By SYLVIA HUIAssociated PressLONDONThe sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children’s television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.
Iraqi authorities tightened security on Sunday, a day after attacks mostly targeting Shiite Muslims during the Eid al-Adha holiday killed 31 people in the country’s deadliest day this month. The shootings and bombings, which also wounded more than 100 people,
(AP) New Syria fighting despite UN-backed truceBy KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian warplanes and artillery struck rebellious suburbs east of Damascus, while rebels attacked regime positions elsewhere near the capital Sunday, violence that marred the third day of what was meant to
The New York Times endorsed President Barack Obama on Saturday as he seeks a second term in the White House on November 6. The prestigious newspaper said it supports the incumbent Democrat instead of Republican rival Mitt Romney because, among
(AP) Spending by outside groups rocks many House racesBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONRep. Dan Lungren knows what it’s like to have a big bull’s eye plastered on his back. The Democratic Party and labor and environmental groups have spent $4.7 million
(AP) Approaching megastorm threatens East CoastBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM and EMERY P. DALESIOAssociated PressBLOOMSBURG, Pa.Douglas Jumper choked up as he described the long, slow recovery in his central Pennsylvania town from last year’s historic flooding caused by Hurricane Irene and the
(AP) Obama, Romney campaign with eye on storm forecastBy JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONWith an eye on the weather forecast, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are launching a 10-day sprint to the finish line in a contest increasingly about momentum
(AP) Absentee ballots may have been destroyed in crashTALLAHASSEE, Fla.Federal officials say that absentee ballots being sent to U.S. military serving in Afghanistan may have been burned in a plane crash.A top official in the Federal Voting Assistance Program this
The documentary “Fear of a Black Republican,” a nonpartisan look at the current political imbalance in the black community, is now available for home viewing. The film interviews political experts across the ideological spectrum, from GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney
It’s no secret the Hollywood community wants four more years of President Barack Obama. A new report puts some numbers on that fixation. Through Oct. 21, 198 “celebrity” donors have given $684,006 to the Barack Obama campaign compared with 14 donors
(AP) LAS VEGASTroopers say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been taken to the hospital in an ambulance after what appears to be a rear-end crash on an interstate through Las Vegas. Nevada Highway Patrol Office spokesman Jeremie Elliott says he
Soap opera star Nancy Lee Grahn is obsessed with the Palin women. The “General Hospital” star routinely trashes both Sarah Palin and her daughter, Bristol Palin, via Twitter. This week, Grahn’s tweets took a particularly nasty turn. Grahn is referring
Charles Woods, father of Ty Woods, the former Navy SEAL who died while trying to save the U.S. Ambassador to Libya on 9/11, speaking to Megyn Kelly on the Fox News Channel today: “I appreciate your introduction, and I do
By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressDEFIANCE, OhioRepublican Mitt Romney is placing television ads in Minnesota, a move that pushes his presidential campaign into a state Democrats have held for more than three decades. Republicans and Democrats who track campaign spending confirmed late
(AP) DC leaders say Obama has done little for themBy BEN NUCKOLSAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama carried the nation’s capital in 2008 with 92 percent of the vote, and some local activists hoped he would push to give the District of
(AP) Italy court convicts Berlusconi of tax evasionMILANA court in Italy has convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi of tax fraud and sentenced him to four years in prison. In Italy, cases must pass two levels of appeal before the verdicts
(AP) Officials: suicide bomber kills 36 in AfghanistanBy AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 36 people and wounding 23, officials said. The attack in the town of Maymana,
The US economy grew at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the third quarter from the second quarter, the government said Friday in its first estimate for the July-September period. The expansion was a bit stronger than the 1.9
The nation’s weak economic recovery continued in the third quarter of 2012, with the growth rate reaching a sluggish 2%–largely fueled by a “burst” of government spending, according to news agencies. The growth rate was a modest improvement on the
The family of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, have visited her in hospital after arriving in Britain, a spokeswoman said Friday. The 15-year-old’s mother, father and two brothers arrived in the city
Elevated levels of cesium found in fish off Japan’s east coast 18 months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster suggest a “continuing source” of radiation in the ocean, a new study revealed on Thursday. Marine chemist Ken Buesseler of the Woods
By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business WriterTOKYOJapan’s Cabinet approved a 423 billion yen ($5.3 billion) economic stimulus package on Friday, moving to fend off recession as the recovery in the world’s third biggest economy falters. The emergency spending package, which is double
By JOE McDONALDAP Business WriterBEIJINGChinese investors evaded government controls to move more than $600 billion out of the country last year and the outflow is increasing, fueling economic and political risks as communist leaders prepare for a handover of power,
By ANITA BACAAssociated PressMEXICO CITYLaughter was a serious matter at a clown convention in the Mexican capital, where hundreds of the performers gathered this week to discover some of the secrets of making people laugh. The most important lesson at
The United States has returned more than 4,000 artifacts to Mexico, some more than 1,500 years old, that were brought across the border illegally, US customs officials said. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that the artifacts had been
