By Masanori Tonegawa The Yomiuri Shimbun (MCT) TOKYO – The Japan Society for Lipid Nutrition has drawn up new guidelines stating that high cholesterol levels are better for living longer, defying conventional wisdom. There are […]
By Christi Parsons Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON – President Obama, who has worked to shield his daughters from the spotlight, will publish a children’s book later this fall framed as a letter from him […]
By Sharon Chan The Seattle Times (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO – At a Microsoft event to showcase Internet Explorer 9, the company showed a future Web that airs like a movie and unfolds like a piece […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – Workers on a Christchurch farm have nicknamed a week-old calf they are hand-rearing after its mother was killed in the weekend’s earthquake Paris Hilton because of the “high maintenance” required. […]
By Shelby Grad LOS ANGELES – Britney Spears is denying allegations in a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by a former bodyguard alleging that she mistreated her two children, saying L.A. County social workers investigated and found […]
By Luisa Yanez MIAMI – The pastor of a Florida church announced Thursday he is calling off his plans to burn copies of the Quran on Saturday – the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. […]
By Michael Logan NAIROBI, Somalia (dpa) – U.S. marines stormed a German container ship being held by Somali pirates and freed its 11 crew members in the early hours of Thursday morning, a U.S. naval […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A magnitude 5.1 aftershock struck earthquake-ravaged Christchurch Wednesday, causing fresh damage to buildings, cutting power supplies and sending terrified people out into the streets. Reports said it was the most […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times LONDON – Scotland Yard said Tuesday that it expected to question a top aide to British Prime Minister David Cameron in a growing scandal over a tabloid newspaper’s alleged […]
By Michael A. Memoli Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – President Obama plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by attending a memorial service at the Pentagon, the White House said […]
By Liz Sly Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD – Two American soldiers were killed and nine were injured Tuesday when a man wearing an Iraqi army uniform opened fire on them inside an Iraqi commando compound […]
Pat Reber Washington (dpa) – Mark David Chapman, the man convicted of shooting the famous ex-Beatle John Lennon in 1980, was denied parole on Tuesday by a New York parole panel. Chapman was sentenced to […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A series of aftershocks, two of them of 5.4 magnitude, rocked earthquake-ravaged Christchurch overnight, causing more damage and terrifying city residents still traumatized by the weekend’s devastating tremor. Continuing jolts […]
By Anna Tomforde dpa LONDON – Tony Blair on Monday canceled a high-profile book-signing session of his best-selling memoirs in the British capital, amid mounting security fears and expected large-scale protests. “I’m really sorry for […]
By Ulf Mauder dpa MOSCOW – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday refused to close the door on speculation that he might seek to return to Russia’s Kremlin as the nation’s president in 2012 elections. […]
By David Barber dpa WELLINGTON, New Zealand – With seismologists recording up to 15,000 earthquakes a year, New Zealand deserves its reputation as the “Shaky Isles,” but most are too small to be felt by […]
By David Barber dpa WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Gale force winds and heavy rain hampered clean-up operations Monday in Christchurch, New Zealand, as the city continued to be rocked by aftershocks in the wake of […]
Rome (dpa) – The son of an Iranian woman who has been sentenced to death by stoning after being found guilty of adultery has appealed to the pope to intervene on his mother’s behalf, Radio […]
Sinikka Tarvainen Madrid (dpa) – The militant Basque separatist group ETA on Sunday declared a ceasefire that left the Spanish government sceptical, but enthused separatists in the Basque region. ETA decided several months ago not […]
By Kate Linthicum Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – The woman poses in front of a shining Dodge roadster, squinting into the sun. She wears a snow-white fur stole around her neck and an uneasy […]
By Alex Rodriguez Los Angeles Times ISLAMABAD – In a nation pummeled by stifling poverty, homegrown militancy and most recently, epic flooding, the game of cricket is supposed to serve as salve, a getaway from […]
By Joseph Ax The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) HACKENSACK, N.J. – Deep in the Vietnamese jungle, about 20 miles south of Da Nang, a military recovery team has spent weeks scouring a mountainside clearing, searching for […]
By William Spain MarketWatch NEW YORK – Burger King Holdings Inc. shares jumped nearly 25 percent Thursday, rallying as the fast-food giant said it will be gobbled up by investment firm 3G Capital for $24 […]
By Brian Cox Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – Skokie, Ill., police on Thursday were continuing to look for a burglar who broke into a home then continually apologized for the crime to a woman who happened […]
Matt Tempest London (dpa) – Britain’s Foreign Secretary, William Hague, was forced to deny months of newspaper and internet speculation that he is homosexual on Wednesday. The trigger for a statement from Hague was the […]
By Ned Parker Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD – In a crystal-chandeliered palace once occupied by Saddam Hussein, American and Iraqi leaders gathered Wednesday for the latest ceremony to herald an independent, democratic Iraq. But in […]
Jochen Neumeyer, Jeff Black Berlin (dpa) – German federal prosecutors Wednesday charged a 54-year-old Austrian man with espionage, alleging he fed Russian security services with details of helicopter designs, officials said. A statement from the […]
By Sheera Frenkel McClatchy Newspapers JERUSALEM – An unidentified gunman killed four Israelis at a Jewish settlement near the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday night, just days before the U.S.-sponsored peace summit was […]
Katie Kahle Rome (dpa) – Libyan leader Moammer Gaddafi has called on the European Union to pay Libya at least 5 billion euros (6.4 billion US dollars) per year to stop illegal immigrants from Africa, […]
By Duaa Eldeib Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – It may not make for good conspiracy theory fodder, but a sunken Kennedy boat sure has a certain ring to it. River Maiden, a 59-foot steel boat registered […]
Israel’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported on Tuesday that Hamas has carried out in the last few days a series of tests for an advanced “Fajr” rocket. Its range can reach 80 kilometers. According to the […]
By Saeed Shah McClatchy Newspapers KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – U.S. forces lost 22 soldiers in Afghanistan, mostly to roadside bombs, since Friday, marking a bloody step-up in the insurgency as a major U.S.-led offensive seeks to […]
By Anna Tomforde dpa LONDON – Scotland’s Justice Minister, Kenny MacAskill, on Thursday defended his controversial decision to free the convicted Lockerbie bomber on health grounds a year ago, saying that predicting how long a […]
By Liz Sly Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD – Iraqis danced in the streets when U.S. troops withdrew from their cities a little over a year ago. After the last American combat brigade trundled across the […]
By Meg Jones Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Losing a buddy on a battlefield is a universal theme in Hollywood war films, and yet when it happens in the Afghan war documentary “Restrepo,” there’s no foreshadowing, no […]
By Dawn C. Chmielewski and Jessica Guynn Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – Google revolutionized the way people access information. Now it wants to transform how people get entertainment. The search giant is touting an […]
By Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times BEIJING – A North Korean military aircraft crashed into a cornfield in northeastern China about 100 miles from the border, the Chinese government said Wednesday. Analysts believed the flight […]
By Alvise Armellini dpa BRUSSELS – Belgium is set to embark on a radical plan to sterilize most cats in the country by 2016, an official said Wednesday, confirming a report by the Sud Presse […]
Gustavo Ondarza La Paz (dpa) – Former Bolivian president Juan Pereda Asbun was arrested for flashing a group of minors in a suburb of the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and police […]
Sid Astbury Sydney (dpa) – If Jessica Rudd’s novel is made into a film, the female lead would have red hair and the man she knifes to become prime minister would have a blond mop. […]
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