosphere.
Last-minute insurance shoppers face down deadline
Written by CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — Last-minute health insurance shoppers are calling help lines and attending enrollment events Monday, a key deadline under the nation's new health law.
Widow gets remains of soldier lost in Korean War
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went off to war 63 years ago, leaving behind a wife who never gave up on his return.
3 US military aircraft hit in S. Sudan, 4 wounded
Written by JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunfire hit three U.S. military aircraft trying to evacuate American citizens in a remote region of South Sudan that on Saturday became a battle ground between the country's military and renegade troops, officials said. Four U.S. service members were wounded in the attack in the same region where gunfire downed a U.N. helicopter the day before.
Obama focuses on a tough year's ups, not its downs
Written by JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the fifth year of his presidency been its worst? President Barack Obama laughs off such questions even as he acknowledges many months of frustrating ups and down.