By MITCH STACYAssociated PressLANCASTER, OhioThrough 80 summers, drive-in theaters have managed to remain a part of the American fabric, surviving technological advances and changing tastes that put thousands out of business. Now the industry says a good chunk of the
(AP) Officials: Car bombs kill 26 in Iraqi capitalBy SAMEER N. YACOUBAssociated PressBAGHDADA wave of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday killed 26 people and wounded dozens, the latest attacks in a months-long surge in violence. Attacks have
(AP) Altidore’s hat trick leads US to 4-3 win vs BosniaBy The Associated PressTrailing 2-0 at halftime, their record winning streak in jeopardy, the Americans never panicked. There was no need to, not with Jozy Altidore on their team. Altidore
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi torched three churches in central Egypt on Wednesday as police dispersed protests in Cairo. According to a report in the Daily Star, the MENA news agency said that attackers
By CHEVEL JOHNSONAssociated PressNEW ORLEANSGia Allemand, who was the girlfriend of NBA Pelicans player Ryan Anderson and appeared on ABC’s “The Bachelor” and “Bachelor Pad,” has died, her publicist said Wednesday. She was 29. Allemand was taken Monday night to
(AP) FAA: UPS cargo jet crashes in Birmingham, Ala.By JAY REEVESAssociated PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala.A UPS cargo plane crashed Wednesday morning in an open field just outside an airport in Birmingham, Ala. There were no homes in the immediate area of the
(AP) Longtime political columnist Germond dead at 85By BEN NUCKOLSAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTONJack W. Germond, the portly, cantankerous columnist and pundit who covered 10 presidential elections and sparred with colleagues on TV’s “The McLaughlin Group,” has died. He was 85. Germond
(AP) Typhoon lands in China as Hong Kong shuts downBEIJINGSchools and offices closed and tens of thousands of fishing craft took shelter on Wednesday as a typhoon brought high winds and torrential rain to southern China. Typhoon Utor had already
(AP) Keita wins Mali election after opponent concedesBy BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSONAssociated PressBAMAKO, MaliFormer Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won Mali’s presidency after his opponent conceded defeat late Monday in an election aimed at restoring stability to a country
(AP) Agents: 44 gunned down in Nigeria mosqueBy HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAULAssociated PressMAIDUGURI, NigeriaSuspected Islamic militants wearing army fatigues gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, while another 12 civilians died in an apparently simultaneous
(AP) Car company’s big plans haven’t materializedBy HOLBROOK MOHR and MITCH WEISSAssociated PressTUNICA, Miss.Four years ago, a startup car company announced with great fanfare big plans for the Mississippi Delta: Using money from foreign investors and other sources, it would
(AP) Teen found safe in Idaho; alleged abductor killedBy REBECCA BOONEAssociated PressCASCADE, IdahoA harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended Saturday when FBI agents rescued the girl and shot and killed her apparent kidnapper at a campsite deep
At the Otay crossing near the San Diego border last Monday, about 200 people coming from Mexico gained entry to the United States all using the same key phrase; they claimed they had a ‘credible fear’ of drug cartels. According
By JAN M. OLSEN and KARL RITTERAssociated PressCOPENHAGEN, DenmarkA Danish Muslim leader who seven years ago traveled the Muslim world fueling the uproar over newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad is back in the headlines in Denmark after doing an
(AP) Sinai group says it was target of Israeli droneBy MAAMOUN YOUSSEFAssociated PressCAIROAn al-Qaida-linked group active in the Sinai Peninsula said Saturday that its fighters were the target of a reported Israeli drone strike into Egyptian territory, a rare operation
(AP) Obama rejects boycott of Olympics in RussiaBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama rejected the idea of the United States boycotting the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year despite several significant disputes with Russia. Answering questions Friday at a White
During his Wednesday appearance on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show,’ President Obama made three factual gaffes; one of them involved the claim that cities not found along the Gulf of Mexico are. Were Obama a Republican, these gaffes would have led news
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe State Department on Thursday warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and ordered nonessential government personnel to leave the U.S. Consulate in Lahore because of a specific threat to that diplomatic mission. In a travel warning,
(AP) 2 suspected US drones kill 9 militants in YemenBy AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, YemenTwo U.S. drone strikes killed a total of nine suspected al-Qaida militants Thursday, a Yemeni military official said, the sixth and seventh such attacks in less than
In the month of July, the American economy created 162,000 jobs. Most of them were part time. Moreover, that is probably not enough jobs to keep up with the average increase in population. A recovering economy regularly creates closer to
(AP) Scientists plan controversial lab-made bird fluBy LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical WriterWASHINGTONScientists who sparked an outcry by creating easier-to-spread versions of the bird flu for research purposes want to try such experiments again using a worrisome new strain. This time around,
(AP) Kenya fire: Airport reopens for domestic, cargoBy TOM ODULA and JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated PressNAIROBI, Kenya A small fire that an under-resourced fire brigade reacted slowly to swelled into a raging inferno that engulfed the arrival hall at Kenya’s main international
(AP) Judge halts trial in Fort Hood shooting rampageBy NOMAAN MERCHANT and PAUL J. WEBERAssociated PressFORT HOOD, TexasThe standby attorney for the soldier charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage accused Maj. Nidal Hasan on Wednesday of deliberately charting
(AP) Demolition set for Ohio house in kidnapping caseBy THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated PressCLEVELANDThe house where three women were held captive and raped over a decade faces demolition Wednesday morning in Cleveland. The house will be torn down as part of
The Associated Press reports on the biggest movers on the New York Stock Exchange in Tuesday’s trading. One of the top stocks was the Washington Post Company after news that it was being sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: Stocks
