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US jobs gap between young and old is widest ever
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Squeezed by a tight job market, young Americans are especially struggling. They have suffered bigger income losses than other age groups and are less likely to be employed than at any time since World War II....
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APNewsBreak: GOP report questions detainee release
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing domestic political pressures, the Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror suspects deemed an acceptable threat from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, only to face the challenge that 27 percent re-engaged in terrorist or insurgent activit...
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Report: Building toppled by NZ quake substandard
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A six-story building that collapsed and killed 115 people during last year's New Zealand earthquake did not meet construction standards and was held up by significantly weak columns, according to a government report released Thursday....
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Ex-French budget minister probed on award-job swap
PARIS (AP) -- Three investigating judges have filed preliminary charges against former Labor Minister Eric Woerth for "passive influence peddling" after becaming ensnared in a scandal involving the fortunes of the L'Oreal heiress....
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APNewsBreak: Sources: New military roles for women
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense officials say the Pentagon is changing its rules to allow women to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines....
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Repsol YPF ups Argentine shale deposit potential
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Repsol YPF on Wednesday raised the estimate for potentially recoverable oil and gas in its part of Argentina's "Vaca Muerta" (Dead Cow) basin to the equivalent of nearly 23 billion barrels, indicating a total shale deposit big enough to enable Argentina to challenge the U...
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Judge tosses case seeking rights for orcas
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A federal judge in San Diego on Wednesday dismissed an unprecedented lawsuit seeking to grant constitutional protection against slavery to a group of orcas that perform at SeaWorld parks, saying the 13th amendment applies only to humans....
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Unplanned 9/11 analysis links noise, whale stress
BOSTON (AP) -- An ocean experiment that was accidentally conducted amid the shipping silence after Sept. 11 has shown the first link between underwater noise and stress in whales, researchers reported Wednesday....
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US judge questions prison conditions in arms case
NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge in New York has upheld the jury conviction of a Soviet arms dealer but questioned whether he is being held in harsh prison conditions....
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Appeals court halts deportation of 7 immigrants
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court has put the Obama administration's new immigration directive to the test by halting the deportation of seven immigrants alleged to be in the country illegally....
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Sarkozy meets Israeli soldier held hostage 5 years
PARIS (AP) -- An Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants met Wednesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy....
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Rescued dog bites TV anchor during broadcast
DENVER (AP) -- An 85-pound Argentine mastiff dog dramatically rescued a day earlier from an icy lake was impounded Wednesday after viciously biting a Denver television news anchor on her face during a live in-studio segment....
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In scientific coup, Russians reach Antarctic lake
MOSCOW (AP) -- Opening a scientific frontier miles under the Antarctic ice, Russian experts drilled down and finally reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake, an achievement the mission chief likened to placing a man on the moon....
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For Santorum, new challenges follow his big wins
ALLEN, Texas (AP) -- One day after Rick Santorum's startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in the rush of contest...
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Romanian accused of hacking NASA-JPL computers
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office says a federal grand jury has indicted a Romanian citizen on charges he hacked into 25 climate-research computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena....
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Sen. Wyden seeks opinion used in al-Awlaki killing
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday that he, like the public, is being kept in the dark about Justice Department legal advice on when the U.S. may kill American citizens abroad who are suspected terrorists....
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GOP targets child tax break for illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are looking to deny child tax credits to illegal immigrants - refund checks averaging $1,800 - in an effort that has roused anger among Hispanics and some Democratic lawmakers....
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New discoveries raise Dominican migrant toll to 41
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Authorities in the Dominican Republic have recovered 20 more bodies of migrants who were aboard a boat that capsized, raising the death toll to 41, officials said Wednesday....
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Romney's Tuesday losses show conservative doubts
ATLANTA (AP) -- Mitt Romney still can't seem to win over the bulk of conservatives who make up the bedrock of the Republican Party....
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Study finds MDs not always honest with patients
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trust your doctor? A survey finds that some doctors aren't always completely honest with their patients....
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Mexico road project sets up fight over ruins
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ruins: They launched protests to stop the digging and demanded an accounting of wh...
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Report: Yemen killed 270 in Arab Spring protest
NEW YORK (AP) -- Yemen's president, who is in New York protected by diplomatic immunity while he receives medical treatment, ordered a crackdown on Arab Spring protesters last year that killed at least 270 people nationwide, Human Rights Watch said in a new report Wednesday....
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Mich., Pa. put limits on families seeking food aid
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) -- The 2010 Buick Enclave parked in her garage kept Michigan resident Renee Moore from getting food stamps for two months last year, even though her family's income had dropped to below the poverty level, her husband's Ford Explorer had 300,000 miles on it and her family had l...
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City of Homs becomes focus of Syria's uprising
MAFRAQ, Jordan (AP) -- Every day, rockets and mortars fired by regime forces rattle the streets of Homs. Armed rebels ambush government military checkpoints. Hatreds brew on either side of the avenues that divide the bloodstained Syrian city....
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APNewsBreak: Dems hit lax drilling oversight lax
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A report by House Democrats finds lax and inconsistent federal oversight of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands....
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