Obama promises to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Signaling he's decided on new troop levels for the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he intends to "finish the job" on his watch and destroy terrorist networks in the region.

Man says emergence from long coma was like rebirth

BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian man wrongly diagnosed as vegetative for 23 years told The Associated Press Tuesday that the discovery he was fully conscious brought him a feeling of rebirth after decades of loneliness and frustration.

Reports on GDP and consumers signal modest rebound

WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy is growing modestly, with consumers too wary about spending to invigorate the recovery.

Fed says jobless rate to drop 'slowly'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says the unfolding recovery will probably be gradual, as modest growth keeps the nation's unemployment rate elevated over the next several years.

Obama: US-Indian ties help define 21st century

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama marked the first state visit of his administration by praising India's prime minister and declaring that ties between the two countries would be "one of the defining relationships" of the 21st century.

SC legislators begin Sanford impeachment hearings

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators upset with Gov. Mark Sanford's summer disappearance to see his lover in Argentina on Tuesday began debating a measure that ultimately would remove him from office.

Festival of mass animal sacrifice begins in Nepal

BARIYAPUR, Nepal (AP) — The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.

Furry felons rob SAfrican tourists, steal food

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Visitors to South Africa's premier holiday destination who are worried about becoming victims of the country's high crime rate could find themselves instead robbed by a more furry kind of felon: baboons.

ABC's 'Good Morning America' cancels Lambert

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC's "Good Morning America" is saying "no thanks" to Adam Lambert.