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(AP) Bulgaria's newly seated parliament has elected Socialist Mihail Mikov as its speaker during what is proving to be a turbulent stretch in the economically struggling country's politics.Mikov, 52 and a former interior minister, earned 118 votes in the 240-seat National ...
17 hours, 21 minutes ago
(AP) Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal.An official notice Tuesday said mills in Hunan province's Youxian ...
17 hours, 32 minutes ago
(AP) U.K.-based mobile telecoms company Vodafone has reported a 1.9 increase in annual profits despite a slowdown in much of its European operations.It reported Tuesday net profits of 7.70 billion pounds ($11.665 billion) for the year ending March 2013 compared with ...
17 hours, 38 minutes ago
(AP) Golf's governing bodies have adopted a new rule that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions.The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association announced Tuesday that Rule 14-1b would start in 2016. ...
17 hours, 40 minutes ago
(AP) State police in Maine say a body found in the woods likely is that of a 15-year-old girl last seen more than a week ago.Spokesman Steve McCausland says the body was found at about 9:30 p.m. Monday by the Maine ...
17 hours, 55 minutes ago
(AP) An international rights group says the number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months.Human Rights Watch says the increase may mean that authorities feel they no longer need to uphold ...
17 hours, 55 minutes ago
(AP) Police say a bus has collided with a truck in northern India, killing 11 people including seven members of a wedding party.Police officer S.K. Awasthi says 30 other people were injured in the accident Tuesday and were hospitalized near Kanpur, ...
18 hours, 6 minutes ago
(AP) Best Buy Co. is reporting a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.The electronics retailer says net loss ...
18 hours, 15 minutes ago
(AP) A town judge in New York is deciding whether the drugged-driving case against Kerry Kennedy should go to trial.The North Castle judge is expected to rule Tuesday on Kennedy's motion to dismiss the charge.Kennedy is the daughter of the late ...
18 hours, 15 minutes ago
(AP) Los Angeles is about to elect its next mayor. But, most residents probably won't notice.Low turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between Democrats Eric Garcetti, a city councilman, and city Controller Wendy Greuel, who could become the first woman ...
18 hours, 27 minutes ago
(AP) Is Pope Francis an exorcist?The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and ...
18 hours, 27 minutes ago
(AP) Lightning fast pigeon Bolt, with a name and pedigree to match, has become the world's most expensive racing bird with his Belgian breeder selling it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.Belgian-bred pigeons have a worldwide reputation for being ...
18 hours, 36 minutes ago
(AP) President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday.Obama has declared a major disaster ...
18 hours, 41 minutes ago
(AP) British luxury brand Burberry says that the end of a perfume licensing deal depressed its bottom line, dragging net profit down 3 percent for the year ending on March 31.But shares in the Burberry Group PLC rose just over 1 ...
18 hours, 49 minutes ago
(AP) Tunisia's Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected by the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia.The ministry's statement reported that his son and daughter were also diagnosed with the virus but have been treated ...
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(AP) In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged ...
19 hours, 8 minutes ago
(AP) Wireless company Sprint Nextel Inc. says it can now let Dish Network see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.The companies said late ...
19 hours, 9 minutes ago
(AP) The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and ...
19 hours, 15 minutes ago
(AP) Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery.The world's biggest home improvement chain also boosted its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts ...
19 hours, 15 minutes ago
(AP) Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt.The rate of credit card payments at ...
19 hours, 16 minutes ago
(AP) Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:WASHINGTON _ Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.WASHINGTON _ Labor Department releases Consumer Price Index for April, 8:30 a.m.WASHINGTON _ Commerce Department releases housing starts for April, 8:30 a.m.WASHINGTON _ ...
19 hours, 29 minutes ago
(AP) A hospital says a Turkish woman who was the first to get pregnant with a transplanted donor womb has had her pregnancy terminated.Derya Sert was born without a womb and had one transplanted in August 2011. The 22-year-old became pregnant ...
19 hours, 34 minutes ago
(AP) A 54-year-old inmate has been sentenced to death for killing a Washington state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago.Byron Scherf is a convicted rapist who already was serving life in prison when he attacked and strangled Officer ...
19 hours, 35 minutes ago
(AP) Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:1. OBAMA DOGGED BY TRIO OF TROUBLESPressure on Benghazi, the IRS and a leaks investigation are giving new confidence and swagger to Republicans.2. HOW ...
19 hours, 35 minutes ago
(AP) Jurors are hearing closing arguments in a Cincinnati murder trial that hinges on the eye blinks of a dying, paralyzed shooting victim.Prosecutors argued Tuesday that evidence clearly shows 35-year-old Ricardo Woods should be convicted of killing David Chandler in 2010.Earlier ...
19 hours, 35 minutes ago
(AP) Audio experts differ on whether screams for help captured on 911 calls are those of murder defendant George Zimmerman or of shooting victim 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.One audio expert says in a report released Tuesday that the screams came from Martin, ...
19 hours, 36 minutes ago
(AP) "If, in fact, IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that had been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrageous and there's no place for it." _ President Barack Obama.___"What it boils down to is ...
19 hours, 45 minutes ago
(AP) Here's how the struggling French economy stacks up compared to Germany's and Britain's.GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (2012)France: 2 trillion euros ($2.7 trillion)Germany: 2.6 trillion euros ($3.3 trillion)Britain: 1.9 trillion euros ($2.4 trillion)MANUFACTURING AS A PERCENT OF GDP (2009)France: 10.7 percentGermany: 19.3 ...
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(AP) The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest there is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world's largest steelmaker it is not ...
19 hours, 45 minutes ago
(AP) In a story April 27 marking the 10th anniversary of the breaching of the barriers carving up Cyprus, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Yiannis Maratheftis had written a book detailing his experiences. The book was about Maratheftis' experiences, but ...
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