(AP) Argentine leader to undergo head surgeryBy MICHAEL WARRENAssociated PressBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaArgentina’s president will undergo surgery on Tuesday to surgically remove blood between her brain and skull that has been causing new and worrying symptoms, her physicians said.The doctors who
(AP) White House open to short-term hike in debt limitBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONSenate Democrats are drafting legislation to raise the nation’s debt limit without the type of unrelated conditions Republicans have said they intend to demand, officials said Monday, as
(AP) Gov’t shutdown enters 2nd week, no end in sightBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe government shutdown entered its second week with no end in sight and ominous signs that the United States was closer to the first default in the nation’s
(AP) NKorea rushes to finish lavish ski resortBy ERIC TALMADGEAssociated PressMASIK PASS, North KoreaThe secretary-general of North Korea’s ski association views the sprawling alpine landscape before him with unabashed pride. Facing a strong, cold wind, he points to a dip
(AP) Bomb kills 2 in Pakistan anti-polio driveBy RIAZ KHANAssociated PressPESHAWAR, PakistanA bomb exploded next to a van carrying Pakistani security guards tasked with protecting workers involved in an anti-polio drive in the country’s northwest on Monday, killing two people,
(AP) Egypt: 51 killed in new bout of street violenceBy HAMZA HENDAWIThe Associated PressCAIROSecurity forces and Islamist protesters clashed around the country Sunday, leaving 51 killed, as a national holiday celebrating the military turned to mayhem. Crowds from Egypt’s two
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says that if he owned the Washington Redskins, he would “think about changing” the team name, wading into the controversy over a football nickname that many people deem offensive to Native Americans. Obama, in
(AP) Derrick Rose returns in exhibition openerBy CLIFF BRUNTAssociated PressINDIANAPOLISDerrick Rose made a successful return to the Chicago Bulls, scoring 13 points in 20 minutes in an 82-76 exhibition victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night Rose led the
Even though only 11 percent of Americans think the Washington Redskins should change their nickname, President Barack Obama decided it was important to discuss the matter on Friday just three days after the federal government shutdown and as the country
(AP) AP sources: US Navy SEALs raid Somali townBy ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated PressMOGADISHU, SomaliaU.S. Navy SEALs carried out a pre-dawn raid Saturday on a coastal town in southern Somalia looking for a specific al-Qaida suspect linked to the
On October 3, the Republican state senators who won in the September 10 Colorado recall were sworn into office. Former Colorado Councilman Bernie Herpin took state Senator John Morse’s (D-Colorado Springs) office, and retired Pueblo police officer George Rivera took
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes Iran is a year or a more away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, President Barack Obama said in an interview with the Associated Press released on Saturday, although he described
(AP) No. 8 Florida State routs No. 25 Maryland 63-0By KAREEM COPELANDAssociated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla.Jameis Winston reaffirmed his Heisman Trophy candidacy with the best performance of his short career Saturday. The Florida State redshirt freshman put up career-highs with 393 yards
President Barack Obama indicated that he may support efforts to get the Washington Redskins to change their nickname, saying that if he owned the Redskins he would “think about changing” the team name. “I don’t know whether our attachment to
(AP) LA students get iPads, crack firewall, play gamesBy JOHN ROGERSAssociated PressLOS ANGELESEducation officials in the nation’s second-largest school district are working to reboot a $1 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of each of their 650,000
(AP) Migrants used empty water bottles to stay afloatBy ANDREA ROSAAssociated PressLAMPEDUSA, ItalySurvivors of a fiery shipwreck that killed more than 100 African migrants clung to empty water bottles to keep themselves from drowning and were coated in gasoline, an
(AP) Fugitive witness in Hernandez case in custodyBy PAT EATON-ROBBAssociated PressHARTFORD, Conn.Authorities say a fugitive with ties to former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez has been taken into custody in Connecticut. The U.S. Marshals Service says Alexander Bradley of East
(AP) Mississippi football players disrupt campus playBy DAVID BRANDTAP Sports WriterJACKSON, Miss.A University of Mississippi professor says that a group of Ole Miss students, including football players, disrupted a production of a campus play with “hate speech” on Tuesday night.
(AP) Russian Embassy in Libya evacuated after attackBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWRussia on Thursday evacuated all of its diplomats and their families from Libya, the day after a mob attack on the Russian Embassy, and issued a warning to its citizens
(AP) Chicago burger garnished with communion waferBy CARYN ROUSSEAUAssociated PressCHICAGOA Chicago restaurant has cooked up a controversial burger of the month for October, garnishing it with an unconsecrated communion wafer and a red wine reduction sauce. Kuma’s Corner, a foodie
(AP) With turkeys gone wild, Maine expands huntingBy CLARKE CANFIELDAssociated PressPORTLAND, MaineOnce nearly wiped out of existence, turkeys are running wild. Buoyed by what’s been called the most successful wildlife restoration project ever, wild turkeys are eating crops, ruining gardens,
(AP) Official: Service academy games will go onBy RALPH D. RUSSO and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressU.S. military academy football teams will play this weekend, despite the government shutdown. A senior defense official said Wednesday the decision affects this weekend’s games
(AP) Overflowing tank cause of new leak at FukushimaBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOAnother day, another radioactive-water spill. The operator of the meltdown-plagued Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant says at least 430 liters (110 gallons) spilled when workers overfilled a storage tank without
The Associated Press says the Tea Party’s growing power and influence has unmoored Republican politicians from their traditional alliance with Wall Street in favor of grassroots conservative activists. AP reporters Charles Babington and Jim Kuhnhenn cited the “corporate community’s
To explain the partial shutdown of the federal government, the Associated Press is characterizing the issue as one between the noble Obama and the partisan Republicans. Further, as if they have no role here, the AP doesn’t mention Harry Reid
