Obama to tap Yellen for Fed vice chair: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a sour...
Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boostin...
Toyota discounts boost sales
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures.<...
Iraq results trickle out, Maliki rivals cry fraud
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.<div class...
Democrats move closer to healthcare deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats drew closer on Thursday to agreement on a broad healthcare overhaul that could clear the way for a final vote in the next few weeks, but vowed not to be ...
Sen. Reid's family injured in car accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were seriously injured on Thursday when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck on a highway, the senator's office sai...
Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes jolt Chile
CONSTITUCION, Chile (Reuters) - The ground shook and buildings swayed as billionaire Sebastian Pinera took over as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake kill...
Obama lobbied on black unemployment, immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday faced pressure to help create jobs in African-American communities and deliver an immigration overhaul even as he tried to push healthcare ref...
Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project...
U.S. boosted financial, tax crime probes in 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States boosted its investigation of tax and other financial crimes by about 10 percent last year, tax authorities reported on Thursday, amid an increased push to purs...
Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)
AP - House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama's sweeping...
Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said i...
Deal could pay $657M to sickened WTC responders (AP)
AP - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up ...
Yemen holds NJ man after al-Qaida sweep, shootout (AP)
AP - He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is under arrest in Yemen, suspected of being an...
Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phras...
GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders (AP)
AP - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eri...
Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident (AP)
AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daugh...
Lesbian teen in prom flap sues, returns to school (AP)
AP - Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. On Thursday, a...
'American Idol' pares down to 12 finalists (AP)
AP - And then there were 12 on "American Idol."
AP sources: Woods likely to return at Masters (AP)
AP - Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Police shoot man attacking officer with knife
A Metro police officer shot and seriously wounded an Antioch man tonight after the man attacked another officer with a knife, according to a police news release.
UT overcomes poor shooting to beat LSU
Coach Bruce Pearl admitted Tennessee took LSU lightly Thursday, which nearly gave the Vols a first-round exit in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
Nashville's unemployment rate rises to 10 percent
The Nashville area's January unemployment rate increased to 10 percent, up 0.7 percentage points from December, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Auditions for 'So You Think You Can Dance' coming to Nashville
The Fox show is holding auditions on Sunday and Monday in Opryland.
Conan O'Brien heads up Bonnaroo comedy lineup
He might be prevented from appearing on television, but Conan O'Brien will still be performing for fans across the country with his "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television" comedy...
Sen. Mae Beavers to run for re-election
State Sen. Mae Beavers said Thursday that she will run for re-election, dropping her bid for Wilson County mayor and setting up a possible primary battle with state Rep. Susan Lynn.
Tennessee State University runs risk of losing its accreditation
In the past five years, only three out of 800 schools have lost accreditation.
Sarah Palin's Knoxville visit to be as trial witness, victim
KNOXVILLE — One-time vice presidential candidate and conservative star Sarah Palin is coming to Knoxville, but not for a tea party.
N. Nashville market's days as drug front ends with raid, police say
A police raid closed a North Nashville market on Wednesday, with four men arrested for selling drugs to undercover officers.
Franklin man arraigned in slaying of wife at I-40 rest stop
CAMDEN, Tenn. — A Franklin man was arraigned Wednesday on charges that he waited for his estranged wife to show up at an Interstate 40 rest stop just west of the Tennessee River, then shot and s...
