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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines Obama urges 'bold' nuclear cuts in Berlin speechJune 19, 20134:16 PM ET BERLIN (AP) — Summoning the harsh history of this once-divided city, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cautioned the U.S. and Europe against "complacency" brought on by peace, pledging to cut America's deployed nuclear weapons by one-third if Cold War foe Russia does the same.  FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remainsJune 19, 20135:07 PM ET OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Beneath a swimming pool, under a horse farm and now a weed-grown field north of Detroit. For at least the third time in a decade, FBI agents grabbed shovels and combed through dirt and mud in the search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains or clues to the disappearance of the former Teamsters boss.  US tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objectsJune 19, 20134:15 PM ET KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants.  Bill could reduce illegal immigration 25 percentJune 19, 20133:12 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office that also finds the measure reduces federal deficits by billions.  Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchasesJune 19, 20135:06 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program later this year and end it next year if the economy continues to improve. 
Latest Headlines Mum's the word on Hossa amid NHL's injury cultureJune 19, 20133:43 AM ET BOSTON (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville didn't want to talk about the injury that forced him to scratch forward Marian Hossa from the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins.    Police at Patriots tight end's home for 2nd dayJune 19, 20133:45 PM ET NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — State police returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Wednesday, two days after a body was found about a mile away.  Serena Williams sorry after rape case commentsJune 19, 20134:14 PM ET Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." 
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