AP-CNBC Poll: $1 million a long shot in US

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who believes they'll be a millionaire?About two in 10 Americans do — a small showing of optimism compared to Australians, but downright cheery next to Britons when asked about becoming wealthy in the next ten years, according to a new Associated Press-CNBC poll.In all t

Sept. 20, 2011

Tax the rich, Obama says; class warfare, says foes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A combative President Barack Obama on Monday demanded that the richest Americans pay higher taxes to help cut soaring U.S. deficits by more than $3 trillion as he drew clear battle lines for next year's elections. He promised to veto any effort by congressional Republican to cut g

Sept. 20, 2011

Himalayan quake kills 50

GAUHATI, India (AP) ― A strong earthquake shook northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet, killing at least 50 people, damaging buildings and sending lawmakers in Nepal’s capital running into the streets.The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, struck at 6:10 p.m. Sunday local time and was felt acr

Sept. 19, 2011

Official: navigator in Russian plane crash drunk

MOSCOW (AP) _ A spokesman for Russia's top investigative body says the navigator of a passenger airline that crashed in June killing 47 people was drunk.The Tu-134 slammed into a highway just minutes before it was to land at the Petrozavodsk airport in Russia's northwest on June 20. Five people surv

Sept. 19, 2011

Strauss-Kahn denies violence in sex assault cases

PARIS (AP) _ Dominique Strauss-Kahn has broken his silence four months after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault, calling his encounter with the woman a ``moral failing‘’ he deeply regrets, but insisting in an interview on French television that no violence was involved.Strauss-Kahn,

Sept. 19, 2011

Iraqi girl recounts bus massacre

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) ― The trip was intended to give Tabarak Thaer a glimpse of the world beyond Iraq’s violence and misery. Instead, it brought the 10-year-old face to face with terror when insurgents boarded the bus she was riding, forced the male passengers off, and killed them.Although the attacke

Sept. 18, 2011

Pro-Russia party wins snap Latvian election

RIGA (AP) ― A left-wing, pro-Russia party captured the most votes in Latvia’s parliamentary elections, marking a milestone for the tiny Baltic nation where parties distrustful of Russia have dominated all national elections since independence 20 years ago.With some 95 percent of ballots counted earl

Sept. 18, 2011

Russia seeks to broker Syria talks

DAMASCUS (AFP) ― A group of Russian lawmakers arrived in Damascus in a bid to broker an end to violence in Syria, where security forces were reported to have killed two more people.Moscow is a traditional ally of President Bashar Assad, and the delegation, which flew in Saturday, aims to meet him an

Sept. 18, 2011

U.N. agenda packed; focus on Palestinian bid

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― The spotlight will be shining on the Palestinian bid for U.N. membership when world leaders gather at the United Nations starting Monday, but the U.N. is hoping the glow will spread to other pressing global issues, including killer diseases, nuclear safety, terrorism and the af

Sept. 18, 2011

Obama to seek a new tax rate for wealthy

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is expected to seek a new base tax rate for the wealthy to ensure that millionaires pay at least at the same percentage as middle income taxpayers.A White House official said the proposal would be included in the president's proposal for long term deficit re

Sept. 18, 2011

Reno crash killed 9; probe focuses on wayward part

RENO, Nevada (AP) -- The death toll rose to nine Saturday in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact as the 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like a missile into a crowded tarmac.Moments earlier, thousan

Sept. 18, 2011