LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even dog actors can get awards in Tinseltown, and six pooches collected prizes at the inaugural Golden Collar Awards.
BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — LeBron James scored 35 points and the Miami Heat finally found a way to beat Milwaukee, using a third-quarter surge to beat the Bucks 114-96 on Monday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Marc Jacobs, always the showman, turned his New York Fashion Week show into a mystical forest Monday night, presenting his fall collection amid an old-school fairy tale, complete with characters wearing oversized fur hats and embellished big-buckle shoes. There were hints of Victoriana, with bustles tacked on to some of the dresses, and a sequined faux-fur coat that appeared to be covered in snowflakes.
LONDON (AP) — Weaker than expected U.S. retail sales figures dented market confidence Tuesday after another mass downgrade of the creditworthiness of European countries had little impact.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen seem like they are committed to make their fashion collection The Row a player in the industry. To do that, they have taken a step back.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Lou Williams scored 23 points off the bench as the Philadelphia 76ers built an early lead and held on to send the Charlotte Bobcats to their 15th straight defeat, 98-89 Monday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Betsey Johnson is taking her fun and funky persona back to the 1960s.
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — If Mitt Romney is rattled by polls showing presidential rival Rick Santorum nipping at his heels, he didn't show it Monday at an outdoor rally with about 2,500 people.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston's life was a doleful cover of other addiction-riddled pop stars who put their talent and themselves at risk.
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The capture of the Shining Path's last remaining ideologue is undoubtedly a major blow to what's left of the once-potent guerrilla group but it is unlikely to diminish the illicit cocaine trade that financed it, Peruvian analysts said Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) — She's a Florida girl who's comfortable in a bikini, and now 19-year-old model Kate Upton is on the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is defending his department's slimmed-down, $614 billion budget plan, telling senators that it's time to step up and show they are serious about reducing the deficit.
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Arnold wristed a shot into the net, the clock froze at 6.4 seconds, and the Boston College forward was soon belly-sliding on the ice as his teammates piled on top of him.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's upcoming West Coast fundraising trip will feature a musical lineup worthy of Grammy gold.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. inability to cut illegal drug consumption leaves Guatemala with no option but to consider legalizing the use and transport of drugs, President Otto Perez Molina said Monday, a remarkable turnaround for an ex-general elected on a platform of crushing organized crime with an iron fist.
SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) — Republican Newt Gingrich on Monday dismissed calls to drop out of the presidential contest in order to set up a direct contest between rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. The former House speaker insisted that his ideas and a new determination to stay positive would help him once again resuscitate his flagging candidacy.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say Whitney Houston's body has been taken to a Los Angeles-area airport for a flight to New Jersey.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A "Jersey Shore" cast member is taking his act south.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The 2011 Playmate of the Year on Monday sought a restraining order against the 21-year-old son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, after the son was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence, the Pasadena Star-News reported.
TREMONTON, Utah (AP) — Police aren't filing charges against a father who briefly played a pornographic video instead of "The Smurfs" at his child's birthday party.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney and his under-funded opponents are taking advantage of a weeklong lull in the Republican presidential nomination fight — no debate or primary is slated — to raise the money needed to carry out Super Tuesday strategies and compete in states beyond.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees and Pirates have made progress toward a trade that would send much-maligned pitcher A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's Board of Higher Education voted Monday to sue to attempt to block a public vote on a state law that requires the University of North Dakota's athletics teams to be called the Fighting Sioux.
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The name PeoplExpress conjures up thoughts of cheap fares, packed planes and bare-bones service.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers aren't ready to part ways with Hines Ward just yet.
Amare Stoudemire watched Linsanity from Florida, a welcome break as he grieved the death of his brother.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Karan makes every outfit she designs for a strong, confident woman, and for fall, that woman is comfortable enough in her own skin to wear heavily tailored menswear looks.
GOP lawmakers hit Obama on several defense cuts that promise to be election-year issues.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love conquered the weekend before Valentine's Day as Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum's romantic drama "The Vow" led the box office with a $41.2 million debut.
NEW YORK (AP) — Luxury fashion still caters to movie stars, high-powered businesswomen and ladies who lunch, but designers are starting to show interest in that generation's daughters.
CAIRO (AP) — Stoking tensions with Washington, an Egyptian Cabinet minister has accused the United States of directly funding nonprofit groups to create chaos in the country following last year's ouster of longtime leader and U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak, according to comments published in state-owned newspapers on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is opening its doors in an invitation to the blues.
HOOPA VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) — A moderate earthquake struck Northern California's coast Monday afternoon, rattling nerves around the Oregon border but yielding no immediate reports of major injuries or damage, officials said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to explain its rationale for trying to shut down a Florida pharmaceutical distribution center.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The parents of a Florida A&M band member who died after being hazed filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the owner and driver of the charter bus where the ritual took place, claiming the company's managers told drivers to ignore hazing.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton warned Monday that the rampant poverty that plagues oil-rich Nigeria — felt most acutely in its Muslim north — is fueling the religious violence now tearing at the nation.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy Awards' warm embrace of Chris Brown three years after his assault of Rihanna has drawn the ire of viewers who claim the controversial R&B star shouldn't have been rewarded with such attention.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama's thoughts and prayers are with Whitney Houston's family, especially her daughter.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday it backs Arab League plans to end ongoing violence in Syria but noted several obstacles to deploying a proposed international peacekeeping force to the country and stopped short of a full endorsement of the idea.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday legislation in the Senate that would give employers broad leeway to restrict coverage for contraception is "dangerous and wrong."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most people weighing in on a sports blackout rule are urging the Federal Communications Commission to scrap it.
SAO PAULO (AP) — The editor-in-chief of a newspaper that crusaded against corruption in Brazil's rough border region with Paraguay was shot dead, police said Monday, just days after another slain journalist's body was found in a different state.
NEW YORK (AP) — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and Fitch Ratings downgraded their ratings on Spanish financial institutions Monday, after both agencies cut their ratings on that nation's government debt.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson has beaten Tiger Woods the last five times they have played together in the final round.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite criticism of Fannie Mae by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, his campaign accepted nearly $280,000 in donations raised by a registered lobbyist who once represented the government mortgage giant and whose clients now include a private equity firm and the drug company Pfizer.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Knicks guard Jeremy Lin has been named the Eastern Conference player of the week after his sensational first week as an NBA starter.
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DETROIT (AP) — Displaying guns, vests and other military gear, a prosecutor told jurors Monday that members of a Midwest militia were willing "to go to war" in an extraordinary plot to kill a police officer as a springboard to a broader rebellion against the U.S. government.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt about-face, House GOP leaders announced Monday that they are willing to extend the two percentage point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year and add the approximately $100 billion cost to the nation's $15 trillion-plus debt.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An online auction began Monday for more than 2,000 acres of land overlooking the Caribbean that was once part of the bustling Naval Station Roosevelt Roads.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek economy remained stuck in a deep recession in the fourth quarter, according to official figures released Tuesday that confirm the painful effects of austerity reforms intended to lower debt.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday honored several artists, writers and organizations for their contributions to the nation, and pledged to make the arts and humanities a priority for as long as he is in the White House.
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The armed group that clashed with Tunisian forces in the south of the country earlier this month had links to al-Qaida, the interior minister said Monday as he announced a wave of arrests tied to the incident.
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — One worked in financial services. Another was an insurance agent. A third had recently finished law school and embarked on a legal career.
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DENVER (AP) — Authorities were investigating a 14-year-old girl's actions before they say she attacked two students with a hammer at Columbine High School in the first assault with a weapon since the deadly shootings there in 1999.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — McDonald's Corp. said Monday it will require its U.S. pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out crates that tightly confine pregnant sows, a move that one animal rights group predicted would have "a seismic impact" on the industry.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A hearse under heavy police escort arrived late Monday at a funeral home officials said was handling the arrangements for late pop star Whitney Houston.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Beverly Hills police say Whitney Houston was underwater, apparently unconscious when found
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fitch Ratings downgraded four banks in Spain Monday as a result of its downgrade of that nation's credit rating.
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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — It took a medevac unit 59 minutes to get U.S. Army Spec. Chazray Clark to a hospital in southern Afghanistan after receiving a call that a roadside bombing severed three of his limbs. Clark did not survive.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Actor Sean Penn is taking Argentina's side in the Falkland Islands dispute.
NEW YORK (AP) — The best clothes enhance the wearer — her smile, her eyes, her outlook. Carolina Herrera's fall collection offered Monday at New York Fashion Week highlighted what's likely to be a trend for next season, and a welcome one at that: Modern styles that put the focus on a woman's face thanks to high, interesting necklines.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's $12.5 billion bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU's antitrust watchdog has approved Google's $12.5 billion takeover of cell phone maker Motorola.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sunday's Grammy Awards telecast made sweet music in the ratings, delivering for CBS its largest audience since 1984 and beating last year's viewership by 50 percent.
NEW YORK (AP) — Malachy the Pekingese, whose smushed-in face frames a mop of flyaway fur and whose pace rivals a snail's, is the fairest dog in the land.
NOGENT-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — Residents are blasting a plan to erect a statue with a face resembling that of France's Italian-born first lady in an effort to honor this small town's immigrants from Italy.
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's long-downtrodden indigenous majority adored President Evo Morales as he championed a new constitution that promised the nation's 36 ethnicities unprecedented autonomy.
Kentucky and Syracuse remain Nos. 1 and 2 in The Associated Press' Top 25, and Wichita State and Notre Dame are ranked for the first time this season.
PARIS (AP) — French cosmetics giant L'Oreal on Monday reported a solid increase in sales and profit for 2011, driven by growth in emerging markets, which the company said would surpass western Europe as its most important region this year.
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LONDON (AP) — A former senior British police officer was sentenced to jail on corruption charges Monday for falsely arresting a business rival over a financial dispute.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. envoy will hold talks with North Korea on its nuclear program in Beijing next week, the first such negotiations since the death of the nation's longtime leader Kim Jong Il.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget lays down the political themes he will pound as he campaigns for re-election — more spending on jobs and higher taxes for the wealthy. It sets him apart from the Republican contenders and gives Democrats a platform to run on.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief decried Syria's escalating crackdown on civilian protesters Monday and warned that the Security Council's failure to take action has emboldened the Syrian government to launch an all-out assault to crush dissent.
ATLANTA (AP) — "I didn't have, like, the intention of killing a kid," Ryan Brunn told police after he pleaded guilty to molesting a girl, slashing her throat and dumping her body in a trash bin. In a candid, three-hour interview, Brunn went into detail about how and why he lured the girl to an empty apartment — and when he made the decision to kill her.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A student who had to pull her bra away from her body so school officials could check whether she was hiding drugs must have been humiliated and frightened by the unreasonable search, her lawyer told the North Carolina Supreme Court on Monday. An attorney for the state argued the search was minimally invasive.
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SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices fell toward $100 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors look to the latest U.S. crude supply figures for clues about demand strength.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama proposed tax increases on wealthy individuals and some corporations Monday, setting the stage for an ideological battle that won't be resolved until after the November election — if then.
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Tossing bouquets of red roses into the sea, the relatives of people still missing one month after the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster mourned in a private tribute Monday.
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Overall World Cup leader Ivica Kostelic will have surgery Monday after partially tearing cartilage in his right knee during his super-combined victory in Russia a day earlier.
LONDON (AP) — Is Rupert Murdoch's best-selling newspaper in open revolt?
MALE, Maldives (AP) — The United Nations on Monday backed Maldives' new leader's proposal for a national unity government though the ousted leader is calling for a snap poll to resolve a political crisis.
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple's stock broke above $500 for the first time Monday. It was the latest step in a rally that began more than two weeks ago, when the company reported staggering sales and profits for the holiday quarter.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank bought euro59 million in government bonds last week as it again made only modest use of a tool that has supported indebted governments during the eurozone debt crisis.
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Gen. Mohammed Lamari, who led Algeria's military during a decade of civil war that crushed the nation's Islamic rebel groups, died Monday. He was 73.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a police commander who for years hunted militants was ambushed and killed in a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Salzman's latest book is based on a live performance.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian military official said Monday that Tehran's nuclear and other industrial facilities suffer periodic cyber attacks, but that the country has the technology to protect itself from the threat, an official news agency reported.
BERLIN (AP) — A new document from Greece's international creditors spells out what further austerity measures they expect Athens to implement to receive fresh cash and avoid default.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man went on trial Monday on a capital murder charge in the death of his newlywed bride more than eight years after she drowned during a honeymoon diving trip in Australia.
BERLIN (AP) — Billy Bob Thornton says his frustration at the state of films in America prompted him to direct his first feature in more than a decade, the 1960s family drama "Jayne Mansfield's Car."
LINDEN, Calif. (AP) — The search for more human remains in what appears to be a mass grave used by two men known as the "Speed Freak Killers" was suspended because of rain Monday, a day after authorities unearthed hundreds of bone fragments.
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold talks with Scotland's leader this week on plans for an independence ballot, his office said Monday, with the two expected to wrangle over the timing of a vote that could break up Britain.
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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Security forces in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters trying to occupy a landmark square in the nation's capital on Monday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Gulf kingdom's Shiite-led uprising.
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — What becomes of a garden gnome hurled in fury at a car during a stormy breakup?
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has launched a second licensing round for offshore exploratory drilling as hopes grow that potential fossil fuel deposit discoveries will buoy the eurozone country's sagging economy, even though the efforts are raising tensions with Turkey.
DETROIT (AP) — Federal safety regulators are investigating fires in the driver's side doors of Chevy TrailBlazers, the second such probe in a week.
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GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dionne Warwick has postponed a Valentine's Day concert at a western Pennsylvania theater after the death of her cousin Whitney Houston.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan presidential candidate Henrique Capriles on Monday called for "balanced elections" and criticized the use of government money and slanted coverage in state media as President Hugo Chavez seeks re-election.
ROME (AP) — An Italian court Monday convicted two men of negligence in some 2,000 asbestos-related deaths blamed on contamination from a construction company, sentencing each of them to 16 years in prison and ordering them to pay millions in what officials called a historic case.
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has a new sidekick for royal events: The Duchess of Cambridge.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) — A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle — at about 20 mph. The beetle won.
AUGUSTA, Ky. (AP) — Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn't need a student's report of bedbugs at the school to make things worse.
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — Members of Hamilton police Chief Neil Ferdelman's family have held public safety jobs serving their southwestern Ohio city for 87 years straight, but that run will end with his retirement next month.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's press adviser has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Investors shook off their worries about Greece on Monday and got back to their routine of little-by-little gains.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dozens of flights were delayed Monday at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol Airport after a man claiming to have a bomb locked himself in a toilet, sparking the evacuation of two terminals, officials said.
BERLIN (AP) — Angelina Jolie says she's not yet sure whether she will follow her directorial debut on the Bosnian war with another film on such serious material — but she has already written a script focusing on the conflict in Afghanistan.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian investigators were searching Tuesday for the motorcycle assailant who attached a bomb to an Israeli diplomatic car in the heart of New Delhi in an attack the Jewish state blamed on Iran or its proxies.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Foreign Ministry is confirming a pair of attempted car bombings against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Chris Gregoire handed gay rights advocates a major victory Monday, signing into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.
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LONDON (AP) — Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim cleric whom British officials say is an al-Qaida figurehead and a threat to national security, was freed from an English prison into virtual house arrest late Monday, British media reported.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Military planes and police helicopters flew in tons of emergency food to snowbound villages and ships in the Balkans on Monday, after blizzards so fierce that some people had to cut tunnels through 15 feet (4 meters) of snow to get out of their homes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — General Electric Co. plans to hire 5,000 veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece faces further hurdles and delays before it can receive a second, euro130 billion ($171 billion) bailout despite its lawmakers voting through more austerity measures in the face of violent protests.
MOSCOW (AP) — A fire at a drydocked Russian nuclear submarine in December could have sparked a radiation disaster because it was carrying nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles and other weapons, despite official statements to the contrary, a Russian news magazine reported Monday.
NEW DELHI (AP) — An explosion tore through an Israeli diplomat's car on the streets of New Delhi on Monday, Israeli officials said. The driver and a diplomat's wife were injured, according to Indian officials.
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov won a new five-year term by capturing 97 percent of the vote, election officials said Monday, but a Western expert called the vote a democratic sham.
LONDON (AP) — A retired British businessman accused of plotting to sell missile components to Iran will be extradited to the United States, his lawyer said Monday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of Waylon Jennings will soon release songs the country music icon recorded shortly before his death 10 years ago.
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The winning ticket in Saturday's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a Stop & Shop supermarket in Newport, but no one has come forward yet to claim the prize, Rhode Island lottery officials said Monday.
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama called on Congress Monday to create an $8 billion fund to train community college students for high-growth industries, giving a financial incentive to schools whose graduates are getting jobs.
JERUSALEM (AP) — A spokesman for ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says a Tel Aviv court will hold its first hearing into a wide-ranging real estate scandal involving the former leader.
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — The head of Kuwait's central bank of more than 25 years has resigned, state media said Monday, in the latest shake-up among the Gulf nation's veteran policymakers as political tensions grow.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli settlers from an unauthorized West Bank outpost said Monday they have accepted an offer from the government to stay put for two more years, despite Israeli Supreme Court orders to evacuate them next month.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy celebrants stepped out of the Staples Center and into tropical South America at the official awards-show after party.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels repelled a push Monday by government tanks into a central town held by forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime in an 11-month conflict that looks increasingly like a civil war.
DETROIT (AP) — It didn't look like just another night for the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena when a fan hurled an octopus on the ice, an act usually reserved for a playoff game.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Movie super spies James Bond and Jason Bourne use them. So do real-life presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who says he pays his taxes, and untold numbers of Americans who don't. Swiss banks and their secretive counterparts around the globe may sound like the exclusive province of the wealthy, the mysterious or the shady, but anybody can legally open an offshore account.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the government's huge health benefit programs, a major cause of future deficits.
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The victim was a Harvard-educated businessman who was shot to death minutes after he dropped his son off at a suburban Atlanta day care center. The alleged killer was a successful engineer and father of three who lived in an affluent subdivision.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban's former defense minister died in a Pakistani jail in 2010, a spokesman for the insurgent group said Monday.
LONDON (AP) — Vodafone Group PLC, the world's largest mobile phone company, said Monday it is considering a possible bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide PLC, causing shares in the telecoms network provider to jump 27 percent.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president. Her decades-old secret about her trysts with John F. Kennedy was still safe then.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Supreme Court charged Pakistan's prime minister with contempt Monday for defying its order to reopen an old corruption case against the president, sharpening a political crisis that has shaken this already volatile country.
NEW YORK (AP) — Adele's songs about breakups and heartache have made her a multi-Grammy award winner but she insists she's done with all that.
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SINGAPORE (AP) — Europe is willing to discuss its new carbon emissions tax for airlines with disgruntled governments but has no plans to scrap the levy, top EU officials said Monday.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Two bills to allow gay marriages in Australia were introduced in Parliament on Monday but may fail because of political conflicts.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Youthful state governor Henrique Capriles won Venezuela's first-ever opposition presidential primary Sunday by a wide margin, emerging as the single candidate who will try to end President Hugo Chavez's 13 years in power.
BEIJING (AP) — China's vice president left Monday for a crucial getting-acquainted visit to the United States before he takes over as leader of the world's most populous nation later this year, amid tensions over trade, currency and a sharpening competition for global influence.
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
LONDON (AP) — Global markets reacted positively Monday after Greece's parliament approved a new set of austerity measures required by international lenders in exchange for a bailout that would save the country from bankruptcy next month.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim militant suspected of building the bombs used in the 2002 Bali attack went on trial Monday on terrorism charges, a year after he was captured in the same Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was hiding.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin continued his torrid play, scoring his 31st and 32nd goals of the season as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Sunday night.
ATLANTA (AP) — LeBron James scored 23 points, Dwyane Wade added 21 and the Miami Heat blew out the Atlanta Hawks 107-87 on Sunday night after racing to a 22-point lead at halftime.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's president said Monday that the U.S. inability to deal with its drug consumption problem is leaving Central America with no option but to consider legalizing drugs.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators worked Sunday to piece together what killed Whitney Houston as the music industry's biggest names gathered for a Grammy Awards show that at times felt as much like a memorial as a celebration.
SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices rose to near $100 a barrel Monday in Asia after the Greek parliament approved new austerity measures that should secure a bailout and avoid bankruptcy.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the Grammy show's most poignant moments was one that TV viewers didn't see.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy shrank at an annual pace of 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter as manufacturers were battered by the strong yen, weak export demand amid the European debt crisis and flooding in Thailand.
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DETROIT (AP) — Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom has played in his 1,550th game, the most by an NHL player who spent his entire career with one team.
NEW YORK (AP) — Diane von Furstenberg let the crowd attending New York Fashion Week in on a little secret Sunday: Fashion is a puzzle.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A coroner's official says Whitney Houston was found in a hotel bathtub but it'll take weeks to determine precisely how she died.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 54th Annual Grammy Awards:
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — With an escort of jet fighters screaming above and tens of thousands of screaming fans on the ground, Zambia's victorious soccer team flew home Monday to a hero's welcome.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fashionistas shivered visibly on Sunday in a makeshift event space along the blustery Hudson River, where the Edun fashion label, founded by U2's Bono and wife Ali Hewson, was displaying its Fall 2012 collection. But the models wore bright, African prints that made one feel, at least momentarily, in a much warmer clime.
With an opening prayer and a moving tribute from Jennifer Hudson, the Grammy Awards played the part of impromptu memorial for Whitney Houston just a day after the six-time Grammy winner was found dead in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — He knew his game was getting close, and he broke through with flair Sunday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
BOSTON (AP) — Rajon Rondo recorded a triple-double with 32 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 95-91 win Sunday over the Chicago Bulls, who were without star guard Derrick Rose.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters doused smoldering buildings and cleanup crews swept rubble from the streets of central Athens on Monday following a night of rioting during which lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the nation from bankruptcy.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brooke Hampton made two free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining and West Virginia beat No. 2 Notre Dame 65-63 on Sunday, snapping Irish's 21-game winning streak.
NEW YORK (AP) — For the past six weeks, Wall Street traders have optimistically pushed the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 4.8 percent on a belief that the U.S. economic recovery is finally gaining momentum.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Roots saved some of their love for Whitney Houston.
NEW YORK (AP) — It's time for the well-heeled women who shop from New York Fashion Week runways to pull themselves up by their bootstraps — preferably Christian Louboutins — and carry off clothes rooted in strength, confidence and even toughness.
DALLAS (AP) — Diane Aulger was about two weeks from her delivery date when she and her husband decided there was no time to wait: Mark Aulger had only days to live, and he wanted to see his child.
The splintered music world truly coalesces only one night of 365 for the Grammy Awards, and this year was united in the triumph of recovered British soul singer Adele's trophy haul and the tragedy of Whitney Houston's death.
NEW YORK (AP) — Tracy Reese is feeling optimistic, if not downright festive, for fall.
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TORONTO (AP) — After leading by 18 points in the first half, the Los Angeles Lakers were staring at a four-point deficit with less than two minutes to play.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston's daughter has been released from a Los Angeles hospital after being rushed there the morning after her mother's death.
NEW YORK (AP) — Once the clothing collections are nearly complete and the models who'll wear them have been chosen, it's time for designers to plan and test one other important part of the looks they present at New York Fashion Week: hair and makeup.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — More than two months after the University of North Dakota officially dropped its divisive nickname, the public address announcer at a women's basketball game welcomed it back with a familiar roar: "Here come your Fighting Sioux!"
NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Barrera enjoys pretty things. A jewelry designer to the stars, his gold-plated breastplate is what Beyonce wore for her "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" album.
HOUSTON (AP) — From testimony about bribes, blood oaths, faked profits and secret Swiss bank accounts, the ongoing fraud trial of jailed and former jet setting Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford has had its share of drama.
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer and designer Gwen Stefani, one of the few celebrities who has stuck with her fashion brand for the long haul, offered a "That Girl" vibe at the New York Fashion Week show for her LAMB line.
DETROIT (AP) — A prosecutor says seven members of Midwest militia accused of planning to attack law enforcement to try to incite rebellion were willing to "go to war."
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Black Hebrew community is mourning the loss of Whitney Houston, who famously visited them in 2003.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister is showing no indication of backing down ahead of a face-to-face showdown with the Supreme Court on Monday, even though his stance could cost him his job and land him in prison.
PARIS (AP) — Angelique Kerber of Germany won her first WTA title Sunday, overpowering second-seeded Marion Bartoli of France 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 in the Open GDF Suez final.
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The top U.S. Navy official in the Gulf said Sunday he takes Iran's military capabilities seriously but insists his forces are prepared to confront any Iranian aggression in the region.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Looking back, survivors say, the voyage seemed doomed from the start: The weather was bad and the clearly overloaded boat seemed barely seaworthy as it set out in the inky pre-dawn darkness in what was supposed to be a 36-hour journey to Puerto Rico.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love triumphed over action at the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the romantic drama "The Vow."
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian airliner safely made a forced landing after a passenger had a "psychotic attack," entered the cockpit and assaulted a pilot, crew members and passengers who tried to subdue him, witnesses said.
NEW YORK (AP) — She may be chic and petite, but don't mess with Victoria Beckham. She offered a no-nonsense, tough-girl fall collection at New York Fashion Week on Sunday that she said she hoped would forge an "emotional attachment between the garment and the wearer."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives said Sunday the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the requirement because it was another example of government meddling.
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian troops captured on Sunday the wounded leader of a remnant of the once-powerful Shining Path rebel group, effectively dismantling a well-armed outlaw band that lived off the cocaine trade, President Ollanta Humala said.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state-run news agency says the country's foreign ministry has summoned Azerbaijan's ambassador to protest alleged Israeli intelligence activity in the oil-rich Caucasian state.
PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova won her second straight Pattaya Open title Sunday, defeating Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Piece by piece, in backpacks and carry-on bags, American aid contractor Alan Gross made sure laptops, smartphones, hard drives and networking equipment were secreted into Cuba. The most sensitive item, according to official trip reports, was the last one: a specialized mobile phone chip that experts say is often used by the Pentagon and the CIA to make satellite signals virtually impossible to track.
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain deployed thousands of security forces Sunday to confront anti-government protesters ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Shiite-led uprising that seeks to loosen the ruling Sunni dynasty's monopoly on power.
ROME (AP) — Authorities in Italy say pumping operations have begun to remove some of the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the cruise ship that ran aground off Tuscany.
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian woman who worked for the United Nations as a freelance consultant was fatally shot in the head while driving through an upscale Cairo neighborhood on Sunday, security officials said.
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) — The United States completed its 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the first round of the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning the closing singles matches.
LONDON (AP) — Luis Suarez apologized Sunday for refusing to shake hands with Patrice Evra while Liverpool criticized its player for the first time in this protracted racism dispute that has tarnished the reputation of one of England's storied clubs.
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Ivica Kostelic captured his second consecutive World Cup super-combined title with a victory Sunday on the 2014 Sochi Olympics course, then hobbled off with an injured right knee that that might need surgery.
SOLDEU-GRANDVALIRA, Andorra (AP) — Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees while overall leader Lindsey Vonn finished eighth.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rafael Cabrera-Bello held off a strong field Sunday to capture the Dubai Desert Classic, shooting a 4-under 68 to beat Lee Westwood and Stephen Gallacher by a stroke for his second European Tour victory.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's chief of staff says it's only a matter of time before the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad collapses.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum says he expects to do well in the next GOP presidential contests and will be in a two-man race with Mitt Romney.
CHICAGO (AP) — It happened to nurse Jane Byron years after an in-line skating fall, business owner Haralee Weintraub while doing "men's" push-ups, and avid cyclist Gene Wilberg while lifting a heavy box.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — From the start, it's been a roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.
LONDON (AP) — The British Cabinet minister responsible for the media says the press must face tougher penalties for breaches of standards in the wake of the tabloid phone-hacking scandal.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A year ago, Clive Davis' glittery pre-Grammy showcase was winding down after a number of electric performances when the grandest name of all, Whitney Houston, walked on stage to close the evening with what promised to be a show-stopping tribute to her famous cousin, Dionne Warwick.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's leaders urged the Hamas prime minister of Gaza to continue the Islamic militant group's resistance against Israel and promised support, state TV reported on Sunday.
PARIS (AP) — Marine Le Pen has purged the old guard from her father's extreme-right National Front party and is reaching out to Jews, maligned under his leadership, in her bid to be the next president of France.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A mounting rebellion by Hamas leaders in Gaza against a breakthrough power-sharing agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas highlights a potentially fatal flaw — the deal never spelled out how the Western-backed leader can take charge again in Gaza, the territory he lost to a violent takeover by the Islamic militants.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dustup over contraception underscored President Barack Obama's political edge in working to attract independent voters without alienating his Democratic base. His Republican rivals are forced to keep emphasizing their conservative credentials to attract the right-leaning activists who dominate the nominating contests.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston's last days were spent surrounded by family, catching up with old friends and doing a bit of what she was best known for: singing.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — It was a surreal scene: Whitney Houston had died at the Beverly Hilton, and hours later and a few floors below, her life was being celebrated at the event where her career was launched.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack, calling the front-runner "desperate" while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up.
The East will dry out Sunday as wet weather moves across the West. A low pressure trough is advancing eastward over the central Rockies and will produce moderate snow showers over Utah and Colorado. Winter weather advisories have been issued for parts of western Colorado as snowfall accumulations may reach 6 to 8 inches by Sunday evening. Most of Utah, western Wyoming, and northern New Mexico should see lighter snow showers, accumulating about 1 to 2 inches.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy's annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, Obama's proposal Monday requests increases in transportation, education and other areas.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A coroner's official says Whitney Houston's body has been transported from the Beverly Hills hotel where the singer died and is awaiting an autopsy.
RESTELICA, Kosovo (AP) — Rescuers have pulled a 5-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house flattened by a massive avalanche that killed both her parents and at least seven of her relatives in a remote mountain village in southern Kosovo.
LONDON (AP) — Silent movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Awards.
CAIRO (AP) — The Arab League called Sunday for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria and urged Arab states to sever all diplomatic contact with President Bashar Assad's regime, the League's latest effort to bring an end to the violence that has killed more than 5,000 people.
BAGDHAD (AP) — Iraq inaugurated a new offshore oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf on Sunday in a vital step to ease infrastructure constraints and to bring sorely needed cash for reconstruction after decades of war and international sanctions.
BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida's leader has called for the ouster of Syria's "pernicious, cancerous regime," raising fears that Islamic extremists will try to exploit an uprising against President Bashar Assad that began with peaceful calls for democratic change but is morphing into a bloody, armed insurgency.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister has arrived at the Supreme Court for a hearing in which judges say he will be charged with contempt.
MOSCOW (AP) — The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youthful and aged, unshaven and elegantly made up, self-confident and shy.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American teenager Jessica Korda won the Women's Australian Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a six-player playoff.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed a security guard in the Gaza Strip.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen burst into a family home of a provincial judge in eastern Afghanistan, killing him and his niece in the latest assassination of an Afghan government official, authorities said Sunday.
SINGAPORE (AP) — A top Boeing Co. executive says that the plane maker is frustrated with the latest 787 Dreamliner production glitch, but that it shouldn't delay output goals.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities say they will deport a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter, despite concerns from rights groups that he may be persecuted at home.
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed Saturday night before thousands just hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.
MALE, Maldives (AP) — The Maldives' new president has expanded his Cabinet to include members of the former autocratic ruler's party, and Islamic conservatives will be appointed ministers in coming days.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Hudson will pay tribute to her idol, Whitney Houston, at Sunday's Grammy Awards.
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese television report says Emperor Akihito will have heart bypass surgery.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A dream honeymoon to scuba dive on Australia's Great Barrier Reef turned into a terrible nightmare, and the horror is about to play out years later in a courtroom in Alabama.
J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes — even prays — this will be the day when his fortunes turn around.
1963: Whitney Elizabeth Houston is born in East Orange, N.J. to gospel singer Cissy Houston on Aug. 9.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Doron Lamb hit a 3-pointer with 3:18 left to put No. 1 Kentucky ahead to stay, and the Wildcats took a big step toward a Southeastern Conference regular-season title by beating Vanderbilt 69-63 Saturday night for their 17th straight win.
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Voters in Turkmenistan headed to the polls Sunday in a presidential election designed to cement the incumbent's hold on power in the authoritarian Central Asian nation.
NEW YORK (AP) — Whitney Houston's downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public's mind, it overshadowed her many accomplishments.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Lin came with an intriguing story even before he escaped the New York Knicks' bench.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Gary Neal scored 18 points, and Tim Duncan recorded his ninth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs won their seventh in the row with a 103-89 victory over the New Jersey Nets.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A collection of reactions to Whitney Houston's death:
NEW YORK (AP) — The bright lights of the big city bring out the best in Bernard Lagat.
BEIJING (AP) — An 18-year-old Tibetan nun has set herself on fire in western China in the latest such protest against Beijing's handling of the vast ethnic Tibetan regions it rules, an overseas activist group said Sunday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice was ravaged by drug use and her regal image was ruined by erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
CHICAGO (AP) — After a week of controversy, Chicago officials have decided to design the 2012-13 vehicle registration sticker themselves.
NEW YORK (AP) — There they were: Gisele Bundchen, Shalom Harlow and Karolina Kurkova, along with Alexander Wang's slick, glossy fall collection, all on the catwalk Saturday evening at New York Fashion Week.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — If the whole singing and acting thing ever falls apart for Jennifer Hudson, you might find her working at a tattoo parlor.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Mitt Romney is thanking Maine voters after the state party chairman declared him the winner of that state.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Saturday with a narrow victory in the Maine Republican presidential caucuses.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Producer RedOne says his goal in music was to "find the next Madonna or Britney (Spears)." Then he met an unsigned artist named Lady Gaga.
NEW YORK (AP) — "The Phantom of the Opera" is making musical history on Broadway.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron Paul says he wishes all the Maine caucuses would have met on Saturday.
NEW YORK (AP) — With winged dresses and swirls of piping to evoke veins, Christian Siriano paid homage at New York Fashion Week to Fay Wray and vampire bats in a stark, cavernous runway space worthy of the creatures of the night.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Republican party chairman: Mitt Romney wins Maine caucuses
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Charlie Wi played bogey-free at Spyglass Hill for a 3-under 69 to build a three-shot lead Saturday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Now it's time for him to face his demons of self-doubt — along with a familiar force in golf.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Zoe has that old-school, rock-star girlfriend thing down — and, as she showed Saturday at New York Fashion Week, she does it well.
WACO, Texas (AP) — Country music star Trace Adkins' latest performance was for his college crush.
TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — Authorities say a mob in central Mexico has beaten three suspected kidnappers to death.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney has won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll of conservative activists.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion's top brass seems to like the military look for next fall. Three days into the seasonal previews at New York Fashion Week Saturday, sharp-shouldered styles for the urban brigade have emerged as a trend.
J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes — even prays — this will be the day when his fortunes turn around.
NEW YORK (AP) — Prabal Gurung offered a dramatic runway show Saturday at New York Fashion Week starting with sharp, edgy black outfits with strong silhouettes, slashed sleeves and high-gloss patent leather, and ending with red carpet-worthy white gowns with feathers and gold lame.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is focusing on re-election themes such as jobs and public works projects in President Barack Obama's new budget blueprint while relying on familiar but never enacted tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to reduce future deficits after four years of trillion dollar-plus shortfalls.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — About 400 mourners have gathered in Kansas to honor U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown, whose stamina and devotion to justice kept him on the federal bench right up until his death at 104.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget proposal will ask Congress to devote millions for a new trade enforcement center and more U.S. inspectors in China as the administration takes aim at unfair trade practices.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Add another dance move to Michelle Obama's repertoire. This one has to do with a certain celebrity platypus.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers' wide receiver Hines Ward wants to retire with the Pittsburgh Steelers, offering to restructure his contract to do it.
AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — (AP) — Three South Korean women were freed on Saturday a day after they were kidnapped by armed tribesmen in Egypt's Sinai peninsula when clan elders negotiated their release, a security official said.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kyle Kuric scored 17 points to lead five Louisville players in double figures and No. 24 Louisville rallied past slumping West Virginia 77-74 on Saturday.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency reports that more than 30 million people in the country have lost access to foreign email services such as Gmail, Yahoo mail and Hotmail.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After losing their fight against right-to-work legislation, labor organizers are making a desperate bid on shop room floors and at union halls to persuade members to keep paying their union dues and avoid crippling labor's influence in Indiana.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border — and professed ignorance about the $277,556 officers found hidden inside. The bags were handed to her at a bus station, gifts to be given to a child upon her return to Mexico, she told investigators.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Saturday he will propose legalizing drugs in Central America in an upcoming meeting with the region's leaders.
DALLAS (AP) — In just the past few days, she's danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with busy parents and engaged in a friendly cooking competition with stars from "Top Chef."
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Lin came with an intriguing story even before he escaped the New York Knicks' bench.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Max Pons is already anticipating the anxiety he'll feel when the heavy steel gate shuts behind him, leaving his home isolated on a strip of land between America's border fence and the violence raging across the Rio Grande in Mexico.
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit symphony has set what it believes is a record for the most viewers of a live, online performance by a U.S. symphonic group.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Few police officers have adhered to a strike just days before this city's world-famous Carnival kicks off, official said Saturday.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Looking for a wild-and-crazy time at college? Don't sign up for Justin McDaniel's religious studies class.
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain deported two American women Saturday accused of aiding anti-government activists after entering on tourist visas, officials and activists said. The announcement comes amid escalating tensions ahead of the one-year anniversary of the uprising against the Gulf kingdom's rulers.
NEW YORK (AP) — As the glow fades from the Giants' Super Bowl triumph, some New York sports fans are tuning in to basketball and hockey, with the Rangers in first place and the Knicks' overnight sensation, Jeremy Lin, sparking "Lin-sanity."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth year of recession and rioters are hurling gasoline bombs in the streets of Athens?
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — No immediate discipline is planned for any Dickinson State University employees in the wake of an audit determining the school awarded hundreds of degrees to foreign students who didn't earn them, the chancellor of North Dakota's university system said Saturday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbie threw open the sparkly, pink doors of her dream closet to rock a party she hosted for her fellow fashionistas.
BOSTON (AP) — Mitt Romney faulted President Barack Obama's original push to require church-affiliated employers to pay for birth control as an "assault on religion," but as Massachusetts governor, Romney was largely silent about a state law that required virtually the same contraceptive coverage.
SOLDEU-GRANDVALIRA, Andorra (AP) — Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.
NICASIO, Calif. (AP) — Luke Skywalker would be proud. A rebel alliance has formed in the hills north of San Francisco to fight a perceived Evil Empire.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The parents of two boys who say the teens were punched during high school baseball hazing rituals say they're being victimized again — this time because they aren't being allowed to play sports after switching schools.
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) — Given a supremely tough draw in the Davis Cup, the United States is off to an exhilarating start.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not like he wasn't warned.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Wilmot Perkins, a veteran Jamaican journalist considered the island's "godfather of talk radio," has died. He was 80.
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Gearing up for a tough political season ahead, Michelle Obama said Saturday she's trying to get as much done as possible before the general election campaign starts to drown out everything else.
ATLANTA (AP) — Earl Lloyd remembers when he suited up for the Washington Capitols more than 60 years ago as the first black to play in an NBA game and wondering if he would make a good enough impression to stick around.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Wayne Rooney scored twice as Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 in an ill-tempered match Saturday to provisionally move to the top of the Premier League.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The NFL, which is trying to maintain its TV blackout of home games that don't sell out, missed an opportunity 40 years ago to preserve an even more restrictive policy when it rebuffed an effort by President Richard Nixon to lift the hometown blackout just for playoff games.
CAIRO (AP) — The United States' top general discussed an Egyptian crackdown on Western-funded pro-democracy groups with the head of the country's ruling military council on Saturday, as another two foreigners were arrested on charges of fomenting discontent on the first anniversary of Hosni Mubarak's ouster.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline has blackened a river in eastern Venezuela, and the state oil company said workers are containing the spill.
OSLO, Norway (AP) — It's not the face of North Korea the world is used to: five young musicians adding a playful twist to one of the most popular Western pop songs of the 1980s.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — More than a thousand people mourned the deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell at a public funeral Saturday, nearly a week after the young boys' father killed them and himself in a gas-fueled blaze.
Study showed the skill served them well in later grades
MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal says he underwent a surprise drug test toward the end of a week in which the Spaniard was the butt of jokes by a French TV program about his country's alleged ties to doping.
SOLDEU-GRANDVALIRA, Andorra (AP) — Marlies Schild of Austria won her sixth World Cup slalom of the season on Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the opening run on the Pyrenees course.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lee Westwood took advantage of some shaky play from Rory McIlroy and Thomas Bjorn, shooting a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke lead on Rafael Cabrera-Bello after the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) — Mardy Fish will partner with Mike Bryan in the doubles match Saturday as the United States seeks to sweep Roger Federer's Switzerland out of the Davis Cup.
BEIRUT (AP) — The tensions between the two neighborhoods were building for days in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. On one side live Sunni Muslims who hate the Syrian regime. On the hill above are members of the Alawite sect, Bashar Assad's strongest backers.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lawyers for a man who was sexually abused decades ago by a priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf have withdrawn their lawsuit naming Pope Benedict XVI and other top Vatican officials as defendants.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya demanded Niger hand over one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons who is under house arrest in the neighboring African nation after he warned in a television interview that his homeland was facing a new uprising.
MOSCOW (AP) — European election observers say that presidential hopefuls running against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin face "biased" reports by Kremlin-controlled media and constant government pressure.
MOSCOW (AP) — The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youthful and aged, unshaven and elegantly made up, self-confident and shy.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood's biggest star Amitabh Bachchan underwent abdominal surgery on Saturday and was recovering well in a Mumbai hospital, his son said.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's biggest-selling newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five employees at The Sun tabloid were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Money laundering at the Vatican bank. Corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts. Even a purported plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI.
BERLIN (AP) — Angelina Jolie says she's nervous and excited about the upcoming premiere in Sarajevo of her Bosnian war movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey."
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go up for millions of working people.
BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the country's state-run news agency said.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Warning of a "catastrophe" that would leave Greeks subsisting on food stamps and the country wallowing in bankruptcy, Greek leaders urged lawmakers Saturday to pass more painful spending cuts on the eve of a crucial vote to qualify for a massive bailout.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor won just a plurality of the Maine vote, suggesting he still has work to do to unite GOP voters behind his candidacy.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani army has started court martial proceedings against five officers over suspected ties to a banned extremist group that has called for ousting the U.S.-backed government, security officials said Saturday.
TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of Japanese joined a march against nuclear power as worries grow about the restarting of reactors idled after the March 11 meltdown disaster in northeastern Japan.
BEIJING (AP) — Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has wrapped up a visit to China aimed at boosting oil sales by announcing that Beijing will loan two of the country's prized giant pandas to Canadian zoos.
KAWHMU, Myanmar (AP) — Thousands of cheering supporters swarmed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday as the democracy icon took her historic campaign for a parliament seat to the southern constituency she hopes to represent for the first time.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Staggered by Rick Santorum's surge, Mitt Romney is trying to reset his presidential campaign by defining himself as a strict conservative.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest even as they split over which GOP presidential hopeful should face him in the general election.
WASHINGTON (AP) — What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's opposition is now the divided one.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities searching with the help of a convicted serial killer found more human remains Saturday — the first bones discovered at an abandoned well on a cattle ranch where a death row inmate claimed 10 or more victims may be buried, authorities said.
BAGHDAD (AP) — A group of political dissidents created a new Iraqi opposition party Saturday, vowing to act as a check on the government as the prime minister warned that a push for regional autonomy could tear the country apart.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will soon unveil "big new" nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday while reiterating Tehran's readiness to revive talks with the West over the country's controversial nuclear program.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — American teenager Jessica Korda moved into position for a two-sport, father-daughter Australian double, shooting an even-par 73 in windy conditions Saturday to take the Women's Australian Open lead at Royal Melbourne.
MALE, Maldives (AP) — A visiting U.S. official said Saturday that the Maldives wasn't ready for early elections as a way out of its political crisis as the Indian Ocean nation's new president agreed to an independent investigation into his takeover of power.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian militant charged in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks has told interrogators he spent weeks holed up in a rented house, painstakingly building a half-ton bomb using household items including a rice ladle, a grocer's scale and plastic bags.
NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger told the story of a young cadet's military and sport lifestyle in his fall men's collection that debuted Friday during New York Fashion Week.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rag & Bone designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright put their cool, modern twist on clothes that are classic in the truest sense of the word for their fall collection that debuted Friday at New York Fashion Week.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Lin outplayed Kobe Bryant, ended the mighty Lakers' dominance of the Knicks and then tried to pretend it was just another game.
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Lawyers for a U.S. reality television producer facing trial for allegedly murdering his wife at a Mexican resort called two witnesses Friday to testify they saw the victim leave her hotel to go shopping three days before she was found dead.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bernard Trager, the longtime chairman and founder of bank holding company Republic Bancorp Inc., has died. He was 83.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — She's been a sensation since she's been born, and now Blue Ivy has made her public debut.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The annual pre-Grammy Clive Davis gala is so hot this year that even Diddy is getting calls from celebrities who are trying to get on the bill — and in the seats.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO is defending its treatment of horses used in the racetrack drama "Luck" after two of the animals died during production.
NEW YORK (AP) — The actor who played the father on the 1970s comedy series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," has died. Philip Bruns was 80.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Bennett performed on the very first Grammy Awards, and as he returns for the 54th show this Sunday, the singer says it never gets old.
DETROIT (AP) — Best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow was killed Friday when he lost control of his car on a snowy road after promoting his latest book in northern Michigan. He was 53.
REDWATER, Alberta (AP) — The general manager of a Canadian motorcoach travel company says about 30 people have been injured after a bus rolled over on a highway near Edmonton, Alberta.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Charlie Wi escaped most of the rain and built a three-shot lead Friday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. drug agents have evidence that cartel leaders paid millions to a Mexican border state governor and other figures in Mexico's former ruling party in exchange for political influence, according to a court filing in Texas.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer-privacy law.
NEW YORK (AP) — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday lowered its ratings on 34 Italian banks, citing concerns over Italy's financial vulnerability and expectations for weak profits at the banks.
DALLAS (AP) — Michelle Obama says her daughters' main concern about the coming presidential election is all about them.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Mitt Romney and Ron Paul rarely even acknowledge each other in the Republican presidential race, focusing their attention and attacks on rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum instead. That curious detente is being tested in Maine's caucuses this week, where Romney's reputation as a political shape shifter is going head-to-head with Paul's consistent libertarian views.
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors thinking of buying a piece of Facebook after it goes public are hoping it will perform like Google, whose stock has risen 500 percent since its debut seven and a half years ago.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Before President Michel Martelly took office in May 2011, Haiti's top prosecutor had recommended that former strongman Jean-Claude Duvalier face trial for the abuses associated with his 15-year rule.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for the journalists' group that organizes the Golden Globe Awards and its longtime producers offered a federal judge dueling versions of what a disputed $150 million broadcast deal means to each side.
Coughs begin to clear up within two weeks, study finds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Cornelius was cremated at a private service attended by family and family who were led in prayer by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the "Soul Train" founder's family announced Friday.
It's Rick vs Mitt in the ring at conservative gathering in Washington.
NEW YORK (AP) — The actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s Western "The Big Valley," has died. Peter Breck was 82.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Argentina said Friday it has information that Britain sent a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic near the disputed Falkland Islands in the latest verbal salvo in a dispute over the territory.
WASHINGTON (AP) — German automaker BMW has agreed to pay $3 million for delays in reporting safety defects and recalls to the federal regulators, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday.
Critics blast Obama compromise, still plan to push issue in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is raising money for his re-election campaign from a small group of wealthy donors who each paid $35,800 to meet with him at a hotel near the White House.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — DNA taken from the mouth of a former police detective so closely matched saliva from a bite mark on the arm of a murdered woman that no one else could have produced that genetic similarity, a criminalist told jurors Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service announced plans Friday to remove an inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and replace it with a full quotation from the civil rights leader — a move the memorial project's architect said would "destroy" the monument.
It's especially important that young boxers wear protective gear, researchers say
The more overweight people are, the more likely they are to experience pain, study finds
Not yet approved for public use, it picks up AIDS virus in later stages of infection
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was remembered Friday as a master motivator and a man who left a legacy of kindness that was just as impressive as what he accomplished in the ring molding a record 15 world champions, including Muhammad Ali.
NEW YORK (AP) — The British hip-hop artist M.I.A. has apologized to Madonna for making an obscene gesture during the Super Bowl halftime show, Madonna's spokeswoman said.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A strike by Rio police a week ahead of Carnival celebrations is drawing attention to a deeply troubled force in which low wages help fuel corruption, extortion and lethal violence, experts said Friday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Marlene Dietrich is having a moment. The runways of New York Fashion Week are paying homage to the late star's sultry, glamorous but sometimes slightly mannish style.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In a folder on his work computer labeled "Personal Pics," Steve Powell maintained a peculiar collection of photos: 55 depicting his daughter-in-law Susan but few if any showing his son.
WASHINGTON (AP) — What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man from Uzbekistan who pleaded guilty Friday to plotting to kill President Barack Obama with an automatic rifle claimed he was acting at the direction of an Islamic terror group in his home country.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in an assassination attempt 13 months ago, returned to Washington Friday for double honors. The Navy named a ship after her and she saw President Barack Obama sign the last piece of legislation she authored into law.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An ammonia leak that caused an emergency alert at the San Onofre nuclear plant in November was caused by employees who failed to recognize degraded equipment and fix it, federal regulators said Friday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices fell Friday with a critical bailout plan for Greece's economy in limbo, again raising the specter of bank failures and bankruptcies in Europe.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Wu has arrived, and the confidence he's feeling in his emerging success was evident at New York Fashion Week Friday, where his dramatic show featured a collection inspired partly by his Chinese roots.
NEW YORK (AP) — Casting and fitting models for a fashion show is more art than science, but, says designer Jason Wu, there's still a formula.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — To the young women who got into trouble partying in San Diego's popular downtown Gaslamp Quarter, officer Anthony Arevalos offered a way out: In return for sex, he would look the other way on traffic infractions.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's Roman Catholic bishops are expressing grave doubts about President Barack Obama's revamped health care rule on birth control. They say it raises serious moral concerns and lacks clear protections for certain employers, insurers and individuals.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney says he has a "severely conservative" record as he looks to win over voters who favored his rivals in recent contests.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Virginia congressman asked a federal panel Friday to reject a design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, saying the World War II general's family objects to it.
NEW YORK (AP) — Energy ran the runway for Libertine's fall collection.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget predicts a $1.3 trillion deficit for the ongoing fiscal year but that would drop to $575 billion in 2018 if the president gets his wish to raise taxes and if policymakers can live within tight restraints on the Pentagon and other Cabinet agency budgets, the White House said Friday.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan says it will contest a European ban prohibiting Britain from extraditing to the kingdom a radical Islamist cleric alleged to have close ties to al-Qaida.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal deficit was lower through the first four months of the budget year than the same period last year. Still, the deficit is expected to top $1 trillion for the fourth year in a row, putting more pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama in an election year.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will.i.am said he hoped to raise $1 million for his charity that benefits needy students at a concert Thursday night. Instead, he raised $5 million.
Small study suggests ability to sift through 'noise' determines mastery of new skill
Study suggests that only quitting, not cutting back, might lower threat
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who snatched a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987, then raised the child as her own for more than two decades, pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge Friday as the girl's true mother wept in the courtroom.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government could lose nearly $3 billion on Energy Department loans for green energy programs — far less than the $10 billion Congress set aside for the high-risk program, according to an independent review.
WACO, Texas (AP) — Brittney Griner and her teammates didn't like what they saw on film this week.
NEW YORK (AP) — Pet lovers won't have to look away anymore when those heart-wrenching TV ads appear during the Westminster dog show — the ones with the pitiful little faces peering out from behind those rusted bars of a cage and wondering "how I ended up in here."
NEW YORK (AP) — The Patriots got exactly what they wanted when the Giants threw to Mario Manningham on New York's last Super Bowl drive.
Obama amends a ruling that required Catholic institution to cover birth control for employees.
Barack Obama says his solution will protect religious liberty but also ensure women have access to birth control
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department is recommending that Americans avoid travel to all or parts of 14 of 31 Mexican states in the widest travel advisory issued since Mexico stepped up its drug war in 2006.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Joy Williams of Grammy-nominated duo The Civil Wars says she is pregnant.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan government official says five policemen have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — International Paper Inc. will be allowed to go ahead with its $3.7 billion acquisition of smaller rival Temple-Inland Inc. after reaching a settlement with the Justice Department's antitrust division.
Santorum responds to announcement of expanded role of women in combat.
NEW YORK (AP) — Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.
New reactor approval signals U.S. ready to proceed despite Fukushima meltdown.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Bernanke says declines in home prices have forced many Americans to cut back sharply on spending and warns that the trend could continue to weigh on the economy for years.
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Museum officials are waiting to see whether memorabilia from the classic film "Gone with the Wind" was ruined when a fire heavily damaged the facility near Atlanta where it was stored.
FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) — First, Mardy Fish put together a compelling rally to get the United States off to a fast start. Then John Isner bashed his way to a big upset.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A Hungarian obstetrician known for promoting home births lost an appeal Friday against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice.
LIMA, Peru (AP) — One of two remaining fugitive leaders of Peru's once-powerful Shining Path rebel group may have been wounded in combat in a remote coca-growing region, the government said Friday.
Long-term study found lower BMI in children breast-fed at least 6 months
More seizures, lower Apgar scores found in home
Responsibility to cover contraceptives will shift from the religious employer to the insurance company
Operating sooner, later worse for babies, preliminary research finds
No evidence found to link antiretroviral therapy with severity of psychiatric symptoms
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's official press agency says one person was killed and three injured in a gunfight between "masked persons" and security forces in the country's eastern Qatif region.
LONDON (AP) — Actor Damian Lewis has a warning for Barack Obama.
PARIS (AP) — Top-seeded Maria Sharapova was ousted from the quarterfinals of Open GDF Suez on Friday, beaten by Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 6-4.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Al-Qaida's decision to formally extend its terror franchise to what once was a nationalist movement in Somalia may only be a desperate joining of hands to prop up two militant groups that are both losing popular support and facing increasingly deadly military attacks, analysts said Friday.
PRAGUE (AP) — Two artists have used wax from the thousands of candles that Czechs lit to mourn the death of President Vaclav Havel to create a large heart honoring him.
NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Glass' "The Perfect American," imagining the final months of the life of Walt Disney, will have its world premiere at Madrid's Teatro Real on Jan. 22, 2013.
MADRID (AP) — Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador returned to training for competition Friday, four days after receiving a two-year doping ban from sport's highest court.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three Democratic New York state senators want an independent inspector to oversee the New York Police Department after what they called several abuses, including reports of widespread surveillance of Muslims and the crackdown on Occupy Wall Street protesters.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cavaliers rookie guard Kyrie Irving will spend the weekend resting and recovering from his concussion.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in cities across the country Friday calling for sweeping political changes as President Ali Abdullah Saleh approaches what appears to be the end of his 33-year rule.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Santorum is telling conservatives he's the only Republican presidential candidate who shares their values and implicitly attacking rival Mitt Romney as a moderate.
BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria (AP) — Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria on Friday observed a holiday traditionally associated here with bees and honey.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — It took 16 months of wrangling, but Bosnia finally has a new government — a leadership that promised to immediately tackle the country's economic problems, including its pressing lack of a budget.
LONDON (AP) — Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer patients are, with minimal risk to the fetus.
'Open' learning resources are more economical than e-textbooks, education advocates say.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The mysterious disappearance 11 years ago of a veteran U.S. Virgin Islands police officer that long vexed detectives has been solved, authorities said Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has support from a key Catholic health group on its compromise birth control policy.
DALLAS (AP) — In just the past few days, she's danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with busy parents and engaged in a friendly cooking competition with stars from "Top Chef."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior campaign aides to Republican Mitt Romney will begin appearing at fundraising events for an independent political group supporting his White House run, officials said Friday. The decision comes days after President Barack Obama gave his campaign the OK to do the same.
MOUNT HEALTHY, Ohio (AP) — Several dozen animals have found temporary shelter after Ohio firefighters rescued at least 60 pets from a house fire in a Cincinnati suburb.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Facing pressure to bring in more students as North Dakota's booming oil industry made it tougher to coax new high school graduates into college, Dickinson State University began looking overseas to boost its enrollment.
LONDON (AP) — London will be the first city in England to test electronic monitoring to force persistent alcohol offenders to stop drinking, Mayor Boris Johnson said Friday.
TEHRAN (AP) — An Iranian semiofficial news agency reports that the Hamas prime minister of Gaza has arrived in Tehran. The visit may be an attempt by the Palestinian militant movement to avoid snubbing Iran even as it cultivates ties with the wealthy Gulf.
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — The feel-good era between New York property tycoon Donald Trump and Scotland's political leaders seems to have come to a dramatic end.
AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Armed tribesmen stopped a tourist bus and kidnapped three Korean women and their guide in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Friday, the region's security chief said.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — European shippers say they are losing millions because a lengthy stretch of the Danube — one of Europe's key waterways — is stuck in the longest freeze in recent memory.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy and Thomas Bjorn each shot 7-under 65 to share the lead Friday after the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is honoring legendary crooner Tony Bennett, whose famous song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," was recorded 50 years ago.
LONDON (AP) — J.K. Rowling described how press intrusion made her feel like a hostage, Hugh Grant traded insults with a newspaper editor and a former tabloid reporter insisted that only evildoers had any need of privacy.
MADRID (AP) — Spain's new conservative government approved sweeping labor market reforms on Friday as part of a drive to revive a sick economy and solve Europe's worst unemployment nightmare.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — University of Michigan officials said Friday they have ordered an outside review of campus security in the wake of a botched response to child pornography found on a medical resident's computer flash drive.
MANANA, Bahrain (AP) — Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain are streaming toward a site they seek to occupy for the one-year anniversary of their uprising in the Gulf kingdom.
LONDON (AP) — Harry Redknapp said Friday his focus remains on Tottenham's pursuit of Champions League qualification — until an approach is made for the vacant England coaching job.
MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat signaled Friday that Moscow will again use its veto power at the United Nations to block any resolution aimed at ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad from power.
MILAN (AP) — Fabio Capello plans to relax rather than return to coaching in Italy after blaming a "misunderstanding" for his exit from England job.
DETROIT (AP) — Federal safety regulators are investigating reports of fires in the driver's side doors of 2007 Toyota Camry sedans and RAV-4 crossover SUVs.
And repeat surgery is likely for many younger recipients, researchers predict
Health experts say Americans shouldn't be overly concerned
WASHINGTON (AP) — Monthly U.S. exports to Europe grew in December, a hopeful sign after a steep decline the previous month. But, some economists remain concerned that the region's debt crisis will still weigh on the U.S. economy this year.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of Hollywood's Kodak Theatre is challenging bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co.'s effort to end its sponsorship agreement and have the company's name removed from the Academy Awards venue.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Freezing temperatures and heavy snow in Turkey are making life miserable for the more than 140,000 residents who were left homeless by the nation's devastating earthquake four months ago and who are still living in tents or temporary shelters.
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police have arrested three men, including one who had been a fugitive for five years after being convicted for the 2003 assassination of Serbia's prime minister, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Friday.
MOSCOW (AP) — A rash of teenage suicides in Russia has set off alarm bells and experts are urging the government to take immediate action.
Presidential candidates again make their pitch to the base.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The alleged mastermind of a radical Islamist sect's Christmas Day church bombing fled across Nigeria after escaping police custody and hid for about a month before finally being apprehended Friday, authorities said.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks had their worst day of the year Friday after Greece hit a roadblock on its way to a critical bailout.
JERUSALEM (AP) — American musician Cat Power has canceled her show in Israel, joining a list of artists shunning the country over its conflict with the Palestinians.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Paralympics Games organizers celebrated the 200 days-to-go milestone Friday by completing the only permanent Paralympics venue, Eton Manor.
MOSCOW (AP) — A military court on Friday convicted a Russian officer of providing the CIA with secret information on Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missiles and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military rulers warned Friday that the country faces conspiracies that seek to topple the state and spread chaos, in a message intended to undermine activists who plan to mark the anniversary of President Hosni Mubarak's overthrow with anti-army protests.
NEW YORK (AP) — It may not smell like a rose but a New York City sewage plant is offering tours for lovers on Valentine's Day.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The child-molestation scandal in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has taken a mysterious new turn, with prosecutors asking a coroner to examine the body of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua to establish whether he died of natural causes.
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says at least 11 people have drowned and 34 are missing after a smuggling boat headed for Yemen capsized off the coast of Somalia this week.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's future in the eurozone came under renewed threat Friday as popular protests again turned violent and dissent grew among its lawmakers after European leaders demanded deeper spending cuts.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award Friday for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.
No reliable roadside test available to identify drugged drivers, experts say
Study suggests treatment of expectant mothers is feasible after first trimester
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival "built on American manufacturing." But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it.
MIAMI (AP) — By almost any measure, Norma Butler Bossard Elementary is a top performing school in Miami: It has consistently been rated an 'A' by the state, and students have achieved high scores on Florida's standardized math and reading exams.
BERLIN (AP) — Hours after receiving a two-year ban for blood doping, 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich admitted on his website that he had "contact" with the Spanish doctor who ran the doping program he was accused of participating in.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Social issues dominated the 2012 presidential race Friday, as President Barack Obama tried to calm a storm over religion and birth control and the Republicans vying to replace him jockeyed to outdo each other in proving their conservative fervor.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Rick Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in "immoral debt" and to replace an administration he argues has "callousness toward life and family and faith."
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — An Islamic extremist who killed two U.S. airmen bound for Afghanistan at Frankfurt airport last year and injured two others was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison on Friday.
HONOLULU (AP) — West James beamed as he showed off a new entry in his journal: "I survived a dangerous rescue."
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years in prison over a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to gather at a public square, a human rights group said Friday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Money pouring into the presidential election from super political action committees and nonprofit campaign groups appears so far to be strictly American in origin, donated by U.S. companies, unions and millionaires. But it's easier than ever to conceal the source of money and the identities of contributors, making conditions ripe for illegal donations from foreigners, overseas companies or governments attempting to help a favored candidate for the White House.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told the Marine Corps on Friday to re-investigate and take appropriate action against the Marine snipers who posed with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol.
DENVER (AP) — Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect — it's mostly cash-only.
WASHINGTON (AP) — All of a sudden, abortion, contraception and gay marriage are at the center of American political discourse, with the struggling — though improving — economy pushed to the background.
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Authorities have charged a Guinean army colonel in connection with a 2009 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators at a soccer stadium, making him the first high-ranking official to face trial for the atrocities.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some students wrote farewell letters to their former teachers. Even though it was the middle of the school year to them, it was the first day for the new staff of an elementary school where every worker was replaced following the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges.
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Two suicide car bombers struck security compounds in Aleppo on Friday, killing 28 people, Syrian officials said, bringing significant violence for the first time to an industrial center that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad during the 11-month uprising against his rule.
SEATTLE (AP) — Josh Powell told his 7-year-old son he had a "surprise" for him moments before attacking and killing him and his 5-year-old brother, according to the state social worker who was supposed to supervise a visit between Powell and his sons.
SHANGHAI (AP) — General Motors Co. has won approval from environmental authorities in central China for a new $1.1 billion assembly plant, though the company says it has not yet decided on the plan.
BERLIN (AP) — The German Parliament is set to hold a special session on Feb. 27 to vote on the second bailout for Greece, a senior lawmaker said Friday.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey and Iran, regional heavyweights and heirs to imperial pasts, expanded trade in the past decade and papered over their traditional rivalry with diplomacy and rhetoric. Now these neighbors have staked out opposing positions in Syria, where outside players seek to sway an outcome to the bloodshed that could, in turn, alter power balances in the Middle East.
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — In the run-up to this city's huge Carnival, the cash register at the souvenir shop where Vania Alves works is normally buzzing as hoards of revelers scoop up rubber thong sandals, teeny bikinis and sarongs printed with the Brazilian flag.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — When local police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns. In a guerrilla-style ambush reminiscent of a Vietnam War battle, they wounded six officers.
BOSTON (AP) — Troy Schoeller admits he could have chosen his words more carefully when he talked to a reporter about bodies he worked on as an embalmer at a funeral home.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky declared Friday that people have turned against him, moments after the ex-Penn State football coordinator asked a judge for greater freedom while he awaits trial on child sex abuse charges.
PARIS (AP) — NYSE Euronext on Friday said costs related to its collapsed merger with German stock market Deutsche Boerse caused a slump in fourth quarter earnings.
CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population.
LONDON (AP) — Barclays PLC revealed Friday that it is slashing its bonus pool after earnings at its investment banking division fell sharply and dented overall profitability.
OZARK, Mo. (AP) — After nearly two decades as a fugitive, a British man suspected of driving off with an armored car loaded with cash worth about $1.5 million has been captured in southwest Missouri, where he appeared in federal court wearing blue jeans and asking for a court-appointed defense attorney because he didn't have enough money to hire one.
NEW YORK (AP) — On a normal day, 4 billion shares of stock change hands on the New York Stock Exchange. One in 10 belongs to a single company. It's not McDonald's or IBM, both of which have been on a tear.
PARIS (AP) — French oil company Total SA forecast higher production this year while revealing Friday that higher oil prices helped it post a 12.8 percent rise in fourth quarter profits despite a drop in output.
HONG KONG (AP) — The argument began over the seemingly minor offense of eating on the subway, which is banned in Hong Kong. A local commuter was outraged that a girl in a tour group from mainland China spilled noodles onto the floor.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City police commissioner's TV host son resumed his morning show duties at "Good Day New York" on Friday, telling viewers it had been a tough couple of weeks but he was ready to get back to work after being cleared of the prospect of criminal charges of raping a woman he met for a drink.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's top court rejected Friday a last-ditch appeal filed by the prime minister against a looming contempt charge, paving the way for a case that could plunge the nuclear-armed country into political turmoil.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The push by Afghanistan's president to nationalize legions of private security guards before the end of March is encouraging corruption and jeopardizing multibillion-dollar aid projects, according to companies trying to make the switch.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A prominent Buddhist monk who was one of hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar last month was detained Friday after a pre-dawn visit by authorities, an official said.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — William Theophilus Brown, a painter who enjoyed success for more than half-a-century and was closely associated with the San Francisco Bay area's "figurative" movement, has died. He was 92.
SHANGHAI, China (AP) — Celebrity author Han Han has filed a defamation lawsuit in Shanghai against a writer who alleges some of Han's prolific works were penned by others.
BOSTON (AP) — Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 on Thursday night.
MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Robert Covington had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Tennessee State to a 72-68 victory over No. 9 Murray State on Thursday night, handing the Racers their first loss of the season.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscars aren't until Feb. 26, but winners of the Pawscars are already celebrating.
NEW YORK (AP) — Well, now we know how she does it: With lots of YouTube breaks and double-brewed coffee. In this so-much-information era, designer Cynthia Rowley spilled her work habits to the audience gathered Thursday night for the runway preview of her fall collection during New York Fashion Week.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition presidential contender Pablo Perez finished off his campaign Thursday urging public employees to join his supporters and vote in a primary election choosing a single challenger to face President Hugo Chavez.
LONDON (AP) — Stock markets and the euro fell sharply Friday after Greece's crucial bailout was put on hold by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone and the leader of a small partner in the country's coalition government said he would vote against the demanded austerity measures.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An inmate convicted of stalking Madonna and threatening to slash her throat was captured Friday, a week after police said the "highly psychotic" man walked away from a mental hospital.
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told a government-installed Tibetan cleric Friday to uphold national unity in a meeting amid recurring anti-government unrest in Tibetan communities.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Acrid smoke from a fire at a sprawling trash dump blanketed swaths of Jamaica's capital Thursday, and officials warned people to stay indoors to avoid exposure to potentially dangerous pollutants.
BOSTON (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown walked past the crowd of reporters huddled outside the Celtics' locker room and thought, briefly, about joining in.
NEW YORK (AP) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its creditors are suing several units of Citigroup Inc. to recover $2.5 billion the failed investment bank transferred to a backup account at Citi months before seeking bankruptcy court protection.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Placido Domingo will take on another baritone role when the Los Angeles Opera presents its first performances of the Verdi rarity "I Due Foscari" to open its 2012-13 season.
LONDON (AP) — Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer patients are, with minimal risk to the fetus.
Nineteen months after "The Decision" sent his personal stock plummeting, LeBron James is as desperate as ever to please and still clueless on how to go about it.
NEW YORK (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce overcame slow starts to return to the All-Star game, while lengthy runs ended for Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.
MALE, Maldives (AP) — The United States on Friday backtracked from its swift recognition of the new Maldives government, which the nation's former leader claims came to power in a coup.
NEW YORK (AP) — Paris has its scarves and skinny suits, Milan has its luxe leather and London its swinging miniskirts, but ask American designers what they've added to fashion and the collective answer is democracy, from wrap dresses worn by working women in the 1970s to a dress worn by the first lady.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Twenty months later, Dustin Johnson finally hit the drive he wanted at Pebble Beach. Ten years later, Tiger Woods must have wondered what kept him away from the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 34 percent in January from a year earlier to $751 million due to the lack of new game titles, according to market researcher NPD Group.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's city clerk says she will buy a $1,000 savings bond for the boy whose winning design for the 2012-13 vehicle registration sticker was scrapped because some believe it may depict gang signs.
New research finds that high drivers are twice as likely to cause a fatal crash as sober drivers.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela turned over a prominent Colombian paramilitary warlord to Colombian authorities on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. And NASA's former science chief is calling it irrational.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion designers, retailers, editors and stylists settled into their routines Thursday for eight days of previews at New York Fashion Week with barely a blink at all the photographers' flashes: a sign of business-as-usual stability.
In game six of the 2004 American League Championship Series, Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling beat the New York Yankees despite playing on an injured ankle — one that bled so badly that Schilling's victory became known as the "bloody sock" game. It's the stuff of baseball legend.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Brown has been getting attention for all the right reasons lately, but a judge said Thursday that he should continue to remain under the watchful eye of a probation officer as he works to complete the terms of his sentence for beating then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ruling generals have a new enemy: the legions of angry soccer fans who have injected fervor into recent protests demanding the military step down and battled police for days in the streets of Cairo.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Intel Corp. is paying $6.5 million as part of a deal to terminate an antitrust lawsuit filed against the chip-maker by the New York attorney general's office.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are deeply divided over President Barack Obama's new rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide insurance for free birth control to their employees amid fresh signs that the administration was scrambling for a way out.
WASHINGTON (AP) — If Mitt Romney needs some good news in an otherwise lousy week, he might find it in an improbable place: the packed hallways of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A lawyer for a Guantanamo prisoner charged in the Sept. 11 attack has filed suit against the prison commander, arguing a new rule subjecting legal mail to a security review is unconstitutional and amounts to illegal "intelligence monitoring" of a U.S. citizen.
The problem may not be that the rich are getting richer; it's that the poor can't climb the ladder.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mitt Romney is in danger of losing his fourth straight state in Saturday's caucuses in Maine, where he and his allies have been all but absent from TV.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — LinkedIn provided further evidence of online networking's popularity and moneymaking potential with a fourth-quarter performance that got a glowing review on Wall Street.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys who accuse Greg Mortenson of defrauding readers in his best-selling "Three Cups of Tea" say his case is no different from that of James Frey, who admitted on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" that he lied in his memoir "A Million Little Pieces."
Republicans say waiver process shows Obama thinks separation of powers is “tiresome.”
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The streets of this Olympic city were calm Friday, just hours after police officers went on strike and a week before glittering Carnival celebrations that typically draw 800,000 tourists were due to start.
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Medical authorities in Panama say former dictator Manuel Noriega has left a hospital four days after fainting in the prison where he is serving time for murder, embezzlement and corruption.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager for Europe to contain its economic troubles, President Barack Obama praised Italian Premier Mario Monti on Thursday for his efforts to lead Italy out of its fiscal quagmire. The president said Monti has boosted confidence in Italy throughout Europe and in the marketplace.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal weather forecasters say the La Nina weather phenomenon that contributed to the southwestern U.S. drought is winding down.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Muslim convert from Brooklyn pleaded guilty Thursday to using a website he founded to post online threats against the creators of the "South Park" television show and others he deemed enemies of Islam.
As Dems prepare for November battle, many of their own party members will have fight each other.
Study found respiratory distress syndrome more likely in small, premature infants born by cesarean
More than 95 percent said they ordered unnecessary tests, referrals and hospitalizations to protect themselves
These plans, from Weight Watchers to the Petite Advantage Diet, are geared toward women.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage stayed at a record low this week, providing some added incentive for those looking to buy a home or refinance.
NEW YORK (AP) — A news report says Apple plans to unveil a new iPad early next month.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The story already had people's attention: A multimillionaire polo magnate was accused of causing a drunken-driving wreck that killed a young man. But now, with his criminal trial approaching, a strange twist has raised even more eyebrows: He has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Music mogul Russell Simmons wants New York's governor to pull the plug on milk from cows.
The president is dependent upon continued feminist support for his re-election.
Uproar over Obama's choice has to do with more than contraception.
First Amendment exists to shield believers and institutions from exactly this kind of brute force.
It is opposition to birth control that denies separation of church and state.
Religiously owned or affiliated organizations ought to play by the same rules as other employers.
No one is telling the Catholic Church that it cannot hold its views on contraception.
Contraception is a key component of basic healthcare for women of all faiths.
The government's assault on religious faith and practice is broad and deep.
Family planning is the most effective tool against pregnancy and the need for abortion.
Nothing about this new rule will affect a person's ability to practice his or her religion.
The infiltration of the secular state into the faiths of millions of taxpayers is scary.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-sought safety feature that Congress required after a deadly 2008 rail crash would be delayed for five years under legislation that the House is expected to take up next week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI background interviews of some people who knew Apple co-founder Steve Jobs reveal a man driven by power and alienating some of the people who worked with him.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Remember the pig hidden within the decal on the doors of some Vermont State Police cruisers?
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says he's convinced America is better positioned than other nations to continue to lead the world's economy — whether or not his boss is still in charge.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors at a site in eastern Georgia.
PARIS (AP) — An heir to the Guerlain perfume empire went on trial Thursday in Paris on charges he made racist insults on national television.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna criticized Ohio lawmakers Thursday for not yet passing a bill to regulate exotic animals, months after authorities shot dozens of lions, tigers, bears and other wild creatures let loose by their suicidal owner.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is working with its European and Arab allies to organize the inaugural meeting of the "Friends of Syria" to explore ways to further isolate President Bashar Assad, support his foes and end ongoing violence.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The romantic rival of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend testified Thursday that he saw the defendant with his arm around her neck months before her death.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas appears to be drifting away from its longtime patron Iran — part of a shift that began with last year's Arab Spring and accelerated over Tehran's backing of the pariah regime in Syria.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — High winds. Lightning. Hail. A severe thunderstorm warning. A huge crowd waits for country duo Sugarland to take the stage.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is facing a March court date in Las Vegas following his arrest on a 2009 traffic warrant and a new misdemeanor drug charge, authorities said Thursday.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal judge who was vilified by Republican presidential hopefuls for banning prayer at a Texas high school graduation delivered a scathing and unusually personal response Thursday, saying those who used the case to further political goals "should be ashamed."
Early lab study showed reduction of disease-related plaque
Study found men who had the first had 74% higher chance of developing the second
Surveyed surgeons said Botox, nose and eyelid modifications among most common requests
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The chief prosecutor's office obtained an arrest warrant Thursday for ex-President Alvaro Uribe's longtime peace commissioner for allegedly choreographing the bogus surrender of a column of leftist guerrillas.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The campaign finance system is so broken that legislative changes, including a constitutional amendment, are needed to rein in runaway, secret spending in elections, congressional Democrats said Thursday.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — After two hours' grueling drive southeast from the center of Mexico City, through paralyzing traffic jams and clouds of throat-burning smog, the bleached-white haze of air pollution gives way to pale-blue sky.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" have missed its satirical intent, the sponsor said Thursday.
Zombie Bin Laden will soon be coming to a screen near you
SAO PAULO (AP) — Veteran Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello said his move to the IndyCar Series depends on finding new sponsors and he may only compete on road and street circuits.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Wild arm swings, sharp robotic turns, pulsing fist pumps.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president announced ambitious infrastructure projects Thursday, laying out his plans for creating jobs and hope in nation harder hit than most in Africa by global recession.
Americans are likely to see cost hikes on everything from cell phone bills to orange juice this year.
MONTREAL (AP) — It's come to this for the Montreal Canadiens: The Catholic church is asking people to pray for the last-place team.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra officials insist it's not "American Idol" meets Mozart.
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron and Jordan's King Abdullah II on Thursday agreed to cooperate over thus-far unsuccessful attempts to deport extremist cleric Abu Qatada from London to Amman, the U.K. leader's office said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to review the first lower-cost versions of biotech drugs, expensive medications which have never before faced generic competition.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department's internal watchdog cleared the agency Thursday of any impropriety in its review of a permit for a controversial pipeline that that would carry Canadian oil produced from tar sands to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As far as Lance Armstrong is concerned, it's all over.
PHOENIX (AP) — Ron Barber was always the behind-the-scenes man for his boss, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday accused President Barack Obama of actively seeking ways to allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapon and suggested that the administration had betrayed Israel by publicly disclosing what may be a plan to attack the Muslim nation.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issued a 30-day stay of execution Thursday for a death-row inmate who had been scheduled to die next week for the 1986 murder of the mother of his two children.
Greece's political leaders on Thursday agreed to steep government cutbacks and economic reforms to qualify for a euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout from other countries in Europe and around the world.
Annual Red Dress fashion show highlights the leading threat to women's health, heart disease
Case report says victims thought they'd ordered amphetamine, but got drug that turned their skin blue
But majority of adults still not told to get active during office visit, report finds
Analysis looked at a variety of ethnic groups
NEW YORK (AP) — It takes two men to replace The Big Man.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Three conservative clerics whose arrests nine years ago heralded the beginning of Morocco's crackdown on Islamists called on Thursday for a new investigation into their country's worst terrorist attack.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Ranchera music giant Vicente Fernandez says he will retire after tours of Latin America, Spain and the U.S., ending a four-decade career.
LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Thursday sent nine men to prison for al-Qaida inspired plots to bomb the London Stock Exchange and set up a terrorist training camp.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't have the slightest clue what your health insurance covers?
NEW YORK (AP) — A chance to kiss the buff, shirtless Richard Gere of the early '80s? Sold, for $20,000!
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is lauding a rosier election-year economic forecast, predicting the economy could add two million jobs this year. But the upbeat projection is based partly on the shaky premise that Congress will sign off on President Barack Obama's jobs agenda.
LONDON (AP) — She squared off against former Beatle Paul McCartney in divorce court; on Thursday, Heather Mills took on Piers Morgan at Britain's media ethics inquiry.
BOSTON (AP) — Reigning Boston Marathon champions Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel lead the field of elite runners for the 116th edition of the event.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs will began 2013 by renewing their rivalry at one of North America's most iconic stadiums.
LONDON (AP) — Producers say Naomi Watts will play Princess Diana in a film about the last years of the royal's life.
Politics dominate now, but long-term draws include middle-class and infrastructure growth.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Somali militant group al-Shabab has formally joined al-Qaida, according to a video translation released Thursday of a message from al-Qaida's leader.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Passengers on United Airlines Flight 531 from Chicago to Los Angeles didn't just get to travel with a world-famous celebrity, they also had their picture taken with him.
After 10 years of classes, this student is just a few credits from earning an online bachelor's degree.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — A California woman has her gold necklace back months after she accidentally flushed it down her toilet.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Feuding attorneys asked the Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday to determine the validity of pardons that Haley Barbour gave to convicted killers and other convicts during his final days as governor.
THE NEWS: Pepsico Inc. said Thursday it will cut 8,700 jobs, about 3 percent of its 800,000 global work force, in a restructuring. The company also reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 4 percent. Adjusted results beat expectations.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rafael Cabrera-Bello made nine birdies in his first 11 holes to finish at 9-under 63 Thursday for a two-shot lead after the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
Parents can be supportive when grades aren't up to par but should avoid overstepping, experts say.
ATLANTA (AP) — More and more U.S. adults are being told by their doctor to get out and exercise, according to government survey released Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles sharply in December although the gains are expected to slow in coming months, a development that could curb overall economic growth.
HINDELOOPEN, Netherlands (AP) — As I lace up my ice skates while sitting on the banks of the Zijlroade river Thursday, grizzled men old enough to be my father glide past me, leaning into the bone-chilling wind and effortlessly propelling themselves across the frozen surface.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's governor said Thursday that the state should capitalize on its brightest economic outlook in a decade by opening its checkbook to school districts — but only those that can show their students actually are learning from year to year.
LONDON (AP) — A surgical kit advertised as belonging to a Nazi concentration camp commandant has been withdrawn from sale, and questions have been raised about its origins.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service's quarterly loss ballooned to $3.3 billion amid declining mail volume and the soaring costs of health benefits for future retirees.
LONDON (AP) — Think of it as "Colorado Springs East" — a training spot for U.S. Olympians in London.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistan has arrested two people in connection with last year's assassination of a former Afghan president who was trying to broker peace with the Taliban, two Afghan government officials said Friday.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver life-saving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides resume protracted negotiations on a free-trade pact.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Picture it: Save for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called Thursday on the ruling generals to sack the military-appointed government, saying it has failed to manage the deteriorating security and economic situation in the country.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oracle Corp. is escalating its rivalry with German business-software maker SAP AG with a $1.9 billion purchase of Taleo Corp., a company that helps businesses hire and manage their employees.
DETROIT (AP) — Two of the architects behind Ford's remarkable turnaround are retiring, and their departures have intensified the guessing game over who will become the next CEO.
Professionals and professors say there are jobs for M.B.A.’s with real estate training.
Parents, educators, caregivers, friends can respond to severe food allergies
Rate among U.S.-born Hispanic women nearly triple that of women here less than a decade, study says
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Qasim Khan waged the unlikeliest of battles with Pakistani authorities Thursday over the right to charge hundreds of curious visitors the equivalent of 22 cents each to see a roughly 40-foot whale shark he bought from a fisherman.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment aid neared a four-year low last week, a positive sign that strong hiring could continue in the coming months.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Romanian citizen on charges he hacked into 25 climate-research computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
MADRID (AP) — The superstar Spanish judge who won global fame for aggressively taking on international human rights cases was convicted Thursday of overstepping his jurisdiction in a domestic corruption probe and barred from the bench for 11 years, marking a spectacular fall from grace for one of the nation's most prominent citizens.
Adele is the rare star who doesn't need multiple magazine covers, a cosmetics contract or a clothing line to sell albums. She does it all based on the strength of that sumptuous voice and those stirring songs.
OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A British armored car guard suspected of driving off with a fortune worth $1.5 million back in 1993 has been captured in rural Missouri, where he had been working as a cable guy and raising a son who apparently knew nothing of his father's past.
George Allen's battle for redemption may be the closest, and most important, race in the country
If China's currency gains ground, it could help other big exporters.
ROME (AP) — A culture of silence across Asia may be keeping many victims of clergy sex abuse there from coming forward, a top Asian church official told a Vatican-backed conference on Thursday.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A funeral held for Nobel-winning poet Wislawa Szymborska drew more than 1,000 people to a snowy cemetery on Thursday, and Poland's president praised her for producing verse that allowed readers to see the "tiniest particles of beauty" in everyday life.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian prosecutor says he has ordered a powerful former intelligence chief to be detained for 14 days pending a probe on charges of embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and abuse of office.
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market finally got a deal in Greece, but it didn't produce much of a rally.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain says the United States should find ways to help the Syrian people under siege from President Bashar Assad, without putting American "boots on the ground."
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jersey City taxpayers won't be footing the bill for police assigned to security for the women of "Jersey Shore" and all the attention that comes with them.
NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo is trying to put some fizz back into its business. The food and drinks maker announced a restructuring on Thursday that includes cutting 8,700 jobs globally and plowing money into advertising drinks like Pepsi and Mountain Dew in North America.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The daughter of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday accused prison authorities of subjecting her mother to "horrendous" pain by denying her painkillers.
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England said Thursday it will inject another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the British economy, which contracted in the last three months of 2011.
SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices fell to near $99 a barrel Friday in Asia as encouraging news about the U.S. economy was tempered by European demands for Greece to make further spending cuts before getting a new bailout.
NEW YORK (AP) — The eclectic mix of The Black Keys, Skrillex and Mac Miller lead nominees for the 2012 mtvU Woodie Awards.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home-brewed coffee lovers, take note: More than a million popular coffee makers are being recalled after dozens of reports of the brewers spraying hot liquid, coffee grounds or tea leaves onto people.
Enjoy the nutrients without adding too many calories
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia was struggling to keep its power system going, officials warned Thursday, after weeks of record low temperatures in Europe that have snarled traffic, frozen rivers and challenged officials to step up outreach to the vulnerable homeless.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — China last month sent a senior official to symbolically hand over the keys to a nine-story twin tower to house Uganda's president and prime minister, a gift from Beijing.
LONDON (AP) — Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor have sold for more than $183 million, with all of the more than 1,800 items on offer snapped up, Christie's auction house said Thursday.
MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has "exhausted" his potential as Russia's leader, Mikhail Gorbachev declared Thursday, saying Putin's inability to change the Kremlin's political system might prompt more massive anti-government protests.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind.
Preliminary study suggests it could work in hard-to-treat cases of plantar fasciitis
Survey found one in 10 lied, many painted too rosy a prognosis
Male-only Y chromosome can raise risk by 50%, study finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hold the mystery meat: Military bases will soon be serving more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dishes under the first program in 20 years to improve nutrition standards across the armed services.
GENEVA (AP) — Another day, another doping case, another Tour de France result amended.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Europeans need to question their habits and have more flexibility if they want to secure the future of their generous pension systems, Sweden and Britain's prime ministers said Thursday at a summit in Stockholm.
BERLIN (AP) — The annual Berlin film festival is opening with a costume drama set at the beginning of the French revolution — the first of 18 movies competing at the event.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing domestic political pressures, the Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror suspects deemed an acceptable threat from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to find that 27 percent re-engaged in terrorist or insurgent activities, according to a report by Republicans on the investigations panel of the House Armed Services Committee.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian accused of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings is scheduled to go on trial next week on terrorism and murder charges, a court official said Thursday.
JERUSALEM (AP) — In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's Parliament approved a new government led by a former spy chief on Thursday, and he promised to keep up the austerity measures the country imposed to win international loans but to raise public-sector salaries as soon as he can.
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian government says that its forces have left the town of Tin Zaouatene after repeated attacks from Tuareg rebels.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank kept its key interest rate at a record low of 1 percent on Thursday as it waits to see if the 17-nation eurozone needs more help to stave off recession.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sinister allegations of abuse by at least two teachers in a Los Angeles school have forced awkward discussions as parents warn youngsters that people they trust — pastors, teachers, even relatives — might do things that could hurt them.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell's children were in danger and when sheriff's deputies were dispatched, emergency call logs show. The home was a gas-fueled inferno - with Powell and his two young boys inside - by the time officers were on their way.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — School got off to a rough start Thursday with students returning to class for the first time since their entire elementary school staff was replaced after two longtime teachers were accused of lewd acts on children.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court rallied at the landmark on Thursday as lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The last time same-sex marriage was debated in the state Capitol, the Legislature's sole gay lawmaker watched as his colleagues passed the state's version of the Defense of Marriage Act in 1998 banning gay marriage. Fourteen years after that "lonely moment," Sen. Ed Murray stood in the wings as lawmakers approved his bill allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — Bret Baker welcomes customers aboard a Boeing 757 wearing a three-piece suit and a sparkling smile. His manner is all Friendly Skies but his pocket patch bears the seal of the Vice President of the United States, signaling that this is government business.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities executed at least 65 people in the first 40 days of 2012 for various offenses, including 14 on a single day, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The smallest cattle herd since the 1950s likely will mean higher beef prices at the supermarket for the next two years.
SHANGHAI (AP) — The year of the dragon came in with a whimper instead of a roar as Chinese industry data show passenger car sales in the world's biggest auto market fell 24 percent from a year earlier.
LONDON (AP) — A one-time tax hit sent profits at drinks company Diageo PLC's down 20 percent in the last six months of 2011, despite rising income following a strong performance in emerging markets.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German automaker Daimler AG delivered forecast-busting fourth quarter earnings on Thursday as its flagship Mercedes business enjoyed buoyant sales in China and the United States.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Just hours after Greece gave in to painful new job and spending cuts, European ministers declared Thursday that Athens didn't go far enough and demanded more within a week in exchange for a euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout to stave off bankruptcy.
NEW YORK (AP) — On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed.
NEW YORK (AP) — A black skillet, a heat gun, pigments and beeswax take up a corner of LeRone Wilson's art studio in Harlem.
MADRID (AP) — Leather seats are disappearing from cars. Precious jewels are vanishing from drawers. TVs are spirited out of homes in the dead of night.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia presidential primary may not be a slam dunk for Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich, a congressman from the state for two decades. Rival Mitt Romney is signaling that the biggest prize on Super Tuesday could be up for grabs.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Newt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney's strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tuning his presidential campaign to place more emphasis on raising money, guarding his home turf and trying to avoid nasty quarrels with the front-runner.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Etihad Airways, the fast-growing Gulf carrier, on Thursday posted its first annual profit since starting operations just over eight years ago.
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Lawyers for a U.S. reality television producer facing trial for allegedly murdering his wife at a Mexican resort said Thursday they hope to persuade a judge to drop the charges and free their client.
WASHINGTON (AP) — If scientists find microbes in a frigid lake two miles beneath the thick ice of Antarctica, it will illustrate once again that somehow life finds a way to survive in the strangest and harshest places.
WASHINGTON (AP) — New orders from the Pentagon: The military on Thursday formally opened thousands of jobs to women in units that are closer to the front lines than ever before, reflecting what's already been going on as female American soldiers fight and die next to their male comrades.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009, feeds growing speculation that the country could become a world platform for meth production, not just a supplier to the United States.
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and prepared for its first aircraft carrier in recent weeks as it modernizes its military to match China's.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday joined the Senate in voting to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other top officials from making investments on insider information. But an effort to bridle purveyors of Capitol Hill political intelligence could delay the bill's enactment.
The Obama administration's new mandate that religious organizations pay for their workers' birth control has become a bludgeon for Republican culture warriors, as social issues have surged to the forefront in the presidential campaign.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some senior officials at the Federal Air Marshal service made fun of veterans, homosexuals and minorities, creating what employees described as an unpleasant work environment at an agency with a mission that requires operating mostly under the radar, government investigators found.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its allies believe the window to stop Iran from building a bomb is quickly closing, pushing conflict with the Islamic republic to the top of the Obama administration's national security worries in the midst of an election year.
GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse Group posted its first fourth-quarter net loss since 2008 as Switzerland's second-biggest bank continued its drive to reduce its exposure to potentially-risky investment banking at a time when Europe's economy is facing problems related to a raging debt crisis.
BEIJING (AP) — The celebrity top cop relieved of his duties in a major Chinese city met officials at a U.S. consulate amid unconfirmed reports of an asylum bid, but then left the building, the U.S. State Department said. His whereabouts were unclear Thursday.
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. outrage over Beijing's veto of a U.N. Syria resolution won't affect cooperation on other international issues, a top Chinese diplomat said Thursday, as Beijing announced it had recently hosted a leading Syrian opposition figure.
DENVER (AP) — A 20-year-old college student tried to throw glitter on Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as he greeted supporters in Denver following Colorado's caucuses.
BEIRUT (AP) — Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies Thursday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame says six additional groups will be inducted this year after a committee determined they should be recognized with previously enshrined original lead singers.
BOSTON (AP) — Workers stashed money away in their 401(k) retirement plans at a faster clip last year but didn't get an immediate reward for their savings strategy. Fidelity Investments, the nation's biggest 401(k) administrator, says the average account balance was essentially unchanged in 2011, compared with 2010.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World War II.
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