Latest Headlines
  • Click for Full Story Obama to unveil plan to add troops in Afghanistan

    WASHINGTON (AP) — War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war plans virtually sure to include tens of thousands more U.S. troops.

     
  • SPIN METER: 'War and Peace' in 209 pages?

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper.

     
  • Click for Full Story Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn

    BRUSSELS (AP) — Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.

     
  • Click for Full Story Green curry headlines menu for Obama India dinner

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Guests at President Barack Obama's first state dinner were being treated to an eye-catching scheme of green and purple, from the green curry surrounding the prawns to the purple floral arrangements paying homage to the peacock, India's national bird.

     
  • Click for Full Story Police: Ky. census worked staged death as homicide

    FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — On the surface it all seemed like a gruesome hate crime in a rural part of Kentucky with a history of disdain for the government: a census worker found bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree, the word "fed" scrawled across his chest.

     
  • Click for Full Story SC lawmakers question impeachment for governor

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A cool-headed legal debate has replaced the once-passionate calls to oust Gov. Mark Sanford that began after his tearful summertime admission that he disappeared from the state to pursue an extramarital affair in Argentina.

     
  • Click for Full Story Clergy abuse victims criticize RI bishop

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters said Tuesday that Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop is not doing enough to protect children from pedophile priests even as he's taken on Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy for his stance on abortion rights.

     
  • Click for Full Story CPSC chief pledges swift action after crib recall

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday promised swift action to get dangerous products off the market, acknowledging that the agency didn't move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million cribs linked to four deaths.

     
  • Click for Full Story 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.

     
  • Click for Full Story Albert Pujols wins 2nd straight NL MVP award

    NEW YORK (AP) — Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04. Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

     
Latest Headlines
©  Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.