By FRAZIER MOOREAssociated PressNEW YORKAnnette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon on a string of ’60s fun-in-the-sun movies with names like
(AP) – Pakistan’s top court on Monday ordered former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to respond to allegations that he committed treason while in power and barred him from leaving the country. The Supreme Court acted in response to private
(AP) Kershaw 2-hits Bucs over 7, Ks 9 in Dodgers’ winBy JOE RESNICKAssociated PressLOS ANGELES Clayton Kershaw followed up his sensational one-man show on opening day with seven innings of two-hit ball and nine strikeouts in a spirited duel with
After the Associated Press on Tuesday decided to drop the term “illegal immigrant” and expunge it from its style guide (used by nearly every journalist), activists then immediately began to demand other publications follow suit. Jose Antonio Vargas, the illegal immigrant who has gained
(AP) – Syrian state media sharply criticized Jordan for hosting U.S.-backed training of rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad, warning Thursday that by actively backing the opposition Amman risks falling into the “volcanic crater” of the conflict. The stern
(AP) PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama’s IOUs start coming dueBy CALVIN WOODWARDAssociated PressWASHINGTONAmericans are a forward-looking people, which is to say they can have the attention span of a gnat. So presidential campaigns seem like distant history almost from the moment someone
By CARYN ROUSSEAUAssociated PressCHICAGORoger Ebert will be writing fewer of his famed movie reviews because of a recurrence of cancer, but the movie critic promises his illness will give him other topics to write about. The Pulitzer Prize winner announced
(AP) It’s official: Sanford facing Colbert Busch in SCBy BRUCE SMITHAssociated PressMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.The race for a vacant South Carolina congressional seat has turned into the big-name contest that political junkies were hoping for. Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford,
By JAMEY KEATENAssociated PressPARISFrench President Francois Hollande on Tuesday decried an “unforgiveable moral error” by his former budget minister, who has jolted France’s body politic by admitting on his blog to having lied about a once-secret foreign bank account. Authorities
By IAN DEITCHAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsraeli warplanes struck targets early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire toward southern Israel, the first air strikes launched by Israel since an informal cease-fire ended eight days of cross-border fighting between Israel
Mark Sanford has won the run-off for the GOP nomination in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Sanford held a strong lead throughout the early returns, against former County Councilman Curtis Bostic. Sanford will now face
Evan Spencer Ebel, the now deceased suspect in the March 19 murder of Colorado Corrections Chief Tom Clements, was let out of a Colorado state prison four years early, Colorado authorities acknowledged on Monday. Ebel was released on January 28, 2013, rather than
The Associated Press drops the term “illegal immigrant,” and the left wins another battle in the language war. The AP’s rationale for the change is ridiculous (a person cannot be illegal). The AP isn’t even able to come up with
By THOMAS ADAMSONAssociated PressPARISA doctor overseeing the French version of the “Survivor” reality show has committed suicide following the sudden death of a contestant who he had treated, France’s biggest TV station says. Dr. Thierry Costa killed himself on location
(AP) – China reported Tuesday that four more people in one province were seriously sickened by a bird flu virus new to humans while cities along the eastern seaboard stepped up public health measures to guard against a disease that
For the first time in history, the wife of a United States prosecutor was murdered along with her husband when Texas District Attorney Mike and Cynthia McClelland were found shot to death last Saturday in their home. While the motive
On Monday, the Associated Press reported that operatives of Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated virtually every large and mid-sized city in the United States in order to “tighten their grip on the world’s most lucrative narcotics market and maximize profits.”
By JOHN RABYAssociated PressSISSONVILLE, W.Va.A cast member of the MTV reality show “BUCKWILD” was found dead Monday in a sport utility vehicle in a ditch along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person, authorities said Monday. Kanawha County Sheriff’s
(AP) – Egypt’s most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charges of insulting the country’s leader and Islam. Bassem Youssef
(AP) Opening day much more than baseball in CincinnatiBy DAN SEWELLAssociated PressCINCINNATIOpening day in Cincinnati is about much more than baseball. It’s a holiday that dates to the late 19th century that’s celebrated with a colorful, eclectic parade that winds
(AP) Mayor: Deaths of Texas DA, wife ‘not a random act’By NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated PressKAUFMAN, Texas Two months after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down, a north Texas district attorney and his wife were found killed in their home,
California politicians are using technicalities to avoid rewarding money that they pledged to members of the public who tipped police to fugitive murderer Christopher Dorner’s whereabouts. Six weeks after Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer who killed four people
A U.S. District judge has thrown out a lawsuit, brought by an atheist group that hoped to prevent the display of a cross-shaped steel beam found in the rubble at the site of the World Trade Center. The Associated Press
(AP) – U.S. special operations forces handed over their base in a strategic district of eastern Afghanistan to local Afghan special forces on Saturday, senior U.S. commanders said. The withdrawal satisfies a demand by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that U.S.
(AP) NYC deal is key in sick days push, advocates sayBy JENNIFER PELTZAssociated PressNEW YORKHundreds of thousands of workers in New York City are poised to get paid sick days in what may prove a pivotal moment in a national
