Obama offers faith groups new birth control rule
Facing a wave of lawsuits over what government can tell religious groups to do, the Obama administration is proposing a compromise for faith-based ...
Dramatists liken Venezuela saga to telenovela
A president who vanishes for weeks in a mysterious battle with cancer. Supporters who chant their allegiance in the streets. And in the midst of it ...
Scott Brown says he won't seek Kerry's Senate seat
Former Sen. Scott Brown said Friday he would not run in a special Senate election in Massachusetts, dealing a setback to Republican hopes of winning ...
Healthier schools: Goodbye candy and greasy snacks
Goodbye candy bars and sugary cookies. Hello baked chips and diet sodas. The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make ...
Montana man made up sob story that got him pizza
A Montana man whose tearful reluctance to rob a pizza restaurant earned him free food apparently made up the sob story that gained him the clerk's ...
APNewsBreak: Family sues over Minn. office attack
The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis office last year is suing the company, claiming it botched the firing of ...
Detroit, Toyota see big US sales gains in January
American consumers ignored tax increases and trudged through winter weather to buy new cars and trucks at an unusually strong pace last month. It was ...
At palace, Egypt protesters, police clash
Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security ...
33 die in Mexico oil company office building blast
A blast that collapsed the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people beneath ...
Indian film star faces homicide charge
An attorney says Indian movie star Salman Khan will be tried for homicide for his alleged involvement in a fatal road accident more than 10 years ago.
London anarchist bookshop hit by suspicious fire
One of Britain's oldest anarchist publishers says its east London bookshop has been firebombed. Freedom Press — set up more than 100 years ago — said ...
Film blocked in Italy during election campaign
Producers of a documentary that takes a sharply critical view of the political, economic and social trends in Italy in recent decades are protesting ...
Suicide bomber kills guard at US Embassy in Turkey
In the second deadly assault on a U.S. diplomatic post in five months, a suicide bomber struck the American Embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a ...
Report: Man released in Turkey missing woman case
A man questioned over the disappearance of a New York City woman in Istanbul has been released from police custody but may be called again to help ...
Mahony defends legacy on church abuse in blog
Retired Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger Mahony defended his tattered legacy in a sharply worded letter to his successor, a day after Archbishop Jose ...
Authorities release photo of accused Ala. abductor
After four anxious days, only the slimmest of details has come to light in a police standoff with an Alabama man who is accused of holding a ...
SUPER BOWL WATCH: Katrina, Coin flip bets, Modell
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...
Ind. DNR wants charges dropped in deer rescue case
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said Friday it is asking a prosecutor to drop charges against a couple who nursed an injured baby deer ...
Cuba, US spar over blame for poor ties
A senior Cuban official sharply criticized U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday for suggesting Cuba was stuck in the past, saying the only ...
Waitress fired for posting customer comment online
The note at the top of the restaurant receipt read simply, "I give God 10%, why do you get 18?" The snarky comment has created a furor online after ...
Syrian rebels slam Assad inaction on Israeli raid
Syrian opposition leaders and rebels on Friday slammed President Bashar Assad for not responding to a rare Israeli airstrike near Damascus, calling ...
Chicago takes leading role in national gun debate
They are counting the dead from gunfire again in Chicago, a city awash in weapons despite having one of the strictest gun-control ordinances in the ...
No priest, no sheik means no marriage in Lebanon
She was an English language tutor with an easy smile and an independent streak. He was a gym receptionist who wanted to better himself. They met for ...
White House: Hagel will win Senate confirmation
The White House on Friday dismissed criticism of Chuck Hagel's hesitant congressional testimony and insisted that it expects the Senate to confirm him ...
Shriek! Texts on missing kids startle cell users
The next time a child is abducted near you, your cellphone may shriek to life with an alert message. A new national Amber Alert system officially ...
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