
Bobby Brown Says New Album Represents Healing
(AP) Bobby Brown says his new album represents healing By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer NEW YORK Bobby Brown says it took him a long time to come out with a new album because he’s spent so much time

(AP) Bobby Brown says his new album represents healing By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer NEW YORK Bobby Brown says it took him a long time to come out with a new album because he’s spent so much time

Mexican investigators on Monday searched for perpetrators of a heinous drug-war massacre in which 49 people were killed, decapitated, dismembered and left in plastic bags on the side of a rural highway. The mutilated corpses, whose hands had been cut off

BEIJINGChina accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful Monday after he reportedly alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate him by planting poison in their hair for him to touch during blessings. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the

Asian economies are better shielded from Europe’s financial woes than other regions and China is unlikely to undergo a “hard landing” despite recent gloomy data, credit watchdog Fitch said Monday. In a media telephone conference, the US-based firm’s head of

European stock markets fell in opening trade on Monday, rattled by ongoing political uncertainty in Greece. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index slid 0.80 percent to 5,531.21 points, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 shed 1.31 percent to 6,494.25 points and in Paris the

Iran and the UN nuclear agency on Monday went into two days of talks, their first since two failed visits three months ago aimed at clarifying suspicions Tehran had done nuclear weapons research. The Vienna meeting between Iran’s envoy to

French voters are learning that their newly-elected Socialist president, François Hollande owns three homes on the French Riviera, according to the Daily Mail: France’s new Socialist president owns three holiday homes in the glamorous Riviera resort of Cannes, it emerged

(AP) Brown to detail budget for tackling $16B shortfallBy JUDY LINAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.California Gov. Jerry Brown will lay out details of a revised state spending plan Monday after announcing over the weekend that the state’s budget shortfall has swelled to

Greece must respect the terms and timetable of its reform programme agreed as part of an EU-IMF bailout as the “only and right” way out of its debt crisis, the German finance ministry warned Monday. The comments came as eurozone

(AP) Edwards’ lawyers set to begin presenting defenseGREENSBORO, N.C.Lawyers for John Edwards will begin presenting his defense at the former presidential contender’s campaign-finance trial. The first witnesses to be called by the defense include former Federal Election Commission chairman Scott

(AP) New ‘super’ PAC hopes to woo younger votersBy JACK GILLUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama counted on the support of younger voters four years ago. Now, a new Republican-leaning “super” political committee wants to bring them to the GOP’s side. Crossroads

By CIARAN GILESAssociated PressMADRIDSpain managed to raise (EURO)2.9 billion ($3.8 billion) in a short-term bond auction on Monday, but concerns over the future of the euro currency union pushed investors to demand higher interest rates to lend the money and

(AP) Obama seeks to undercut Romney’s record on jobsBy KEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multi-pronged effort that seeks to undermine

(AP) ‘Avengers’ add $103.2M in sprint to $1 billion LOS ANGELES The superhero blockbuster took in $103.2 million to lead for a second-straight weekend, raising its domestic total to $373.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. With $95.4 million more

By BEN HUBBARD and HUSSEIN MALLAAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian forces killed at least five people when they raided a Sunni farming village on Sunday, torching homes and looting shops in what activists said is a sign of worsening relations among the country’s

Time doesn’t heal for Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Things only get worse. On Monday, exactly a year will have passed since his arrest on charges of trying to rape a maid in a luxury New York hotel room. Those charges were dropped

By PORFIRIO IBARRA RAMIREZAssociated PressMONTERREY, MexicoForty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war

(AFP) Arthouse directors and Hollywood royalty will converge on the French Riviera for two weeks from Wednesday as the Cannes Film Festival rolls out the red carpet for the giants and mavericks of the movie galaxy. David Cronenberg, Ken Loach

Big Hollywood would like to wish everyone a Happy Mother’s Day. And so, too, would Hugh Jackman. Jackman, best known for playing Wolverine in four Marvel superhero films (with a fifth on the way), took time off from his latest
(AP) Bass player Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn dies in TokyoTOKYOBass player and songwriter Donald “Duck” Dunn, a member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo.

US conservatives are stepping up efforts to defeat Barack Obama in Virginia, a state the first US black president carried four years ago. Six months before the election, Virginia is poised to become one of the great battlegrounds of American

(AP) Gay marriage, abortion back in campaign spotlightBy DAVID CRARYAP National WriterNEW YORKAbortion and gay marriage. For years, they’ve been lumped together as the paramount wedge issues of U.S. politics _ hot-button topics in the vortex of sexuality, personal freedom

(AP) Walker says Republicans should focus on his raceBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressGREEN BAY, Wis.Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that Republicans gathering for the annual state convention this weekend should be focused on ensuring he and five other Republicans survive June

Britain’s defence secretary said he had finally balanced his department’s books, in an interview out Sunday, following a week in which he made a U-turn on purchasing jets, to the annoyance of France. Philip Hammond told The Sunday Times newspaper

(AP) California facing higher $16 billion shortfallBy JUDY LINAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.California’s budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion _ much larger than had been predicted just months ago _ and will force severe cuts to schools and public