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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is about to spend "a day in the life" of someone who's struggling to get ahead. It's the latest attempt to put a human face on the economic policies he and Democrats are promoting. Obama travels to Minnesota today to spend time with accountant and mother of two Rebekah Erler. He'll also do a town meeting and attend a fundraiser.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Real estate developers and members of Congress concerned about property values may soon be squaring off against airports and airlines over a Federal Aviation Administration proposal on tall buildings. The FAA wants to dramatically reduce the allowable height of buildings near airports, saying encroaching development limits safe flight paths especially in emergencies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Census Bureau figures show the United States as a whole is getting older, but not everywhere, thanks to oil. The aging baby boom generation helped the median age in the United States creep up last year from 37.5 years to 37.6 years. But a second look at data released today shows that seven states — Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wyoming — actually became younger, thanks in part to an oil boom in those states.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Election losses aside, business is still pretty good for tea party activist groups. The groups continue to raise huge sums of money, adding names to their mailing lists and recruiting new volunteers. They also continue to pull the Republican Party to the right ahead of midterm elections. Frustrated mainstream Republicans are appealing to tea party activists to rethink the money given to anti-establishment groups and insurgent conservatives.
SYDNEY (AP) — Investigators reanalyzing data say Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was likely on autopilot the entire time it was flying across a vast expanse of the southern Indian Ocean, based on the straight path it took. Australian officials also announced the latest shift today in the search for the doomed airliner.
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