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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Obama budget sets up battle with GOP-controlled CongressJanuary 31, 20151:26 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year of relative peace in Washington's budget battles, President Barack Obama will lay out a $4 trillion budget on Monday that needles Republicans with proposals for higher taxes on the wealthy and businesses to pay for education, public works projects and child care.  Whitney Houston's daughter found unresponsive in tubJanuary 31, 20151:46 PM ET ATLANTA (AP) — The daughter of late singer and entertainer Whitney Houston was found unresponsive in a bathtub Saturday and taken to a hospital in the north Atlanta suburbs, police said.  Pilots in helium-filled balloon land safely in MexicoJanuary 31, 20151:52 PM ET ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two pilots in a helium-filled balloon landed safely off the coast of Mexico early Saturday after an audacious, nearly 7,000-mile-long trip across the Pacific Ocean that shattered two long-standing records for ballooning.
Latest Headlines  NFL's Goodell seeks to look past 'tough year,' to futureJanuary 30, 20156:06 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) — As if wishing made it so, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell described his league — and himself — as having addressed missteps on difficult matters such as domestic violence and being ready to move on.  Serena Williams wins 6th Australian, 19th major titleJanuary 31, 20159:13 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title and continued her unbeaten run in six Australian Open finals by extending her decade-long domination of Maria Sharapova.  A Super Bowl weekend at a golf tournament without TigerJanuary 31, 20153:50 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Three previous trips were enough for Tiger Woods to leave quite an impression at the Phoenix Open. The hole-in-one on the most raucous hole in golf. Fans moving a half-ton boulder. A kid tossing an orange onto the green when he was putting.  Cubs legend Ernie Banks remembered for unwavering optimismJanuary 31, 20151:48 PM ET CHICAGO (AP) — Fans and friends paid tribute to legendary Chicago Cubs slugger Ernie Banks on Saturday, recalling how he helped break baseball's color barrier during a Hall of Fame career in which he won over his teammates and an entire city with the unwavering optimism he brought to the game and life.
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