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Michelle Obama to hand out Thanksgiving fixings at Martha's Table

First Lady Michelle Obama, in an e-mail message, said she would be handing out turkeys, stuffing, pumpkin pies and all the Thanksgiving fixings with friends and family at Martha's Table, a local non-profit organization on the Thanksgiving Day.

Focus shifts to China to gauge impact of North Korean attacks

A day after North Korea's artillery attack on the South Korean island, the U.S. decided to send the aircraft carrier George Washington and a number of accompanying ships into the region for joint exercises besides sounding China, the sole ally of Pyongyang, to restrain Pyongyang from further attacks.

U.S. in contact with South Korea after North's attack

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Bosworth speaks to reporters after a meeting with Chinese officials at a hotel in Beijing November 23, 2010.

The United Stated said Tuesday it was in close and continuing talks with South Korea after a North Korean artillery attack killed two South Korean marines.

South Korea fired first: North

North Korea said that it was South Korea which fired first and they had to fire in retaliation. The South Korean enemy, despite our repeated warnings, committed reckless military provocations of firing artillery shells into our maritime territory near Yeonpyeong island beginning 1pm (1500 AEDT), the AFP quoted a statement from the North's military supreme command.

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with former Republican Senate Whip Alan Simpson

Debt commission's proposal gets varied reception

Not unexpectedly, the preliminary proposal of President’s Obama’s bipartisan Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform has met with mixed reviews, from “unacceptable” to “most encouraging.”

Veterans attend memorial groundbreaking event in Washington

U.S. deficit panel unveils proposal to save $4 trillion by 2020

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, a bipartisan commission recently created by President Obama, unveiled a proposal that could save the U.S. government nearly $4 trillion from 2012 to 2020.

A French High Speed Train (TGV) arrives at Marseille's railway station during a national strike.

U.S. high-speed railway: a matter of cost and demand

The federal government has committed at least $8-billion (and counting) for the development of a nationwide high-speed intercity passenger railway system in almost three-dozen states. Rail advocates have long dreamed of an extensive railway grid that will provide clean, speedy, energy-efficient travel.