Terror |
NEW YORK (AP)—A law enforcement official says the high-ranking U.S.
government official who was allegedly considered for assassination
during a terrorism…
Jobs |
WASHINGTON (AP)—Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits
jumped 46,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the
highest in four months. The…
Terror |
NEW YORK (AP)—A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to
assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States,
agreeing to hire what he…
Sports |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP)—Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his
Livestrong cancer-fighting charity and Nike severed ties with him
as fallout from the…
Libya |
LIMA, Peru (AP)—U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
repeated on Tuesday her statement taking sole responsibility for
security at all of America's…
Space |
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP)—Felix Baumgartner stood alone at the edge of
space, poised in the open doorway of a capsule suspended above
Earth and wondering if he…
Economy |
WASHINGTON (AP)—The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid
plummeted last week to seasonally adjusted 339,000, the lowest
level in more than four…
Obituaries |
DETROIT (AP)—Alex Karras, the rugged lineman who anchored the
Detroit Lions' defense in the 1960s, then went on to an acting
career in which he starred in…
Crime |
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP)—Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at
least 30 years in prison - effectively a life sentence—in the child
sexual abuse scandal…
Religion |
NEW YORK (AP)—For the first time in its history, the United States
does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One
reason: The number of…
Terrorism |
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—An Illinois man faces terrorism charges in
Oklahoma where police say he was assembling Molotov cocktails as
part of a plot to blow up…
Economy |
WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last
month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four
years. The Labor…
