united states

AP Exclusive: US No-Fly list doubles in 1 year (AP)

Ytop stories  Thu, 02/02/2012 - 1:31am

AP - Even as the Obama administration says it's close to defeating al-Qaida, the size of the government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are banned from flying to or within the United States has more than doubled in the past year, The Associated Press has learned.



 

S&P downgrades US credit rating from AAA (AP)

Ytop stories  Fri, 08/05/2011 - 7:23pm

AP - Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Friday downgraded the United States' credit rating for the first time in the history of the ratings.