(AP) Mattel 2Q profit falls, Barbie sales slide againBy MAE ANDERSONAP Business WriterNEW YORKVampy teen Monster High dolls are taking a bite out of squeaky-clean Barbie. Mattel said Wednesday its second-quarter net income fell 24 percent, hurt by a continued
(AP) Experts: Cuba arms shipment explanation troublingBy PETER ORSI and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated PressHAVANA North Korea on Wednesday repeated Cuba’s assertion that the antiquated weapons systems found on a cargo ship in Panama were headed to the Asian county for repair.
A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Goldman Sachs board member Rajat Gupta to pay a $13.9 million penalty related to insider trading, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced. Under the order, signed by US Judge Jed Rakoff, Gupta is also
By INDRAJIT SINGHAssociated PressPATNA, IndiaThe children started falling violently ill soon after they ate the free school lunch of rice, lentils, soybeans and potatoes. The food, part of a program that gives poor Indian students at least one hot meal
North Korea’s foreign ministry said late Wednesday that Cuban arms seized from a Pyongyang-flagged ship in Panama’s waters were part of a legitimate deal and demanded the immediate release of the ship, state media reported.
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONDemocrats doggedly pursuing a far-reaching immigration bill are counting on help from Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate last year and an unlikely candidate for delivering the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda. Ryan,
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Republican-led House voted on Wednesday to delay core provisions of President Barack Obama’s health care law, emboldened by the administration’s concession that requiring companies to provide coverage for their workers next year may be too complicated.
By LUKE MEREDITHAP Sports WriterDES MOINES, IowaCuban pitcher Misael Siverio told a Spanish-language newspaper he has defected to the United States and is going to try to make it to the major leagues. Siverio was part of the Cuban national
Mama June wants a momma in the White House. The star of the hit reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo was asked about the 2016 presidential race by TMZ and she quickly agreed it was time for a woman
(AP) Britain legalizes gay marriageLONDONBritain has legalized gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal stamp of approval. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow told lawmakers that the royal assent had been given Wednesday _ the day after the
(AP) Trainer says he is “scapegoat” for Powell, SimpsonBy PAT GRAHAMAP Sports WriterThe trainer for Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson insisted Tuesday he didn’t give the sprinters performance-enhancing drugs and suggested it’s time for them to take “responsibility for their
Police were attacked with petrol bombs and a French press photographer assaulted during a fifth night of violence on the streets of east Belfast, police said. Clashes broke out as large crowds gathered on the city’s on the Lower Newtownards
A group of 83 passengers from the Asiana Airlines flight that crash-landed in San Francisco has filed a lawsuit seeking millions from the aircraft’s manufacturer Boeing, their lawyers said. While a final determination of what caused the deadly crash of
US Secretary of State John Kerry vowed to keep up the battle to set up a sanctuary to protect the unique marine ecosystem in parts of the Antarctic. And he voiced “regret” that attempts to create the world’s largest ocean
Gunmen on Wednesday assassinated a brother of Afghanistan’s national security adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta outside a public bathhouse in the family’s relatively peaceful home province, police said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killing of Wali Jaan, a public prosecutor
(AP) 21 children die after eating school lunch in IndiaBy INDRAJIT SINGHAssociated PressPATNA, IndiaAt least 21 children died and more than two dozen others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide, Indian officials said
Britain has issued export licences worth £12 billion ($18 billion, 14 billion euros) for the sale of military equipment to states deemed possible rights violators including Syria, Iran and China, lawmakers said Wednesday. A report by a group of parliamentary
(AP) Al-Qaida branch confirms its No. 2 killed in YemenBy AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, YemenThe Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida confirmed on Wednesday that the group’s No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike. The
(AP) USBSF expects no sanctions from Jones bar incidentBy TIM REYNOLDSAP Sports WriterThe U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation said Tuesday night it has found no reason to sanction Olympic hopeful Lolo Jones for her role in a nightclub altercation that
(AP) Shea’s late goal lifts US past Costa Rica, 1-0By BARRY WILNERAP Sports WriterEAST HARTFORD, Conn.Brek Shea didn’t expect to get off the bench Tuesday night. When he did, he grabbed the role of hero for the United States. Shea,
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLONAssociated PressLOS ANGELESAt least one person was injured and police made nine arrests when a protest over George Zimmerman’s Florida acquittal turned violent in Oakland. Newspapers report that a waiter guarding windows at a restaurant was hit
By SUDHIN THANAWALAAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOCalifornia regulators on Tuesday called on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to pay at least $300 million in fines in connection with a deadly 2010 gas pipeline blast in what they said would amount to the
(AP) REDMOND, Wash.Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling on him to personally review a gag order that prevents the company and others from further discussing secret national security requests for customer emails, Skype
By JUAN ZAMORANO and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated PressPANAMA CITYA North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which
The European Union on Tuesday restricted the use of the insecticide Fipronil, the latest move to protect honey bees after a May ban on three other insecticides. The ban on the insecticide produced by Germany’s BASF was agreed by 23
