
Gulf rulers take sharper aim at Web dissent
Something unusual happened on Kuwait's normally boisterous online universe after back-to-back convictions this week for insulting the emir on Twitter: ...
Gambian lawyer sees local AP reporter in detention
A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press is in good condition although he has been held in detention by Gambia's internal security ...
Former AP fashion editor Anderson dies at 91
Former Associated Press fashion editor and foreign correspondent Nadeane Walker Anderson, who interviewed legendary designers including Coco Chanel ...
Gambia detains local AP reporter for second time
A Gambian journalist who contributes to The Associated Press was held by security officials Monday night, according to the Gambian Press Union.

Jimmy Kimmel moves to late-night's sweet spot
During production of his final post-midnight show, Jimmy Kimmel's studio audience waited patiently while he taped a string of promotional spots.

Tunisian FM accused in 'Sheraton-gate' scandal
Tunisia's foreign minister has been accused by a blogger of misusing public funds in a growing national scandal involving issues of government ...

UK detective on trial over phone hacking leak
A senior British counterterrorism detective committed a "gross breach" of public trust by trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the ...
Kuwaiti journalist jailed for Twitter 'insults'
A Kuwait newspaper says an online journalist has been sentenced to two years in prison for posts deemed "insulting" to the Gulf nation's ruler — the ...
South Sudan arrests 2 state TV journalists
A journalists group says two reporters working for state TV in South Sudan have been arrested without charge. The Committee to Protect Journalists ...

White House, GOP draw red lines in debt debate
Struggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they'd never ...

No movement: Lawmakers dig in heels on debt crisis
Congressional leaders on Sunday showed no signs of emerging from their corners to resolve the next step in the financial crisis, with Democrats still ...
2 Romanian journalists sentenced for blackmail
A Romanian court has given two journalists suspended prison sentences after they were convicted of trying to blackmail politicians and businessmen ...

NY county: Releasing gun names endangers public
A New York county clerk justified his refusal to release the names and addresses of handgun permit holders to a newspaper, saying it would give ...

Al-Jazeera pays $500M for Current TV
Al-Jazeera has a growing reputation for serious news gathering and its reporters have won some of the biggest awards in journalism. What the Pan-Arab ...

NBC wins final 2012 weekly ratings crown
NBC unwrapped a welcome gift in the final week of 2012, a ratings victory powered by Sunday night football. More than 30 million viewers watched the ...

Parents: No word on US journalist missing in Syria
From their New Hampshire home, the parents of a foreign journalist who has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than a month ago appealed ...

American journalist missing in Syria
An American journalist has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than one month ago, his family said Wednesday, less than two years after ...

California newspaper defies trend to shrink costs
New and expanded sections to cover business, automobiles and food. A nearly five-fold increase in community news pages and more investigative ...

Egypt prosecutors investigate popular TV comedian
Egyptian prosecutors launched an investigation on Tuesday against a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting the president in the latest ...
Detained Nigerian newspaper journalists released
An official says two Nigerian journalists have been freed after being detained without charges for more than a week by the nation's secret police ...

Tribune exits bankruptcy with new TV-focused board
More than four years after crushing debt and plunging advertising sales forced it to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Tribune Co.

Review: Making Facebook a warmer, smaller space
A woman I haven't spoken to in six years is pregnant with her second son. Another college acquaintance reads the Bible a lot. A high school classmate ...

In gun debate, two sides speak different languages
Inside the Big Buck Sport Shop, where mounted moose and deer heads loom over rifles, handguns, targets and ammunition, the customers have no doubt: ...
Nigeria rights leader blasts journalists detention
Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission has criticized the nation's secret police for detaining two journalists for days without charges.