(AP) Egypt’s opposition leaders under investigationBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIRO Egypt’s chief prosecutor ordered an investigation on Thursday into allegations that opposition leaders committed treason by inciting supporters to overthrow Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The probe by a Morsi-appointed prosecutor
(AP) Health care tax hikes for 2013 may be just a startBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONNew taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if
(AP) Afghan bomber attacks near major US baseBy AMIR SHAHThe Associated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the gate of a major U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing the attacker and three Afghans,
The Chicago Tribune has announced that starting in January, the Chicago-based paper and several other Tribune-owned papers will be dropping the Associated Press as its chief wire service. Along with the Chicago paper, six other Tribune-owned papers will also be
(AP) Durning, king of character actors, dies in NYCBy BOB THOMASAssociated PressLOS ANGELES Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the
(AP) Many share Newtown’s mourning during holidaysBy BROCK VERGAKIS and KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated PressNEWTOWN, Conn.As residents prepared to observe Christmas less than two weeks after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at an elementary school, people sharing in the
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated PressTOKYOJapan’s prime-minister-to-be announced his top lieutenants on Tuesday and promised his conservative party will pursue fresh policies to tackle the nation’s chronic economic woes and bolster its sagging influence on the international stage. Shinzo Abe, who led
(AP) Health care tax hikes for 2013 may be just a startBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONNew taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if
(AP) Officials: NY gunman set ‘trap’ for firefightersBy JOHN KEKISAssociated PressWEBSTER, N.Y.A man who set his house on fire then lured firefighters to their deaths in a blaze of flames and bullets had attracted little attention since he got out
By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated PressMADRIDA car bomb was defused in a megabrothel’s parking lot in northeast Spain early Monday and 300 people were evacuated from the site, the Interior Ministry said. A security guard at Paradise, one of Spain’s largest legal
(AP) Afghan policewoman kills US adviser in KabulBy DENIS D. GRAYAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanAn Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, the latest in a rising tide of insider attacks by Afghans
(AP) Anti-tax conservatives say no to tax-increase dealBy STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressBOSTONIn the city where a protest over tax policy sparked a revolution, modern day tea party activists are cheering the recent Republican revolt in Washington that embarrassed House Speaker John
(AP) ALEXANDRIA, Va.Idaho U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with driving under the influence in a Washington, D.C., suburb, authorities said. Police in Alexandria, Va., said Sunday that the Idaho Republican was pulled over after
(AP) Egypt opposition alleges vote fraud in referendumBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIRO Egypt’s opposition called Sunday for an investigation into allegations of vote fraud in the referendum on a deeply divisive Islamist-backed constitution after the Muslim Brotherhood, the main group
(AP) Ex-SC Gov Sanford eyes politics again after affairBy SEANNA ADCOXAssociated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C.When Mark Sanford walked out of the governor’s mansion in 2011, he had been censured by the Legislature over state travel expenses he used for an affair with
By HAROLD HECKLEAssociated PressMADRIDWinners of Spain’s cherished Christmas lottery _ the world’s richest _ celebrated Saturday in more than a dozen locations where the top lucky tickets were sold, a moment of uplift for a country enduring another brutal year
(AP) `Fiscal cliff’ leaves Boehner a wounded speakerBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONJohn Boehner is a bloodied House speaker following the startling setback that his own fractious Republican troops dealt him in their “fiscal cliff” struggle against President Barack Obama. There’s plenty
(AP) – At least 31 people were suspended from two Army day care centers at Fort Myer, Va., last week after officials scrutinized their backgrounds and found criminal convictions including fourth-degree sexual assault and drug use, a defense official said
(AP) Funerals become a sad routine in NewtownBy DAVID KLEPPERAssociated PressNEWTOWN, Conn.A season that should be a time of joy has been marked by heart-wrenching loss in Newtown, as more victims from the massacre of 20 children and six adults
(AP) Iraq official says President Talabani had a strokeBy ADAM SCHRECK and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAAssociated PressBAGHDADIraqi President Jalal Talabani has had a stroke and his medical team in Baghdad is still trying to stabilize his condition, a spokesman for the prime
(AP) Classes resuming in Newtown, minus Sandy HookBy DAVID KLEPPER and MICHAEL MELIAAssociated PressNEWTOWN, Conn.With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, schools are opening for the first time since last week’s massacre, bringing a return of
Former Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell may be loading his own pockets up with taxpayer money via a privatization overhaul of the PA state lottery system, Breitbart News has learned. One of Rendell’s lucrative post-gubernatorial gigs is as a “senior
(AP) – Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit no matter one’s age. Others found their life’s work in sheltering these little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating
(AP) – The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting challenged journalists’ ability to do much more than lend, or impose, their presence on the scene. Pressed with the awful urgency of the story, television, along with other
(AP) – Egyptians took their quarrel over a draft constitution to polling stations Saturday after weeks of violent turmoil between the newly empowered Islamists and the mostly liberal opposition over the future identity of the nation. Regardless of the outcome,
