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Exclusive: ACLU seeks OAS probe of Padilla case
PETER JAMES SPIELMANN,Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States’ human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the U.S. government for what it says More...
Mich. House approves right-to-work limiting unions
JEFF KAROUB,Associated Press JOHN FLESHER,Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical More...
Egypt opposition fears violence from Brotherhood
SARAH EL DEEB,Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — They showed a military-style precision: Crowds of bearded Islamists proclaiming allegiance to Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi and chanting “God is great” More...
Judge: Strauss-Kahn, NYC hotel maid settle suit
JENNIFER PELTZ,Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid settled her lawsuit Monday over sexual assault allegations that sank his More...
Pot legalized in Colorado with gov’s proclamation
KRISTEN WYATT,Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Using marijuana for recreational use is now effectively legal in Colorado. Gov. John Hickenlooper declared a voter-approved marijuana legalization amendment More...
Syrian rebels capture parts of army base in north
BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels captured part of a sprawling Syrian army base outside the embattled northern city of Aleppo, tightening the opposition’s grip on areas close to More...
Egypt’s president behaves like his predecessors
HAMZA HENDAWI,Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The freshly scrawled graffiti depicting Mohammed Morsi as a pharaonic Saddam Hussein tells the tale of high hopes dashed with record speed: Barely six months More...
Energy experts say drilling can be made cleaner
KEVIN BEGOS,Associated Press SETH BORENSTEIN,Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. A thousand miles More...
Obama criticizes Michigan right-to-work bills
BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent REDFORD, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama says right-to-work legislation in Michigan is more about politics than economics. He is criticizing a measure that would More...
Care Expands for Tiny Babies and their Families
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.–Mercy is focusing on the family as it transforms the way it cares for some of the tiniest patients in the Ozarks. Phase I of the Betty and Bobby Allison Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) More...
Weekly Calendar and Council Lunch Agenda
The City of Springfield’s weekly calendar for Dec. 10-14, 2012 is now available online at: www.springfieldmo.gov/calendar . Council Lunch DATE: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 TIME: Noon LOCATION: 4th Floor Conference More...
Reminder: National Avenue Closure Begins Today
A section of National Avenue, from Chestnut Expressway to East Trafficway, will close to through traffic today at 2 p.m. The full closure, for up to a week, is necessary due to construction activities part of the More...
Pakistan: US drone strike kills al-Qaida commander
ISHTIAQ MAHSUD,Associated Press DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A U.S. drone strike has killed an al-Qaida commander in Pakistan’s northwest, the second member of the Islamic militant network killed More...
Israeli’s Netanyahu: World has double standards
JOSEF FEDERMAN,Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister on Monday accused the international community of “deafening silence” in response to recent vows by the head of More...
Egyptian army takes over security ahead of vote
HAMZA HENDAWI,Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian military on Monday assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional More...
EU condemns Israel over settlements
DON MELVIN,Associated Press SLOBODAN LEKIC,Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union warned Israel of unspecified consequences Monday if it goes through with plans to build thousands of new settler More...
Famed architect to be sentenced for drug smuggling
ELLIOT SPAGAT,Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eugenio Velazquez is not a typical courier busted for smuggling drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border. The acclaimed architect will be sentenced Monday for trying More...
Top Jindal aides use personal email to strategize
MELINDA DESLATTE,Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Top officials in Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration used personal email accounts to craft a media strategy for imposing hundreds More...
Fiscal cliff stalemate spurs anxiety in states
DAVID A. LIEB,Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A plunge over the federal “fiscal cliff” may sound like a terrifying risk for many state officials anxiously watching as Washington More...
Wash. man gets life for 1957 slaying of Ill. girl
DON BABWIN,Associated Press SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) — A former Washington state policeman convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young Illinois girl more than a half century ago was sentenced Monday to life More...
Cops knew man who killed 4 on Calif. reservation
TRACIE CONE,Associated Press PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the gunman who killed four family members on a rural Indian reservation in California had reported thefts to police and was once accused More...
Iran claims US drone capture; Navy denies loss
In this image taken from the Iranian state TV’s Arabic-language channel Al-Alam, showed what they purport to be an intact ScanEagle drone aircraft put on display, as an exclusive broadcast Tuesday Dec. 4, More...
NATO backs Patriot anti-missile system for Turkey
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the NATO headquarters in Brussels Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo / Kevin Lamarque) BRUSSELS More...
NASA: Voyager 1 enters new region of solar system
This artist rendering provided by NASA shows Voyager 1 at the edge of the solar system. NASA said Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 that the long-running spacecraft has entered a new region at the fringes of the solar system More...
At climate talks, UN chief rejects warming doubts
In this Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 photo, a man fills gasoline in plastic containers at a gas station in Doha, Qatar. The host of the current U.N. climate talks, Qatar, is among dozens of nations that keep gas prices More...
GOP fiscal cliff plan echoes failed budget talks
National Governors Association (NGA) Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, center, talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, following a meeting between the NGA executive More...
Cosmic radio waves mimic chirping of ‘alien birds’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Twin spacecraft have captured the clearest sounds yet from Earth’s radiation belts — and they mimic the chirping of birds. NASA’s Van Allen Probes have been exploring More...
Sick girl sought after mom takes her from hospital
In this hospital surveillance photo released by the Phoenix Police Department on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, a woman is seen with her 11-year-old daughter, a leukemia patient who had her arm amputated and a heart catheter More...
Chain blast feared before clean-up at La. site
This aerial photo provided by the Louisiana State Police shows part of the smokeless explosive powder improperly stored outside Explo Systems Inc., a munitions dismantling facility at Camp Minden at Doyline, La. More...
Protest at Egypt president’s palace turns violence
Protesters chant slogans and wave national flags in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Hundreds of black-clad riot police deployed around the Itihadiya palace in Cairo’s district of Heliopolis. More...
Court rejects Verizon challenge to roaming rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected a Verizon challenge to a Federal Communications Commission rule aimed at increasing competition in wireless broadband service. The three-judge panel ruled More...
Oil falls as ‘cliff’ negotiations drag on
NEW YORK (AP) — Worries over the looming “fiscal cliff” and the health of the U.S. economy are driving oil prices lower Tuesday. U.S. lawmakers have less than a month to reach a compromise to avoid More...
Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate
This undated 2010 handout photo provided by AquaBounty Technologies shows two same-age salmon, a genetically modified salmon, rear, and a non-genetically modified salmon, foreground. Salmon that’s genetically More...
Stocks edge lower as budget talks continue
FILE – In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. World stock markets meandered Tuesday, Dec. 4, as traders weighed a surprise drop in U.S. factory More...
US home prices rise in October by most in 6 years
In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, photo, a for-sale sign is posted in Lincolnwood, Ill. A measure of U.S. home prices rose 6.3 percent in October compared with a year ago, the largest yearly gain since July 2006. More...
US bank earnings up 6.6 pct., most in 6 years
This, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, photo, shows the Bank of America Stadium prior to an NFL preseason football game. U.S. banks earned more from July through September than in any other quarter over the past six years. More...
Back to budgets, Ryan returns to comfortable topic
FILE – In this April 5, 2011 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., touts his 2012 federal budget during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ryan is getting his groove More...
THE RESET: Obama, GOP circling on fiscal crisis
President Barack Obama, flanked by National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, left, and NGA Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, meets with the NGA executive committee regarding More...
Official: Warren likely headed to Banking Panel
BOSTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee. A Senate Democratic official confirmed Tuesday that Warren’s appointment More...
Republican opposition downs UN disability treaty
This handout video image provided by CSPAN2 shows former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, right, wheeled into the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012, by his wife Elizabeth Dole. Frail More...
Police: Indiana men had sex before fatal fight
This photo provided by The Howard County, Ind., Sheriff’s Department shows Walter Logan. Logan was being held Monday, Dec. 4, 2012, on a preliminary murder charge in connection with the death of Alex Shipp More...
Coast Guard death after confrontation off CA coast
In this Aug. 29, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a Rescue Helicopter from Airs Station Los Angeles conducts a close fly-by of the Coast Guard Cutter Halibut. A smuggler’s vessel rammed a small More...
Tapping citizen-scientists for a novel gut check
This undated photo provided by the University of Colorado shows scientist Rob Knight in his lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he is leading the American Gut Project. The bacterial zoo inside your More...
After Sandy, NYC pins housing hope on repairs
FILE – In this Nov. 29, 2012, file photo, clean up continues on the site of a demolished home on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York. Sandy damaged or destroyed 305,000 housing units in New York. Officials More...
Dog theft case ripples through New Mexico town
MORIARTY, N.M. (AP) — The cases were often heartbreaking: Families coming home to find their dogs had vanished from inside houses, behind locked fences and outdoor kennels in rural communities east of Albuquerque. But More...
Obama: No fiscal cliff deal without higher rates
National Governors Association (NGA) Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, center, talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, following a meeting between the NGA executive More...
IOC suspends India over political interference
President of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, Jacques Rogge from Belgium, left, and IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper, from Belgium right, share a word prior to the opening of the IOC executive More...
Napoli to Red Sox, Loney to Rays, A-Rod out
FILE – In this April 21, 2012, file photo, Texas Rangers’ Mike Napoli hits a solo home run against the Detroit Tigers in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Detroit. A person familiar with the negotiations More...
A-Rod needs hip surgery, will miss season’s start
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez will start the season in what’s become a familiar place: the disabled list. The New York Yankees said Monday the third baseman will have surgery on his left hip, More...
NHL talks to resume with unusual session
NEW YORK (AP) — NHL owners and players have met in big groups. They’ve held smaller sessions. They’re tried federal mediators. Nothing has worked, so they’re going to try something different. With More...
Calhoun reveals he had cancer surgery in May
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun revealed on Monday that he had surgery in May to remove an apparent cancerous growth from his lungs. Calhoun mentioned the surgery Monday while taping More...
3 youths to be charged after fatal soccer attack
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Richard Nieuwenhuizen was doing what he loved: watching his son play soccer and volunteering as a linesman. On Monday, the 41-year-old father’s passion for the sport cost More...
McIlroy voted PGA Tour player of the year
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Rory McIlroy sure didn’t feel like the PGA Tour player of the year when he arrived at Kiawah Island for the final major of the year. He had missed three cuts, had not contended More...
Heisman finalists: Manziel, Te’o and Klein
Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein throws during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) NEW YORK (AP) — Johnny More...
NFC East wide open after Redskins top Giants 17-16
New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora (72) reaches for Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan More...
Chiefs had given counseling to Belcher, girlfriend
Kansas City Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, left, and coach Romeo Crennel stand together before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. More...
Syria says 10 dead in mortar attack on school
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, an injured Syrian student, lies at a hospital bed after he was wounded when a mortar hit the al-Batiha school in al-Wafideen camp, about 25 kilometers More...
Royal pregnancy highlights succession issues
Britain’s Prince William arrives at the King Edward VII hospital in central London where Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted with a severe form of morning sickness, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Prince More...
Louvre comes to poor French city, raising eyebrows
A woman walk past “La Vierge, l’Enfant Jesus et Sainte Anne” by Leonard de Vinci in the Louvre Museum in Lens, northern France, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. The museum in Lens, to open the 12 Dec, is More...
Clinton urges wider pressure on North Korea
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool) BRUSSELS (AP) — Secretary More...
US reacts with joy to royal baby news
FILE – In this July 10, 2011, file photo, Prince William and wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are photographed by fans during a visit to the U.S. in Culver City, Calif. The palace announced Monday, More...
AP IMPACT: An insider attack: Trust cost 2 lives
FILE – This Oct. 10, 2011 file photo shows transfer cases containing the remains of Army Capt. Drew E. Russell, right, and Army Spc. Ricardo Cerros Jr., sitting on a loader during a prayer, at Dover Air Force More...
Syria says 29 students killed in mortar attack
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, an injured Syrian student, lies at a hospital bed after he was wounded when a mortar hit the al-Batiha school in al-Wafideen camp, about 25 kilometers More...
Pope joins tweeting masses with Pontifex handle
FILE – In this June 28, 2011 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI touches a touchpad to send a tweet for the launch of the Vatican news information portal “www.news.va”, at the Vatican. The Vatican said More...
Digital rights groups blast Dutch computer plan
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Digital rights groups have called on the Dutch justice minister to retract a proposal that would give the country’s police the right to break into computers, including foreign citizens’ More...
Cameron urges quick creation of press regulator
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron meets children at Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Primary School in Brixton in London Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012. Earlier Cameron warned newspaper editors they must act quickly More...
Struggling Nokia sells headquarters building
HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia Corp. plans to sell its head office near the Finnish capital to real estate investors for EUR170 million ($220 million) as the struggling cellphone maker continues to cut costs. CFO Timo More...
US seeks to drop Internet from UN telecoms talks
Participants listen to the speech of Hamdoun Toure, Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union, ITU, seen on screens, at the eleventh day of the World Conference on International Telecommunication More...
Qualcomm to invest $120M in Japan’s Sharp
TOKYO (AP) — Sharp Corp. says Qualcomm Inc. will become a shareholder with an investment of up to 9.9 billion yen ($120 million) that will fund joint development of new LCD screens for mobile devices. The More...
British Scouts consider change to let atheists in
LONDON (AP) — Atheists could be allowed into Britain’s boy and girl scouts after more than a century. The Scout Association said Tuesday it plans to draft an alternative oath without references to God More...
Israel’s President tweets the pope a welcome
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli President Shimon Peres has welcomed Pope Benedict XVI, both octogenarians, to social media with a personal tweet. Peres, 89, tweeted on Tuesday, “Your holiness, welcome to Twitter. More...
The Sandy 15? Superstorm comfort-eating on menu
SAMANTHA CRITCHELL,Associated Press Jamie Sanders went to the grocery store in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy with good intentions. Cucumbers and apples were on her list. But her local supermarket hadn’t More...
Avon Products 3Q net income drops
MAE ANDERSON,AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Direct beauty products seller Avon Products said Thursday its third-quarter net income fell 81 percent, hurt by the stronger dollar and an impairment charge. The company More...
Justices hear arguments over police dog use
JESSE J. HOLLAND,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered curbing police use of drug-sniffing dogs as lawyers argued that using a dog’s hypersensitive nose outside a home More...
Mich. police seek suspect in 24 roadway shootings
COREY WILLIAMS,Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Officers have begun pulling over and questioning drivers in four Michigan counties in the hopes of catching a man suspected of shooting at other motorists over the More...
Museums, theaters among NYC attractions reopening
BETH J. HARPAZ,AP Travel Editor NEW YORK (AP) — Museums, the Empire State Building, Broadway theaters and many stores reopened Wednesday to the relief of tourists who’d been stuck in hotel rooms since the More...
24-year-old Maryland pro wins WSOP title, $8.53M
OSKAR GARCIA,Associated Press A 24-year-old Maryland poker professional won the World Series of Poker main event, outlasting his final opponents in a marathon card session of nearly 12 hours for the $8.53 million More...
Dallas stuns loaded Lakers in opener, 99-91
GREG BEACHAM,AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have spent a month together now, and they still haven’t won a game. They acknowledge it’s a struggle to blend this new combination More...
Rings, a banner, a win: Heat top Celtics 120-107
TIM REYNOLDS,AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James limped off with leg cramps two times in the second half. He wasn’t worried about the outcome. By now, he knows the depth of the Miami Heat roster. More...
Querrey uspets Djokovic in Paris Masters
JEROME PUGMIRE,AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Sam Querrey recovered from a humiliating first set to beat second-seeded Novak Djokovic 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. It More...
Williams sisters inspire local kids in Nigeria
JON GAMBRELL,Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — On their first visit to Nigeria, Serena and Venus Williams want to inspire local kids to set their goals high. “We were really able to break the mold More...
Thousands of fans line up for SF Giants parade
JASON DEAREN,Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Orange-and-black clad hordes flooded the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday for a Halloween Day ticker-tape parade celebrating the 2012 World Series champion More...
Scientists look at climate change, the superstorm
SETH BORENSTEIN,AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer stood along the Hudson River and watched his research come to life as Hurricane Sandy blew through New York. Just eight More...
Man with bionic leg to climb Chicago skyscraper
CARLA K. JOHNSON,AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Zac Vawter considers himself a test pilot. After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, the 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research More...
Country legend Tom T. Hall honored as BMI Icon
CHRIS TALBOTT,AP Music Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall is a bit of a loner, so he found the red carpet at the BMI Country Awards a little overwhelming Tuesday night. Truth is the newest BMI Icon is More...
Savile sex scandal spurs British soul searching
JILL LAWLESS,Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Jimmy Savile was one of Britain’s biggest stars — and, allegedly, one of its worst sexual predators. Now the nation is asking whether there was a link between More...
George Wendt leaves play after chest pains
SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — Chest pains will keep actor George Wendt from performing as Oscar Madison in a Chicago-area production of “The Odd Couple.” Northlight Theatre announced Tuesday that the actor More...
Swift’s ‘Red’ sells 1.2 million copies in debut
NEKESA MUMBI MOODY,AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift’s new album is called “Red,” but its true color is a brilliant platinum. The 22-year-old sold 1.2 million copies of her More...
Hosts Underwood, Paisley ready for 5th CMA Awards
CHRIS TALBOTT,AP Music Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Spend a lot of time with a guy over five years and you get to know him pretty well. In the time Carrie Underwood has spent co-hosting the Country Music Association More...
TV chef Emeril talks boudin, beer and New Orleans
STACEY PLAISANCE,Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Emeril Lagasse has a new cookbook and new season of TV’s “Top Chef” premiering in a week, but what really got the chef talking was boudin More...
‘Jersey Shore’ cast sends support to Sandy victims
The Associated Press The town that for millions made “Jersey Shore” synonymous with Snooki and fist-pumping was among the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy — and its famous summer residents sent their More...
Brad Pitt donates $100K for gay marriage effort
WASHINGTON (AP) — Brad Pitt has agreed to donate $100,000 to help the Human Rights Campaign raise money for its efforts to support same-sex marriage initiatives in several states. The nation’s largest More...
Broadway lights go up in post-Sandy NYC
JAKE COYLE,AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The lights were to go up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers strove to head back to work in a city More...
THE RACE: Obama hums a GOP tune: US exceptionalism
TOM RAUM,Associated Press Eds: With 6 days left until Election Day, here are insights into today’s highlights in U.S. politics Locked in a razor-thin battle for re-election, President Barack Obama is adapting More...
Gingrich: Akin win could rebuke GOP establishment
DAVID A. LIEB,Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that Missouri voters can send a powerful signal to “the moneyed Republican establishment” More...
Obama, Romney in search of independent voters
KEN THOMAS,Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Political mailers are stuffed in their front doors and the phone rings nonstop. Under a fall canopy of crimson and golden leaves, the battle for independent More...
Ryan’s challenger campaigns against … no one
TODD RICHMOND,Associated Press JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Rob Zerban spent his morning on his hands and knees scrubbing a toilet in a homeless shelter. Half a country away, Paul Ryan stood under a spotlight in Virginia More...
English town to burn Lance Armstrong in effigy
LONDON (AP) — His career is in ruins and now an effigy of Lance Armstrong is about to go up in smoke. The disgraced American cyclist has been chosen as the latest celebrity to be burnt in effigy during an English More...
Turkish PM: Too soon to call for Syria no-fly zone
BERLIN (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday it is up to the U.N. Security Council to decide whether a no-fly zone should be imposed on Syria or safe areas created for people fleeing More...
