Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds
NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.
Suspect awaits arraignment in '79 Etan Patz case
NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz underwent a psychological examination as he awaited arraignment Friday, exactly 33 years after the boy vanished without a trace in one of New York City's most traumatic missing-child cases.
Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule made a historic arrival at the International Space Station on Friday, triumphantly captured by astronauts wielding a giant robot arm.
UN agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian site
VIENNA (AP) — Inspectors have located radioactive traces at an Iranian underground bunker, the U.N. atomic agency said Friday in a finding that could mean Iran has moved closer to reaching the uranium threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles.
Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race
CAIRO (AP) — The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, likely against a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's regime in what would be a deeply divisive battle to become the new president of Egypt, according to partial results Friday from the first round of voting.
What's an American Indian? Warren case stirs query
What, exactly, makes someone American Indian? Even Indians themselves don't agree as they debate the case of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, whose disputed claim of Native American identity is shining a rare spotlight on the malleable nature of Indian heritage and the long history of murky claims to such ancestry.
P&G to add latches to make detergent packs safer
DALLAS (AP) — The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday.
- NJ judge: Texter not liable for driver's car crash
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country.
Israeli archaeologists find rare ancient jewelry
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli archaeologists have discovered a rare trove of 3,000-year-old jewelry, including a ring and earrings, hidden in a ceramic jug near the ancient city of Megiddo, where the New Testament predicts the final battle of Armageddon.
50 years on, fire still burns underneath Pa. town
CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) — It's an anniversary the few remaining souls who live here won't be celebrating.
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