| Fatal police shooting sparks violent protests (AP) [14 mins] AP - In grainy cell-phone videos played over and over on the Internet, police officers force an unarmed black man to the ground and hold him face-down on a crowded train platform. Suddenly one of the officers draws his gun and fatally shoots the man in the back then looks up.Related stories: California Transit Police Shooting Protests Turn Violent Calif. Train Shooting Sparks Violent Protests ~4 grouped stories | Democrats criticize Obama's proposed tax cuts (AP) [39 mins][Kansas] AP - President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs. Senators from both parties agreed that Congress should do something to stimulate the economy. But Democratic senators emerging from a private meeting of the Senate Finance Committee criticized business and individual tax cuts in Obama's stimulus plan. |