7 killed in Afghan protests over Quran burning
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan Interior Ministry says seven people have been killed in clashes between Afghan security forces and protesters demonstrating against the burning of Muslim holy books at a NATO military base....
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APNewsBreak: W.Va. mine boss charged with fraud
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal government, becoming the highest-ranking Massey Energy employee to face criminal prosecution so far over the deadly blast....
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Divers in Italy report finding 4 more ship bodies
ROME (AP) -- Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia off a Tuscan island on Wednesday found four bodies, including that of a 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said....
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Syria shelling of Homs kills 2 Western journalists
BEIRUT (AP) -- A French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday by Syrian shelling of the opposition stronghold Homs as President Bashar Assad's regime escalated its attacks on rebel bases by strafing from helicopter gunships, activists said....
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NYPD built secret files on NJ, Long Island mosques
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Americans living and working in New Jersey's largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department's effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray. The operation in Newark was so secretive even the city's mayor says he was kept in the dark....
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American war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria
LONDON (AP) -- Respected American journalist Marie Colvin, who spent decades reporting on conflicts from Sri Lanka to Syria, focusing on the suffering of women and children in wartime, died in a fierce shelling attack Wednesday in Syria....
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Obama joins Jagger, B.B. King, to belt out blues
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The president just couldn't say no: Mick Jagger held out a mic almost by way of command, and soon Barack Obama was belting out the blues with the best of them....
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Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows....
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Arizona finally gets GOP candidates' attention
MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Rick Santorum is looking for another upset or two, while Mitt Romney is hoping to keep his leading rival at bay in the run-up to the 20th debate of the race for the Republican presidential nomination....
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AP source: Obama seeks 28 percent corp. tax rate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is proposing to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent and wants an even lower effective rate for manufacturers, a senior administration official says, as the White House lays down an election-year marker in the debate over tax policy....
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In Miami, the Heat await a look at Linsanity
MIAMI (AP) -- The hottest team versus the hottest story....
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In Europe, spending cuts fail to ease debt burdens
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Europe has endured the pain of layoffs, wage cuts and tax increases designed to bring government debt under control....
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US, NKorea to hold first post-Kim Jong Il talks
BEIJING (AP) -- The U.S. and North Korea reopen nuclear talks Thursday that will provide a glimpse into where Pyongyang's opaque government is heading after Kim Jong Il's death and test its readiness to dismantle nuclear programs for much-needed aid....
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Consumer-finance watchdog probes overdraft fees
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's new consumer-watchdog agency is launching a probe into costly overdraft fees charged by big banks....
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Heat streak at 7 after beating Kings 120-108
MIAMI (AP) -- Dwyane Wade had 30 points and 10 assists, Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh each scored 20 points and the NBA-leading Miami Heat stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 120-108 win over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night....
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11 children removed from Texas home in abuse case
DAYTON, Texas (AP) -- Texas authorities said Tuesday they removed 11 children from a crowded home where a registered sex offender lives after they found eight confined in a small, dark bedroom with restraints tying some to their beds....
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New family of legless amphibians found in India
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Since before the age of dinosaurs it has burrowed unbothered beneath the monsoon-soaked soils of remote northeast India - unknown to science and mistaken by villagers as a deadly, miniature snake....
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Inherited comic collection expected to fetch $2M
DALLAS (AP) -- Michael Rorrer said his great aunt once mentioned having comic books she would one day give him and his brother, but it was a passing remark made when they were boys and still into superheroes....
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UN nuclear agency reports failed Iran talks
VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency on Wednesday acknowledged its renewed failure in trying to probe suspicions that Tehran has worked secretly on atomic arms, in a statement issued shortly after an Iranian general warned of a pre-emptive strike against any nation that threatens Iran....
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Santorum blasts Obama's motives on power, abortion
PHOENIX (AP) -- A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values....
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