AP Top International News At 4:21 p...
Iraq PM uses early lead to pursue new govt allies
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Seizing on an early lead in Iraq's election, the prime minister's political coalition began reaching out to rivals Friday as partial results signaled a tight race that was unlik...
Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese acknowledged it transferred a suspected pedophile priest while Benedict was in charge ...
Twin suicide bombs kill 43 in Pakistani city
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts Friday, the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week and a clear sign that militants have the power to...
Women on the pill may live longer
LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says....
Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers
BEIJING (AP) -- Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in China: They are o...
Somali official to residents: Flee battle zones
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Frightened Somalis stacked household goods on carts pulled by donkeys and fled the heaviest fighting the capital has seen in almost a year Friday, after hundreds of h...
Austrian govt finds mass graves of Nazi victims
VIENNA (AP) -- At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army statemen...
Hung Parliament possible as UK polls tighten
LONDON (AP) -- The latest buzz word in the clubby world of British politics is "hung Parliament."...
Cuban hunger striker in hospital after passing out
HAVANA (AP) -- A Cuban hunger striker was receiving fluids and medical care in a government hospital Friday, a day after passing out at home, and has refused requests by other dissidents and re...
NGOs in China say threatened by new donor rules
BEIJING (AP) -- China has surprised thousands of aid groups by stepping in to regulate overseas donations for the first time, complicating efforts to get money from supporters in the United Sta...
AP Top U.S. News At 4:22 p.m. EST
Lawyers urge WTC workers to take $657M settlement
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lawyers and city officials expressed confidence Friday that they can get ground zero responders to sign on to a settlement that would pay up to $657 million to workers who deve...
US terror suspect in Yemen worked at 5 nuke sites
HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes in Maryland, New Jersey and ...
4 incendiary devices found in eastern Texas mail
DALLAS (AP) -- At least four incendiary devices have been found recently in mailboxes or postal processing facilities in eastern Texas, although none posed a danger to the public, authorities s...
Colo. school shooting suspect says he heard voices
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) -- The man accused of shooting and wounding two students at a Colorado middle school told investigators he has been hearing voices since 2002, and he talked about trying to f...
Texas ed board adopts social studies standards
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Texas State Board of Education agreed to new social studies standards on Friday after the far-right faction wielded its power to shape the lessons that will be taught ...
NYC police pursue video leads in bar beating
NEW YORK (AP) -- Security video has attracted some tips, but none so far have led police to the stranger who followed a woman into a bar restroom, savagely beating her and perhaps trying to sex...
Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even President Barack Obama - are ...
Old laws, raids leave Philly bar owners foaming
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A real brouhaha has beer lovers in the City of Brotherly Love frothing over with anger....
Lesbian teen sues to force school to hold prom
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it cancel...
Va. man waits 5 months, collects $200M prize
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- For five months, Virginia carpenter Steve Williams lived with a secret worth millions....
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AP Top Sports News At 4:19 p.m. EST
Stern: Jordan approval as Bobcats owner next week
The NBA has signed off on Michael Jordan's bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats, and commissioner David Stern expects the league's board of governors to approve the $275 million purchase by the end of ...
Woman is new coach of DC high school football team
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The new high school football coach in the nation's capital says being a woman has nothing to do with her getting the job....
No. 2 Kentucky downs Alabama 73-67 to start SEC
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- John Wall had 23 points, including seven straight in the second half to give the Wildcats the lead for good, and No. 2 Kentucky overcame an 11-point deficit Friday in b...
Turner's 37-foot buzzer beater lifts Ohio State
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Evan Turner drained a 37-footer at the buzzer to give No. 5 Ohio State a 69-68 win over Michigan on Friday in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals....
Heat suspend Wright for 2 games after DUI arrest
MIAMI (AP) -- Dorell Wright was suspended for two games by the Miami Heat, one day after he was cited for driving under the influence....
Berkman out 2-4 weeks with knee injury
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Houston All-Star first baseman Lance Berkman will have minor surgery on his left knee Saturday and miss two-to-four weeks, a recovery period that could sideline him for ...
Vonn wins super-G, overall World Cup title
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Olympic downhill gold medalist Lindsey Vonn capped a historic season with her third straight overall World Cup title on Friday....
Pacquiao and Clottey meet on the star
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- The phenomenon that is Manny Pacquiao grew with a series of wins against some of the biggest names around. Now he has a fight to win against a guy who has nothing to lo...
Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV provider...
Els takes the lead at Doral
DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- Ernie Els ran off three straight birdies early and avoided some mistakes when the weather did an about-face at Doral for a 6-under 66 that gave him a one-shot lead in the CA...
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AP Top Health News At 4:05 p.m. EST
Women on the pill may live longer
LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says....
Court says thimerosal did not cause autism
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal court has ruled that the vaccine additive thimerosal does not cause autism....
Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating
CHICAGO (AP) -- Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans - maybe even President Barack Obama - are ...
FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster blood thinner....
People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk
LONDON (AP) -- People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday....
Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given
NEW YORK (AP) -- A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to sugg...
Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurre...
CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control...
Hoped-for drop in childbirth deaths not happening
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eleven days after her son Benjamin's birth by C-section, Linda Coale awoke in the middle of the night in pain, one leg badly swollen. Just as her doctor returned her phone ca...
Court will hear case about vaccine side effects
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