Updated: 3:04 PM President Barack Obama says if Mitt Romney and Republicans aren't willing to let tax cuts lapse for the wealthiest Americans, they're "not serious" about deficit reduction.

Posted: 2:28 PM Gov. Rick Perry is putting his months of attacks on Mitt Romney behind him and rallying to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's banner.

Posted: 1:52 PM The Institute of Medicine recommended Friday that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan undergo annual screening for post-traumatic stress disorder and that federal agencies conduct more research to determine how well the various treatments for PTSD are working.

Updated: 1:47 PM It turns out that a bad trade cost the nation's biggest bank $5.8 billion this year, not the $2 billion that was originally estimated.

Posted: 5:01 AM Authorities say 19 people were killed and 24 others injured in a train crash in Mpumalanga, a province in eastern South Africa.

Posted: 8:05 PM The president who ran on hope says he needs to do a better job of inspiring the public if he wins a second term.

Updated: 2:36 PM Officials have shut down an international commuter tunnel connecting Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, as authorities investigate a bomb threat.

Updated: 11:42 AM President Barack Obama has asked NAACP members to keep standing with him as he seeks re-election and sells his message of helping the middle class.

Updated: 7:49 AM The House Agriculture Committee has approved a five-year farm and nutrition bill that gives farmers new ways to protect themselves from adversity and makes minor cuts in the food stamp program that consumes some 80 percent of the bill's spending.

Posted: 4:48 AM New foreclosure data show that banks are increasingly placing homes with unpaid mortgages on a countdown that could deliver a swell of new foreclosed properties onto the market next year.

Updated: 5:17 PM The Republican-led House has voted to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. But the election-year move stands no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Updated: 10:55 AM Republican Mitt Romney is telling black voters that he's a better choice than President Barack Obama to help build their neighborhoods and lessen unemployment among African Americans.

Posted: 8:57 AM STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A spokesman for Penn State's board of trustees says members held an informational conference call as they prepare for the results of an investigation into the university's handling of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky.

Updated: 8:45 AM DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some corn farmers are mowing down fields as the drought in the middle of the country worsens.

Posted: 7:52 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in May from April, a hopeful sign for economic growth. American companies sold more products in Europe and China, while cheaper oil lowered the amount spent on imports.

Posted: 3:20 PM They may make an odd couple, but discounter Target and luxury merchant Neiman Marcus are jointly offering a limited collection ranging from fashion to sporting goods for the winter holidays.

Posted: 3:04 PM Serena Williams has had little time to reflect on her first Grand Slam title in two years and even less time to sleep with a schedule she says is "probably the most hectic it has been in my career."

Posted: 2:47 PM A Penn State investigation into whether university officials helped cover up that Jerry Sandusky was molesting children will be released Thursday.

Posted: 1:59 PM J.C. Penney Co. says it is laying off 350 more workers at its headquarters in Plano, Texas, as the department store struggles to transform its business under a new CEO.

Posted: 8:40 AM BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts man charged with plotting to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol plans to plead guilty to two charges.

Posted: 3:55 AM The White House has issued a veto threat for a House bill to overturn President Barack Obama's health care law.

Posted: 8:00 AM President Barack Obama is launching a push to extend tax cuts for the middle class, starting with an address from the White House today.

Updated: 7:57 AM NATO is now confirming that the six 6 troops killed in a roadside bombing Sunday in Afghanistan were Americans.

Posted: 3:48 AM Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.

Posted: 12:14 PM Forecasters say Tropical Storm Emilia could become a hurricane in the next day or so, but the storm is not expected to threaten land.