(AP) By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated PressNEW YORKA construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan collapsed in high winds Monday and dangled precariously, prompting plans for engineers and inspectors to climb to the top to examine it as a
(AP) Hurricane Sandy grounds thousands of flightsBy The Associated PressNEW YORKHurricane Sandy grounded thousands of flights in the U.S. northeast Monday and upended travel plans across the globe, stranding passengers from Hong Kong to Europe. The massive storm threatens to
(AP) A state-by-state look at the East Coast superstormBy The Associated PressHurricane Sandy is churning off the East Coast and is expected to join up with two other weather systems to create a huge and problematic storm affecting 50 million
By SYLVIA HUIAssociated PressLONDONThe sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children’s television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.
(AP) New Syria fighting despite UN-backed truceBy KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian warplanes and artillery struck rebellious suburbs east of Damascus, while rebels attacked regime positions elsewhere near the capital Sunday, violence that marred the third day of what was meant to
A new report from the Associated Press demonstrates the lies and prevarications of the Obama administration over the terrorist attack in Benghazi that ended with the murder of our ambassador and three other Americans. According to the AP, which interviewed,
(AP) Approaching megastorm threatens East CoastBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM and EMERY P. DALESIOAssociated PressBLOOMSBURG, Pa.Douglas Jumper choked up as he described the long, slow recovery in his central Pennsylvania town from last year’s historic flooding caused by Hurricane Irene and the
(AP) Obama, Romney campaign with eye on storm forecastBy JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONWith an eye on the weather forecast, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are launching a 10-day sprint to the finish line in a contest increasingly about momentum
By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressDEFIANCE, OhioRepublican Mitt Romney is placing television ads in Minnesota, a move that pushes his presidential campaign into a state Democrats have held for more than three decades. Republicans and Democrats who track campaign spending confirmed late
(AP) Officials: suicide bomber kills 36 in AfghanistanBy AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanA suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 36 people and wounding 23, officials said. The attack in the town of Maymana,
The Associated Press reports that the Romney/Ryan campaign is running its first advertisements in Minnesota this weekend. The Obama campaign has apparently dismissed the move as a tactic designed to create media coverage. However, the gossip among political pundits for
By CIARAN GILESAssociated PressMADRIDOne Spaniard in four is now officially out of work as the economic crisis tightens its grip on the country. The National Statistics Institute said Friday that 85,000 more people joined the ranks of the unemployed between
On Twitter, CNBC’s John J. Harwood openly laughs at those of us who dare question polls that show Obama winning with a higher turnout advantage in 2012 than he enjoyed in 2008. And yet, just now on MSNBC’s Now With Alex, Harwood
By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated PressJERUSALEMHamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel on Wednesday in the heaviest bombardment on the area in months, drawing ominous Israeli threats of retaliation and dangers of escalation.
(AP) Qatari emir visits Gaza in boost to Hamas rulersBy IBRAHIM BARZAKAssociated PressGAZA CITY, Gaza StripThe emir of Qatar received a hero’s welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the
By ROXANA HEGEMANAssociated PressWICHITA, Kan.When Candida L. Gutierrez’s identity was stolen, the thief didn’t limit herself to opening fraudulent credit and bank accounts. She assumed Gutierrez’s persona completely, using it to get a job, a driver’s license, a mortgage and
(AP) Lebanon launches major security operationBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTLebanese troops launched a major security operation on Monday to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of
(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
