(AP) Gloomy Americans foresee a downhill slide to 2050By CONNIE CASSAssociated PressWASHINGTONAsk people to imagine American life in 2050, and you’ll get some dreary visions. Whether they foresee runaway technology or runaway government, rampant poverty or vanishing morality, a majority
(AP) Company makes good on leaving Colo. over gun lawsBy BOB MOENAssociated PressCHEYENNE, Wyo.One of the country’s largest producers of ammunition magazines for guns is leaving Colorado and moving operations to Wyoming and Texas because of new state laws that
(AP) Ship involved in Antarctic rescue faces troubleBy ROD McGUIRKAssociated PressCANBERRA, AustraliaAn Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic was told to halt its journey home on Friday after concerns that a
(AP) Marines delay female fitness plan after half failBy PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressWASHINGTONMore than half of female Marines in boot camp can’t do three pullups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine
On Thursday, sick people with Obamacare-purchased insurance plans were crestfallen when hospital staff in Northern Virginia were unable to verify whether their plans were active, reports the Daily Mail. “They had no idea if my insurance was active or not!” a
(AP) California grants law license to immigrantBy JASON DEARENAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThe California Supreme Court granted a law license on Thursday to a man living in the United States illegally who graduated from law school and passed the state bar exam.
(AP) Toronto Mayor Rob Ford files to run againBy The Associated PressTORONTOToronto Mayor Rob Ford has put his name on the ballot to run for another term, defying repeated calls for him to step down after admitting he smoked crack
(AP) Legal weed sales bring long lines to ColoradoBy KRISTEN WYATTAssociated PressDENVERLong lines and blustery winter weather greeted Colorado marijuana shoppers testing the nation’s first legal recreational pot shops Wednesday. It was hard to tell from talking to the shoppers,
(AP) Marketing efforts to uninsured youth ramp upBy KELLI KENNEDYAssociated PressMIAMIThe so-called “young invincibles” are so important to the success of the Affordable Care Act that supporters and detractors are spending millions to reach them with racy ads, social media
(AP) Poll: Americans have little faith in governmentBy CHARLES BABINGTON and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONAmericans enter 2014 with a profoundly negative view of their government, expressing little hope that elected officials can or will solve the nation’s biggest problems, a new
(AP) Pakistan’s Musharraf taken to hospital, not courtBy MUNIR AHMEDAssociated PressISLAMABADPakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf was rushed to the hospital on Thursday with a “heart problem” he experienced while on his way to a court hearing in a high treason
There have been 119 U.S. military fatalities in the Afghanistan war reported for 2013, a dramatic drop of about 60 percent from the 295 that occurred the previous year, according to an Associated Press count. The 119 American deaths
Over 73,000 people were killed in Syria last year, which makes 2013 the “bloodiest year” in the countrysince the outbreak of war in March 2011. This figure includes “22,436 civilians.” According to the Associated Press (AP), the Syrian Observatory for
(AP) 13 taken to hospitals after Minneapolis fireBy JEFF BAENENAssociated PressMINNEAPOLISA billowing fire engulfed a three-story building near downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, sending 13 people to hospitals with injuries ranging from burns to trauma associated with falls. Officials said
(AP) Marketing efforts to uninsured youth ramp upBy KELLI KENNEDYAssociated PressMIAMIThe so-called “young invincibles” are so important to the success of the Affordable Care Act that supporters and detractors are spending millions to reach them with racy ads, social media
(AP) AP photographer Martin collapses at game, diesBy CHARLES ODUMAP Sports WriterATLANTADave Martin, a longtime Associated Press photographer based in Montgomery, Ala., died after collapsing on the Georgia Dome field after the Chick-fil-A Bowl on Tuesday night. Martin, 59, ran
(AP) Shoppers wait for Colorado pot shops to openBy KRISTEN WYATTAssociated PressDENVERFiring up bongs and cheering in a cloud of marijuana smoke, pot users in Colorado hailed the arrival of the nation’s first recreational pot industry Wednesday.Retail sales weren’t to
(AP) Retirement unlikely for some blue-collar AmericansBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated PressTom Edwards grew up in a family that’s been cutting trees and hauling timber in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century. The Spanaway, Wash., resident says he has
(AP) Putin visits bomb-hit VolgogradBy GARY PEACHAssociated PressVOLGOGRAD, RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday made a pre-dawn visit to the city reeling from two suicide bombings this week, bringing gestures of sympathy for the victims and questions for the officials
(AP) NKorea claims strength after removal of “filth”By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUGAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaKim Jong Un boasted Wednesday that North Korea enters the new year on a surge of strength because of the elimination of “factionalist filth” _
(AP) Pope stresses strength, courage, hope in new yearBy FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressVATICAN CITYPope Francis on Wednesday urged people to accept each other’s differences and for enemies to recognize that they are brothers. `’We are all children of one heavenly father,
(AP) Tensions high in Western Sahara despite new planBy PAUL SCHEMMAssociated PressLAAYOUNE, Western SaharaHelmeted Moroccan riot police waded into the small crowds of women in brightly colored shawls who chanted slogans for independence on the streets of Laayoune, the capital
(AP) AP Sources: O’Brien reaches agreement with TexansBy KRISTIE RIEKENAP Sports WriterHOUSTONTwo people familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday night that Penn State’s Bill O’Brien has reached an agreement to coach the Houston Texans. The people spoke to The Associated
By SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated PressELIZABETH, N.J.Hours after a boisterous Christmas dinner at her grandfather’s, 13-year-old Zainee Hailey came home and took out her family’s trash, a chore she rotated with her siblings. She bundled up the trash bag and stepped outside
By TOM HAYSAssociated PressNEW YORKA former “Sopranos” actor convicted for his real-life role in the slaying of an off-duty police officer during a botched break-in at a Bronx home was released from prison Tuesday and put on parole. Lillo Brancato
