(AP) Opening day much more than baseball in CincinnatiBy DAN SEWELLAssociated PressCINCINNATIOpening day in Cincinnati is about much more than baseball. It’s a holiday that dates to the late 19th century that’s celebrated with a colorful, eclectic parade that winds
(AP) Survey: US manufacturing grew more slowly MarchBy PAUL WISEMANAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONA survey shows U.S. manufacturing activity expanded more slowly in March than February, held back by weaker growth in production and new orders. The one bright sign in the
(AP) AP IMPACT: Cartels dispatch agents deep inside USBy MICHAEL TARMAssociated PressCHICAGOMexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian government will not aid businesses that have lost money in Cyprus, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said, underscoring Moscow’s resolve to clamp down on the flight of capital to offshore financial centers. Major account
The National Union of Teachers was on Monday to hit out at the country’s “raunch culture” which it claims is leading sexism to be “rebranded” as something fashionable. Teachers at the NUT’s annual conference will criticise lap-dancing clubs and pole
South Korea’s new president on Monday promised a strong military response to any North Korean provocation after Pyongyang announced that the two countries were now in a state of war. President Park Geun-Hye’s warning came as North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament
A suicide bomber blew up a tanker truck at police headquarters in the Iraqi city of Tikrit Monday, killing seven people in the latest in a spike in unrest ahead of the first elections since 2010. Eleven people were also
A Bahraini accused of spying for Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unit has had his 10-year jail sentence confirmed by a court of appeal, the state news agency BNA reported. The sentence, passed in July 2011 by a lower court, was
(AP) Louisville upsets No. 1 Baylor 82-81By JEFF LATZKEAP Sports WriterOKLAHOMA CITYIn one of the biggest upsets in the history of the NCAA women’s tournament, fifth-seeded Louisville got a stunning 82-81 upset of defending national champion Baylor in the regional
(AP) Louisville’s Ware breaks leg in tourney gameBy MICHAEL MAROTAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLIS School officials say that Louisville guard Kevin Ware has been taken to a local hospital after sustaining a broken lower right leg during the first half of Sunday’s
(AP) Mayor: Deaths of Texas DA, wife ‘not a random act’By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated PressKAUFMAN, Texas Two months after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down, a north Texas district attorney and his wife were found killed in their home,
By DERRIK J. LANGAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESAfter a nine-month delay, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” deployed to the top spot at the box office. The action film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum as the gun-toting military toys
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Pope Francis used his first Easter Sunday address to call for peace in the world and appealed for a diplomatic solution to the crisis on the Korean peninsula. In his first “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world)
The upcoming CBS series Under the Dome could be a greatest hits collection of liberal talking points. Based on the long novel by Stephen King, the show will explore a town separated from the rest of the earth by, what else,
Madonna’s Material Girl moniker was simply part of the evolving singer’s marketing mojo, not one pop culture expected to stick. Turns out Madonna’s business acumen outweighed her musical gifts, according to the UK Mail Online. Madonna has become the world’s
(AP) NEW YORK–Music celebrities react to the death of music producer Phil Ramone: ___ “A friend, a musical genius and the most lovable person. It was a thrill for me to have worked with Phil, and I have so many
(AP) Penguins win 15th straight; Crosby hurtPITTSBURGH Despite losing their captain, the Pittsburgh Penguins found a way to finish the month unbeaten. Pittsburgh, gearing for a run at the Stanley Cup, welcomed star forward Jarome Iginla to the lineup, but
(AP) Wichita State upsets OSU 70-66 for Final Four tripBy GREG BEACHAMAP Sports WriterLOS ANGELES Wichita State is headed to the Final Four, and these Shockers should be no surprise to anybody. Not after the way they held off mighty
(AP) SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Alternative folk and rock singer Michelle Shocked is staging a sit-in outside one of several nightclubs that canceled her show after she made an anti-gay slur. Shocked’s show scheduled for Thursday evening at Moe’s Alley
(AP) ST. CHARLES, Mo.A man accused of using a prosthetic penis to try to pass a drug test has been arrested in eastern Missouri. Authorities say 34-year-old Sydney Levin was submitting a urine sample last week as part of his probation
(AP) – A northeast Washington judge has found two boys, ages 10 and 11, competent to stand trial in juvenile court on a murder conspiracy charge. Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen says the fifth-graders had a handwritten plan listing seven
(AP) – Juwanna Guffie was sitting in her fifth-grade classroom taking a standardized test when, authorities say, the teacher came around offering information and asking the students to rewrite their answers. Juwanna rejected the help. “I don’t want your answers,
(AFP) – Russian police on Saturday detained around a dozen anti-Kremlin opposition activists after they turned up near Red Square for a rally to support their jailed colleagues. Police detained 13 out of around 30 activists who had planned to
(AFP) – Iraq said on Saturday it will step up searches of Iranian flights via its airspace to Syria, days after US Secretary of State John Kerry publicly criticised Baghdad for turning a blind eye to them. But while Prime
