Attorney General Eric Holder

Obama administration secretly seized AP phone records

DOJ AP Scandal | WORLD normally does not post articles directly from the Associated Press, given the news agency ’s ideological bias, but we are publishing this story unedited because the AP itself is the subject, and the story ’s

Palestinians celebrate the cease fire agreement.

Cease-fire begins between Israel and Hamas

Middle East |  A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days of the fiercest fighting in…

Applicants stand in line at a recent job fair in Miami.

Unemployment rate rises to 7.9 percent

Economy |  WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and hiring was stronger over the previous two months than first thought. The unemployment rate…

Graham Spanier, left, and Jerry Sandusky

Ex-Penn State president charged in Sandusky case

Crime |  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)—Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child molestation allegations against Jerry…

Job applicants are interviewed by Florida Marlins staff at Marlins Park in Miami

Weekly U.S. jobless aid applications fall to 363K

Economy |  WASHINGTON (AP)—Weekly applications for unemployment benefits dropped 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 363,000 last week, a level consistent with modest…

Elaine Belviso, 72, is rescued from her flooded home by Suffolk County police after being trapped there overnight

Sandy leaves death, damp, and darkness in wake

Weather |  NEW YORK (AP)—Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke Tuesday without power, and an eerily quiet New York City was all but closed off by car,

An investigator looks over a car that was crashed into the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church

Texas pastor fatally beaten was 'man of integrity'

Crime |  FOREST HILL, Texas (AP)—The Rev. Danny Kirk Sr. greeted everyone walking into his Texas church on Sundays with a big hug and an "I love you." His weekdays…

Waves wash over the seawall near high tide at Battery Park in New York, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012

East Coast grinds to a halt as superstorm nears

Weather |  NEW YORK (AP)—Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial…

Better GDP report sends stocks slightly higher

Better GDP report sends stocks slightly higher

Economy |  Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street after the government reported a slight pickup in U.S. economic growth. The gains were held in check…

Free Syrian Army fighter walks through a street in Amariya district in Aleppo, Syria

Battle mars Syria holiday truce; lull elsewhere

Middle East |  BEIRUT (AP)—Fighting raged near a military base in Syria's north as a cease-fire in the bloody civil war was set begin Friday at dawn, activists said,

Floyd Palmer

Police: Georgia gunman charged in '01 mosque shooting

Crime |  UPDATE: BALTIMORE (AP)—A former megachurch maintenance man accused of killing a volunteer leading a prayer service was charged more than a decade ago with a…

This redacted copy of an email obtained by The Associated Press discusses the attack of the Benghazi, Libya mission.

White House told of Libyan attack claim Sept. 11

Libya |  WASHINGTON (AP)—Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming…

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