(AP) George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bidBy KRISTI EATON and WALTER R. MEARSAssociated PressSIOUX FALLS, S.D.George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way _ and that he had done so. It
(AP) Blast in Syrian capital kills at least 13By JAMAL HALABYAssociated PressAMMAN, JordanA taxi rigged with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the
By CHRIS BRUMMITTAssociated PressON BOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTONA U.S. aircraft carrier group cruised through the disputed South China Sea on Saturday in a show of American power in waters that are fast becoming a focal point of Washington’s strategic
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated PressMORELIA, MexicoOn a cool September evening, about a half hour after the sun set on the rose-colored Baroque cathedral of this colonial city in western Mexico, three men burst into a Coca-Cola distribution center on the edge
By DIAA HADIDAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsraeli troops on Saturday commandeered a Gaza-bound ship that tried to break through Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled seaside strip, the military said. European lawmakers and other pro-Palestinian activists aboard did not resist, and the Finnish-flagged vessel
By PAUL HAVENAssociated PressHAVANAThe rumor mill surrounding the health of Fidel Castro churned anew Friday despite a letter from the aging Cuban revolutionary published by state media and denials by relatives at home and in the United States that he
By BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTLebanon’s prime minister linked the massive car bomb that tore through Beirut to the civil war in neighboring Syria on Saturday, the latest signal that the crisis is enflaming an already tense region. The blast Friday in
By BRIAN BAKST and JACK GILLUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe latest trend in an election year marked by gushers of money? Big spenders going solo to spread a message. A billionaire investment broker is doling out millions to run a minute-long national ad
By BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated PressBEIRUTMilitants carrying assault weapons clear the area around a street, shouting in Arabic for people to get out of the way. A jeep pulls up: The world’s No. 1 jihadi has arrived for
(AP) Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suitBy CHRIS TOMLINSONAssociated PressAUSTIN, TexasA judge says an East Texas school district policy barring cheerleaders from quoting biblical scripture on banners at high school football games appears to violate their free speech
(AP) Austerity-weary Greeks stage new general strikeBy DEREK GATOPOULOSAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceGreece was facing its second general strike in a month Thursday as workers protested over another batch of austerity measures that are designed to prevent the bankruptcy of the country.
(AP) US official: CIA operative killed in AfghanistanBy PAULINE JELINEKAssociated PressWASHINGTONA senior U.S. defense official says an agent for the Central Intelligence Agency was among those killed in a suicide bombing at an Afghan intelligence office _ the latest so-called
By RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGTAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near the gate of a U.S.-Afghan combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, wounding 10 Afghan soldiers, officials said. The blast in Paktiya province’s
By ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranA senior Iranian military official claimed Tuesday that Iranian-made surveillance drones have made dozens of apparently undetected flights into Israeli airspace from Lebanon in recent years to probe air defenses and collect reconnaissance data. An
According to First Lady Michelle Obama, appearing on Pablo Sato’s show on WPGC 95.5 in Washington, D.C., “we are seeing right now that we are in the midst of a huge recovery. Right? Because of what this president has done.”
(AP) Pakistan sends girl shot by Taliban to UK for careBy SEBASTIAN ABBOT and RIAZ KHANAssociated PressISLAMABADPakistan airlifted a 14-year-old activist who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban to the United Kingdom for treatment Monday, a move that
(AP) Sept. 11 trial rules under scrutiny at GuantanamoBy BEN FOXAssociated PressGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, CubaA U.S. military judge is considering broad security rules for the war crimes tribunal of five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks, including
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science WriterLOS ANGELESSlowly surmounting a key obstacle, the shuttle Endeavour was rolling through the streets of Los Angeles toward its retirement home at a science museum. Endeavour’s terrestrial journey began before dawn Friday when it departed from
By NICHOLAS PAPHITISAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceUnemployment in Greece hit a record high of 25.1 percent in July as the country’s financial crisis continues to exact its heavy toll, official figures showed Thursday. All indications are that unemployment in Greece will continue
By DAVID ESPO and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressMOUNT VERNON, OhioPresident Barack Obama conceded Wednesday he did poorly in a debate last week that fueled a comeback by his rival in the race for the White House. Mitt Romney barnstormed battleground Ohio
By ASSOCIATED PRESS– Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill took aim Wednesday at Republican challenger Todd Akin with a new series of TV ads featuring rape survivors outraged by Akin’s remark about “legitimate rape” and his opposition to emergency contraception.
(AP) 2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prizeBy KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMTwo American researchers won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger
(AP) State Dept. description of attack in sync with GOPBy LARRY MARGASAK and BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe State Department now says it never believed the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a film protest gone awry,
(AP) Led Zeppelin gets tense with reunion questionsBy JOHN CARUCCIAssociated PressNEW YORKIf the members of Led Zeppelin plan on reuniting, they have a funny way of saying it. During a news conference Tuesday promoting their 2007 reunion concert film, “Celebration
By JORGE RUEDAAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that he will keep supporting Syria’s leader and called for the U.S. to rethink its stance toward the war-shattered nation. Chavez likened the violence in Syria to the fighting in
Associated Press BELLEFONTE, Pa.Jerry Sandusky, maintaining his innocence, was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison _ effectively a life sentence _ in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach
(AP) Top 10 states in new citizen votersBy The Associated PressThe top 10 states where people who naturalized as American citizens since 2000 represent a sizable percentage of the voting-age citizen population, as well their estimated raw numbers, according to
(AP) Frenchman, American win Nobel for quantum physicsBy KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMA French-American duo shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to observe the bizarre properties of the quantum world, research that has led
(AP) High court looks at race in college admissionsBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONNine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this divisive social issue back
(AP) Calif. gov takes action as gas prices keep risingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESGov. Jerry Brown is taking action in an effort to drive down the cost of gasoline as California drivers cope with record-breaking prices at the pump. For
(AP) Nobel prize to Briton, Japanese for stem cell workBy KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMBritish researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for discovering that mature, specialized
(AP) Chavez wins 3rd re-election in tightest race yetBy FRANK BAJAK and IAN JAMESAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaPresident Hugo Chavez put to rest any doubts about his masterful political touch in winning a third consecutive six-year term after a bitterly fought race
(AP) Venezuela vote a critical test for divided nationBy IAN JAMESAssociated PressCARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez’s crusade to transform Venezuela into a socialist state, which has bitterly divided the nation, was put to the stiffest electoral test of his nearly
(AP) Anti-austerity protests grip 56 Spanish citiesBy HAROLD HECKLEAssociated PressMADRIDTens of thousands of people marched in 56 Spanish cities Sunday to protest punishing austerity cuts they say will only increase unemployment and job insecurity in a country experiencing its second
(AP) Pakistan blocks anti-US protest in tribal regionBy ISHTIAQ MAHSUDAssociated PressTANK, PakistanThe Pakistani military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistanis and a small contingent of U.S. anti-war activists from entering a lawless tribal region along the border with Afghanistan
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENAssociated PressNEW YORKAn ailing extremist Egyptian-born preacher and four other terrorism suspects arrived in the United States from England early Saturday under tight security to face trial, and two appeared within hours in a Connecticut
By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security WriterKABUL, AfghanistanThe Haqqani insurgent network, based in Pakistan and with ties to al-Qaida, is suspected of being a driving force behind a significant number of the “insider” attacks by Afghan forces that have killed or
By ZARAR KHANAssociated PressISLAMABADHundreds of Pakistanis, joined by dozens of American activists, have launched a motorcade “march” against U.S. drone strikes that they hope will reach the militant-riddled Afghan border region. The main faction of the Pakistani Taliban has denounced
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated PressPHOENIXFriendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting near the Arizona-Mexico line that killed one federal agent and wounded another, the FBI said, noting the investigation was still ongoing in the case that
For the first time, the unemployment rate has dropped below 8 percent under Obama, but that is no victory to crow about. 7.8 percent unemployment is still unacceptable. Remember, President Obama promised that with his stimulus, the unemployment rate would be
