Party leaders refuse to budge on debt positions
2012-05-20T17:35:04Z
Republicans and Democrats are refusing to budge when it comes to their already hardened positions on spending cuts versus tax increases to deal with the nation's debt.

For NY farmers, fracking means salvation _ or ruin
2012-05-20T17:32:25Z
When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, out of New York.

Reports: Yahoo nears deal to sell stake in Alibaba
2012-05-20T17:32:16Z
Yahoo Inc. may finally be nearing a deal to sell a part of its prized stake in the major Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba.

U.N. seeks Iran nuclear deal before Baghdad talks
2012-05-20T17:32:06Z
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear supervisor flies to Tehran on Sunday looking for a deal to inspect suspected weapons sites - a potential breakthrough that Iran may hope could persuade the West to start lifting sanctions and deflect threats of war. But though IAEA chief Yukiya Amano scheduled Monday's talks with Iran at such short notice that diplomats said agreement on new inspections may be near, few see Tehran convincing Western governments to ease back swiftly on punitive measures when its negotiators meet big power officials in Baghdad on Wednesday. Amano, director general of the U.N. ...

'Coal Miner's Daughter' Lynn married at 15, not 13
2012-05-20T17:28:42Z
Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's Daughter," documents obtained by The Associated Press show.

Obama pushes for post-2014 vision for Afghanistan
2012-05-20T17:27:42Z
President Barack Obama says the NATO alliance agrees on a vision for post-2014 Afghanistan and is pressing world leaders to implement that strategy following a decade of war.

Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region
2012-05-20T17:21:32Z
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy Sunday, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the region known for making Parmesan cheese.

Chelsea plans for future as European champion
2012-05-20T17:20:37Z
Chelsea can plot its future from an unexpected position of strength as champion of Europe following its dramatic upset of Bayern Munich.

Parents make appeals before webcam case sentencing
2012-05-20T17:19:22Z
One couple lost their teenage son to suicide in the days after his college roommate used a webcam to see him kiss another man in September 2010; the other fears their son will be sent to prison this week for doing the spying.

I'll Have Another set to go for another at Belmont
2012-05-20T17:15:37Z
I'll Have Another poked his head out of his stall, started nibbling on his nameplate tacked to a wall and looked up at all the people watching his every move.