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Uzbek man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A man from Uzbekistan pleaded guilty Friday to plotting with an Islamic terror organization in his home country to kill President Barack Obama with an automatic rifle he bought from an undercover federal agent in Alabama....
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Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal....
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Navy names ship for former congresswoman Giffords
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Navy has named a ship for Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head received in January 2011....
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Feds slap CA utility for San Onofre ammonia leak
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal regulators say an ammonia leak that caused an emergency alert at Southern California's San Onofre nuclear plant was caused by employees who failed to recognize degraded equipment and fix it....
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Calif. officer gets prison in assaults on women
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A veteran police officer was sentenced Friday to nearly nine years for sexual battery and other crimes in a case that was part of a series of embarrassing officer-misconduct incidents that led to department-wide scrutiny in the nation's eighth-largest city....
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US bishops reserve judgment on birth control rule
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the nation's Roman Catholic bishops says it's too soon to tell whether the Obama administration's revamped rule on birth control will address the church's objections....
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Jordan to contest EU extradiction ban on preacher
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan says it will contest a European ban prohibiting Britain from extraditing to the kingdom a radical Islamist cleric alleged to have close ties to al-Qaida....
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Mrs. Obama's trips help husband's re-election try
DALLAS (AP) -- In just the past few days, Michelle Obama has danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops and swapped ideas with busy parents. She's engaged in a friendly cooking competition with stars from Bravo's "Top Chef."...
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LA police capture escapee who stalked Madonna
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police captured a man on Friday who was convicted of threatening to kill Madonna and walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week....
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Wagging tails replace sad eyes in Westminster ads
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pet lovers won't have to look away anymore when those heart-wrenching TV ads appear during the Westminster dog show - the ones with the pitiful little faces peering out from behind those rusted bars of a cage and wondering "how I ended up in here."...
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Obama signs Giffords' final bill into law
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago....
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Huge art work honoring Havel on display in Prague
PRAGUE (AP) -- Two artists have used wax from the thousands of candles that Czechs lit to mourn the death of President Vaclav Havel to create a large heart honoring him....
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US Virgin Islands police slaying case solved
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The mysterious disappearance 11 years ago of a veteran U.S. Virgin Islands police officer that long vexed detectives has been solved, authorities said Friday....
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Bosnia finally gets new government after 16 months
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- It took 16 months of wrangling, but Bosnia finally has a new government - a leadership that promised to immediately tackle the country's economic problems, including its pressing lack of a budget....
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London to test alcohol monitors for offenders
LONDON (AP) -- London will be the first city in England to test electronic monitoring to force persistent alcohol offenders to stop drinking, Mayor Boris Johnson said Friday....
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Hungarian home birth advocate looses appeal
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- A Hungarian obstetrician known for promoting home births lost an appeal Friday against her two-year prison sentence for malpractice....
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APNewsBreak: Audit: N.Dakota school lacks controls
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Dickinson State University awarded hundreds of degrees to foreign students who didn't earn them, signed up students who couldn't speak English and enrolled a handful without qualifying grades, according to an audit report of the North Dakota school....
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3 senators introduce a bill for oversight of NYPD
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Three Democratic state senators say an independent inspector should oversee the New York City Police Department after what they say are abuses including the widespread surveillance of Muslims and the crackdown on Occupy Wall Street protesters....
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Bulgarians pray for honey, health of bees
BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria (AP) -- Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria observed a unique holiday traditionally associated with honey and bees on Friday....
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London finishes new Paralympics venue
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Paralympics Games organizers celebrated the 200 days-to-go milestone Friday by completing the only permanent Paralympics venue, Eton Manor....
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Hamas leader visits Iran after outreach to Gulf
TEHRAN (AP) -- An Iranian semiofficial news agency reports that the Hamas prime minister of Gaza has arrived in Tehran. The visit may be an attempt by the Palestinian militant movement to avoid snubbing Iran even as it cultivates ties with the wealthy Gulf....
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Frozen River Danube costing shippers millions
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Shippers say they are losing millions in trade because a lengthy stretch of the River Danube in Europe is stuck in the longest freeze in its recent history....
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Egyptian security: 3 Koreans kidnapped in Sinai
AL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Egypt's security chief for the Sinai peninsula says armed tribesmen have kidnapped three Korean tourists and their Egyptian guide....
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Coroner examined late Philadelphia cardinal's body
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A county coroner is testing tissue and fluid from the body of late Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua (beh-vih-LAH'-kwah) at the request of prosecutors because of the odd timing of his death a day after he was found competent to testify at a high-profile church sex ...
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Nearly 1 in 20 US adults over 50 have fake knees
CHICAGO (AP) -- Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population....
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