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Senate panel approves airline security fee hike
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic-controlled Senate panel Tuesday approved a $2.50 increase in airline security fees that would double the per-passenger fee for those taking nonstop flights....
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Egypt's presidential race is haunted by the past
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's presidential campaign has been full of startling moments. At one point, ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister rode into a rally on a white horse like a knight, promising to restore Mubarak-era stability and ensure secular rule....
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CBO warns of US falling off 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new government study says that allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire and a scheduled round of automatic spending cuts to take effect would probably throw the economy into a recession....
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Senate panel votes to cut aid for Pakistan, Egypt
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Senate panel has approved a foreign aid budget for next year that cuts U.S. assistance to Pakistan and Egypt....
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Taliban, Afghan neighbors could hamper NATO's exit
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The NATO summit's plan to "responsibly wind down" the Afghan war is not entirely in the hands of President Barack Obama and his fellow world leaders....
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Aunt: Suspect in NJ tourist killings mentally ill
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A woman arrested in the daytime stabbing deaths of two Canadian tourists laughed, frowned, grimaced and repeatedly asked where her lawyer was during a court appearance on Tuesday....
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Ryan Crocker, ambassador to Afghanistan, to leave
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ryan Crocker, the unflappable diplomat who became the civilian face of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over two administrations, is stepping down as ambassador to Afghanistan and retiring from the U.S. foreign service after a storied tenure in some of the world's most d...
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Cuba's first daughter has gone beyond Castro name
HAVANA (AP) -- She has her uncle's penchant for speaking her mind. From her father, she inherited a disciplined tenacity....
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US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Uncle Sam may still want you. But you? Maybe not....
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Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96
CHICAGO (AP) -- Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity....
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Model Naomi Campbell in Holy Land for birthday
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace of Jesus, wishing for "good vibrations, not destruction" in the troubled Middle East....
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Egypt's election fever comes to Garbage City
CAIRO (AP) -- Election fever has even come to Cairo's Garbage City, the sprawling neighborhood built on - and living from - the waste of the Egyptian capital....
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What's the big deal about private space launches?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first private spaceship is headed to the International Space Station. Some questions and answers about the cargo mission by Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX:...
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US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Uncle Sam may still want you. But you? Maybe not....
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2010 census missed more than 1.5M minorities
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but was mostly accurate....
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Tunisia to extradite ex-Libyan prime minister
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia said Tuesday it will soon extradite Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi back to his homeland, after detaining the former Libyan prime minister for eight months....
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Elephant and pig tapped to predict Euro 2012 games
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Who's going to win the European Championship? Time to ask an elephant - or a pig....
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APNewsBreak: NKorea upgrading rocket launch site
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. institute says satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles....
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Flight diverted to Maine for 'security issue'
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A US Airways jetliner flying from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., has been diverted to Maine because of what an airline spokesman describes as a "security issue."...
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Greek party leader warns austerity threatens euro
BERLIN (AP) -- The leader of a radical left Greek coalition some see as the front-runner in fresh elections due next month warned the EU Tuesday that austerity measures championed by Germany could ultimately bring down the eurozone as a whole....
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Tunisia to extradite ex-Libyan prime minister
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisia's Justice Ministry says it will extradite former Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi - currently being held in Tunis - back to Libya....
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UK may allow IVF for older women, same-sex couples
LONDON (AP) -- A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, recommendations likely to be followed by many of the U.K.'s medical centers....
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Auction claims to be selling vial of Reagan blood
LONDON (AP) -- A Channel Islands online auction house has angered Ronald Reagan's foundation by claiming to offer a vial that once contained his blood....
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Turkey says US favorable to sale of armed drones
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- President Barack Obama's administration is inclined to sell armed drones to Turkey but has to convince Congress first, Turkey's president told reporters after a meeting with the U.S. leader....
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US Embassy in Kabul says US ambassador to leave
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says Ambassador Ryan Crocker will be leaving his post this summer....
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