(AP) More than 1,000 inmates escape Libyan prison By ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated PressTRIPOLI, Libya More than 1,000 detainees escaped from a prison near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in a massive jailbreak Saturday, as protesters stormed the offices of political
The federal government estimated it has nearly doubled the number of data centers it had in 2011, now totaling over 7,000. As the Federal Times
On Friday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasted the mainstream media for helping the Obama administration distract Americans and orchestrate chaos in order to “run out the clock” on its various scandals, which are not limited to Benghazi, the IRS’s
(AP) AP Source: Phillies sign Cuban pitcherBy ROB MAADDIAP Sports WriterPHILADELPHIAA person familiar with the deal says the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a contract with Cuban pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez. Gonzalez defected to Mexico earlier this year and worked
(AP) Gunman among 7 dead after Fla. apartment shootoutBy CHRISTINE ARMARIOAssociated PressHIALEAH, Fla.A gunman holding hostages inside a South Florida apartment complex killed six people before being shot to death by a SWAT team that stormed the building early Saturday
(AFP) – At least 21 people have been killed and four reported missing in floods and mudslides that hit a Chinese province where at least 95 others died this week in twin earthquakes, state media reported on Saturday. Floods, landslides
(AP) Syria says agreement reached on UN chemical probeBy BARBARA SURKAssociated PressBEIRUTTalks between the Syrian government and a U.N. delegation tasked with investigating chemical weapons allegations in the nation’s civil war have “resulted in an agreement on ways of moving
(AP) Libyan protesters storm Islamist officesBy ESAM MOHAMEDAssociated PressTRIPOLI, LibyaProtesters stormed the offices of Islamist-allied parties in Libya’s main cities on Saturday, angry at the assassination of an activist critical of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood group. Hundreds gathered in the
(AP) Spain train driver suspected of negligent homicideBy YESICA FISCHAssociated PressSANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SpainSpain’s interior minister announced Saturday that the driver whose speeding train crashed, killing 78 people, is now being held on suspicion of negligent homicide. Minister of Interior
(AFP) – Almost three quarters of Bulgarians consider their country “intolerable”, according to a new survey released Saturday by the Open Society Institute, following weeks of protest against the government and a worsening economy. The survey of 1,155 people by
AP) At least 38 Morsi supporters killed in EgyptBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROClashes erupted early Saturday in Cairo between security forces and supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killing at least 38 protesters and overwhelming field hospitals with the
By LINDA DEUTSCHAP Special CorrespondentLOS ANGELESThe woman who was sexually assaulted by director Roman Polanski when she was 13 has written a memoir that will feature a cover photo shot by Polanski three weeks before he drugged her and had
By BETH HARRISAssociated PressBEVERLY HILLS, Calif.Meghan McCain is getting her own show on a new TV network targeting the generation of Americans known as millennials. The 28-year-old author and blogger told the Television Critics Association on Friday that the show
By KELLI KENNEDYAssociated PressMIAMIFor the first time in history, federal health officials said Friday they will ban certain types of Medicare and Medicaid providers in three high-fraud cities from enrolling in the taxpayer-funded programs for the poor as part of
By PAUL J. WEBER and MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated PressAUSTIN, TexasNew efforts by the Obama administration to put Texas back under voting rights laws knocked down by the Supreme Court has other states waiting to see if they’re next. The Justice Department
(AP) LAS VEGASSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he thinks Hillary Clinton could “handle things probably even better” than President Barack Obama. The Nevada Democrat had effusive praise for the former secretary of state when Judy Woodruff of “PBS NewsHour” asked
US President Barack Obama will likely name a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in a few months, a senior White House official said Friday. In response to a question about the much-buzzed about successor to Bernanke, whose second
By DAVID DISHNEAU and PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressFORT MEADE, Md.Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s fate was in the hands of a military judge Friday after nearly two months of conflicting portrayals of the soldier: a traitor who gave WikiLeaks classified secrets for
(AP) Vivendi sells Activision stake for $8.2 billionBy BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCOVivendi SA is selling most of its majority stake in Activision Blizzard Inc. for $8.2 billion, giving the video game company back its independence as the French conglomerate
(AP) Ethics committee extends Michele Bachmann probeBy HENRY C. JACKSONAssociated PressWASHINGTONAllegations surrounding Republican Rep. Michelle Bachmann and her brief presidential campaign are getting further examination from the House Ethics Committee.The panel said in a brief statement Friday it is extending
Comedian Jim Carrey angered many on the right with his venomous tweets against the Second Amendment as well as those who embrace it. He (much) later apologized, but hard feelings likely remain. The Ace Ventura star’s latest political tweet won’t
(AP) San Diego mayor to speak amid calls to resignBy ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated PressSAN DIEGOSan Diego’s beleaguered mayor has called a news conference amid growing calls that he resign over a sexual harassment scandal. Democratic Mayor Bob Filner’s office offered no
A teenager in Pontiac, Michigan has been sentenced to life in prison for killing two women over a fake $10 bill. Semaj Moran, 17, was sentenced alongside 23-year-old Arnold Howard; Howard received a 39-to-90 year sentence for second-degree murder. The
One out of three Americans has apparently suffered from unwanted credit card charges – situations in which people sign up for a free trial offer, then end up paying a recurring fee before they notice that the free trial has
A new Marist poll shows that despite media attention on the supposed political brilliance of Huma Abedin’s defense of her beleaguered husband, Anthony Weiner, her support has created zero impact on the public perception of Weiner. 73 percent of voters
