John Raffel – AHN Sports Correspondent Detroit, MI, United States (AHN) – The Chicago Bears picked up quarterback Jay Cutler a few years ago to give the team the special touch coach Lovie Smith thought he needed to help the franchise turn the corner. Smith watched Cutler deliver Sunday as the Bears won their fifth [...]

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Air Force has completed a 7-month flight test for what is believed to be a futuristic space fighter plane after the unmanned spacecraft left its orbit and landed at a California airbase on Friday. The spacecraft dubbed X-37B or [...]

Obama was due on Saturday to make a public statement on the pact with South Korea, which has been held up for three years because of U.S. auto and beef industry concerns. President Barack Obama on Saturday was expected to start building the case for approval of a free-trade agreement with South Korea that he [...]

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – A strong majority of the presidential debt commission voted Friday to approve a plan for reducing the national budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade through spending cuts and tax increases. President Obama appointed the 18-member commission that includes Republicans and [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday arrived at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan on an unannounced trip. “Good morning…President just landed at Bagram AFB in Afghanistan..windy and cold here and about 9 pm here,” tweeted Robert Gibbs, confirming the trip. According to [...]

AHN News Staff Manhattan, New York, United States (AHN) – A lawyer appointed as a trustee by a New York bankruptcy court filed a $6.4 billion lawsuit Thursday against JPMorgan Chase. Irving Picard said he filed the case because JPMorgan is the primary banker of Bernard Madoff and must carry some responsibility for the losses [...]

AHN News Staff Ankara, Turkey (AHN) – In an effort to help Israel control its continuing blaze, which has spread through northern parts of the country, Turkey has offered to put aside its differences and sent firefighting aircraft. European nations such as Greece, Spain and Cyprus have also offered their help. The Turkish help came [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Miami Beach, FL, United States (AHN) – South Beach is once again ground zero for art lovers, collectors and those who enjoy the parties that surround them. The ninth annual Art Basel Miami Beach kicked off on Wednesday to VIPs and opened to the public on Thursday. The [...]

Anne Lu – Celebrity News Service Contributor Los Angeles, CA, United States (CNS) – The TV series that catapulted Johnny Depp’s career into skyrocketing fame is being remade into a feature film with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. Columbia Pictures is remaking “21 Jump Street” for a big screen debut. Both Hill and Tatum are [...]

David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored plans have increased an average of 41 percent nationwide between 2003 and 2009, according to a new study. The report, by the health care advocacy group Commonwealth Fund, states that while premiums spiked, individuals’ insurance plans bought less [...]

AHN News Staff D.C., Washington, United States (AHN) – Over 21,000 transactions were made by the U.S. Federal Reserve when it stabilized the financial markets. Details of the transactions made in 2008 and 2009 were posted on the agency’s website upon order by Congress. The details include names of companies that borrowed money and the [...]