Nation and World
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS – The lawyer who defended O.J. Simpson on armed robbery charges delivered a potentially heavy blow to the former football star’s bid for a new trial Friday, testifying that Simpson knew his buddies had guns on them when he went to a hotel room to reclaim some sports memorabilia.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By BARBARA ORTUTAY -
The Associated Press
NEW YORK – It was supposed to be our IPO, the people’s public offering.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON – The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency’s tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By PAUL SCHEMM -
The Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria – The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By KARIN LAUB -
The Associated Press
BEIRUT – About 30 security agents showed up just after midnight, breaking down the door to an apartment in the town of Daraya near the Syrian capital of Damascus. They grabbed a 24-year-old university student and drove off.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By COLLEEN BARRY -
The Associated Press
MILAN – Silvio Berlusconi’s private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, according to the first public sworn testimony by the Moroccan woman at the center of the scandal.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By KARL RITTER -
The Associated Press
PETARE, Venezuela – Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By SUSAN HAIGH - The Associated Press
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
May 17, 2013 - 4:08 p.m.•By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, to answer questions about the panel's findings behind closed doors.
May 17, 2013 - 3:07 p.m.•By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify every person involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.
May 17, 2013 - 1:52 p.m.•By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — Trying to reset the agenda amid scandal in Washington, President Barack Obama turned his attention Friday to the economy and said lawmakers should spend every day resolute on how to help it grow and get people back to work. "Our focus cannot drift," he said.
May 17, 2013 - 7:55 a.m.•By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ and JULIE WATSON - The Associated Press
May 17, 2013 - 7:53 a.m.•By NEDRA PICKLER - The Associated Press
May 17, 2013 - 7:51 a.m.•By ALAN FRAM and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER - The Associated Press
May 17, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help, some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor.
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