By ANDI JATMIKOAssociated PressCIDAHU, IndonesiaRescuers discovered bodies Thursday near the shattered wreckage of a new Russian-made passenger plane that smashed into the steep side of an Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers. All 45 people on board
By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated PressWASHINGTONA U.S. government-funded study says North Koreans have unprecedented access to foreign media, giving them a more positive impression of the outside world. But it says North Korea still has the world’s most closed media environment, and
By MARGIE MASONAssociated PressHANOI, VietnamThe number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world economy and efforts by countries to place more children with
By ALAN CLENDENNINGAP Business WriterMADRIDSpanish stocks rebounded Thursday while the pressure on the country’s government bonds eased, as investors reacted positively to the government’s confirmation that it will nationalize the country’s fourth largest bank. The benchmark Ibex index was up
By DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGBlind activist Chen Guangcheng has drawn a global media spotlight after setting off tensions between the U.S. and China, but he’s almost unknown at home and the Chinese government is working to keep it that way. After
(AP) Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votesBy LAWRENCE MESSINAAssociated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va.Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in
(AP) NC voters approve amendment on same-sex marriage By EMERY P. DALESIO and MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated PressRALEIGH, N.C.North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, making it the
(AP) NYC mayor: I didn’t ‘bother’ to read 911 reportBy SAMANTHA GROSSAssociated PressNEW YORKMayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that he “didn’t even bother” to read a report by city-hired consultants that found New York’s recently-overhauled 911 system is plagued by
By CAITLIN R. KINGAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn.Vince Gill can do whatever he wants. For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Country Music Hall of Fame member doesn’t have a record deal. He got signed by a label in 1983
(AP) NC votes on constitutional ban on gay marriageEMERY P. DALESIOAssociated PressRALEIGH, N.C.The national debate over gay marriage turns its attention South on Tuesday, as North Carolina could be on the verge of becoming the next state to pass a
(AP) Cities seek more money from tax-exempt collegesBy DAVID KLEPPERAssociated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I.Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city’s Ivy League campus to see
(AP) Paul wins majority of delegates from Maine GOPBy GLENN ADAMSAssociated PressAUGUSTA, MaineWith Mitt Romney’s GOP presidential nomination all but decided, Ron Paul supporters took control of the Maine Republican Convention and elected a majority slate supporting the Texas congressman
By TRAVIS LOLLERAssociated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn.George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Hee Haw,” has died. He was 83. A press release from Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsay died
By CRISTINA SILVAAssociated PressLAS VEGASFormer New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is campaigning to win the White House as a Libertarian after receiving scant attention in the Republican presidential race. Johnson easily became the party’s presidential nominee at the Libertarian national
By RAHIM FAIEZAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women’s rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations, a judge said
By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROMilitary prosecutors ordered the detention of 300 protesters on accusations of attacking troops and disrupting public order during violent clashes outside Egypt’s Defense Ministry, a prosecution official said Saturday. The Friday clashes were some of the
By KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated PressNEW YORKFamily members of some 9/11 victims are watching on closed-circuit TV as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and four co-defendants are arraigned at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Jim Riches was among the family members watching
(AP) Romney targets 4 percent unemploymentBy JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONJostling for an advantage on the economy, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday set a target of 4 percent for the nation’s unemployment rate, while President Barack Obama proclaimed it “good
(AP) London re-elects Boris Johnson as mayorBy CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and DAVID STRINGERAssociated PressLONDONLondon’s rumpled, comic and outspoken Boris Johnson has won a second term as mayor of the British capital, triumphing in a surprisingly close election that installs the unvarnished
(AP) AURORA, Colo. – A 6-year-old boy was suspended from his suburban Denver school for three days after school officials said he told a girl “I’m sexy and I know it,” a line from a popular song. D’Avonte Meadows, a
The Obama administration warned the Supreme Court this week via papers filed with the Court that if Obamacare is struck down, there will be an “extraordinary disruption” in Medicare. Medicare was not discussed during the Supreme Court arguments, since it
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressBEIJINGSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived Wednesday in Beijing, where a tense human rights showdown awaits over the fate of a blind Chinese lawyer said to be under U.S. protection after escaping from
By DAVID STRINGERAssociated PressLONDON News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch must take responsibility for serious failings that caused Britain’s tabloid phone hacking scandal, lawmakers said Tuesday in a scathing report, as a narrow majority also insisted the tycoon was unfit to
(AP) Wisconsin governor raises $13 million in recallBy TODD RICHMONDAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has raised more than $13 million in three months for a recall election, a jaw-dropping feat that easily shattered the fundraising record he set last
By MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated PressGREENSBORO, N.C.The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards broke down on the witness stand Monday as she recounted how the candidate asked the couple to hide an affair he was having and justified using wealthy donors’
