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Federer 1 win from tying Sampras' Grand Slam mark
(AP)
AP - Fresh off a ragged, rugged, five-set French Open semifinal victory Friday, Roger Federer was leaving for the night when a dozen or so fans drew his attention.
Italy to take 3 Guantanamo detainees
As he looks to close the prison by early next year, Obama has been banking on foreign countries and some communities in the United States to take in some detainees who cannot go to their own countries...
New York Times reporter escapes Taliban
NEW: U.S. secretary of state Clinton thanks Pakistan, Afghanistan for help David Rohde was kidnapped outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 10 Rohde, 41, said he climbed over the wall of a compoun...
Paying taxes comes back to bite illegal immigrants
(AP)
AP - Immigrant advocates say they've seen nothing like it before or since: A prosecutor looking for illegal immigrants seized thousands of confidential tax records from an income tax preparer popular with Hispanics in this northern Colorado city.
U.S. to send ambassador to Syria after 4 years
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama has decided to return a U.S. ambassador to Syria after a four-year hiatus as talks between the two nations intensify, U.S. media reported Tuesday.
Driver's crash never reported to Calif. agencies
(AP)
AP - California agencies had no record that the driver of a tour bus that crashed, killing himself and four French tourists, had struck a woman in Nevada in 2005 despite requirements to report infractions by commercial drivers, a state official said Thursday.
Bribery charges stand against ex-congressman's kin
(AP)
AP - A federal judge has refused to throw out bribery charges against the brother of a former Louisiana congressman.
American dream
Applications for US visas dry up after years of queues
Feds want newspaper to give info on online readers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas Review-Journal says it has been served a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about readers who posted comments on the paper's Web site. ...
Federal Reserve expects little inflation
Federal Reserve policymakers ended a two-day meeting Wednesday leaving interest rates unchanged and indicating that the rates will stay low for some time to come. The Fed’s benchmark interest r...
US broadband usage rises sharply
Some 63% of adult Americans now have broadband access at home and view it as a very important part of their lives
* LA dodge a bullet in Chicago
Los Angeles Dodgers runner Matt Kemp, right, steals second as Chicago Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot gives a late tag during their game in Chicago on Thursday.
82-year-old identical twins die in sweltering home
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO -- Eighty-two-year-old identical twin sisters were found dead in their San Antonio home after the city sweltered through days of 100-degree heat. The bodies of Flo...
Cancer Treatment Centers of America Selects Site in GA for Proposed Hospital Serving Patients in Southeast
, a cancer patient who treated at CTCA. "I could have gone to any cancer treatment program in the nation, but I came to CTCA because of its unique, patient-centered approach." CTCA President and CEO
DC Holocaust museum reopens after fatal shooting
Girl Scouts in tow. None of them was alive when the Holocaust took place, but they were determined that a fatal shooting at the museum two days earlier wouldn't keep them from supporting its mission.T...
Take $100,000 pay cut
What do you call a young lawyer working for a premier Chicago law firm who is suddenly asked to take at least a $100,000 pay cut while being shuffled out of the office?
Wichita named All-America City
National Civic League competition in Tampa. The Air Capital was in the running for the title with 28 other finalists and was one of 10 winning cities announced at an awards banquet Friday evening. It...
Police: Bomb kills 6 civilians in Afghanistan
(AP)
AP - A suicide bomb attack killed six civilians Wednesday outside a U.S. military base in the same part of eastern Afghanistan where militants tried to storm government buildings the day before, police said.
Mexico spending $90M on celebrity ads for tourism
(AP)
AP - If the rich, famous and pretty are returning to Mexico's beaches now that officials say the swine flu epidemic is waning, won't everyone else?
Bill Clinton appointed UN special envoy for Haiti
DENIS STAUNTON in Washington FORMER US president Bill Clinton has been named United Nations special envoy for Haiti, the western hemisphere’s poorest country, which suffered four hurricanes last...
Miami Beach police identify killed carjack suspect
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Miami Beach police have identified the man they say carjacked a taxi and was shot and killed by officers.Police say 29-year-old Lawrence Raymond McCoy carjacked the taxi, drove i...
Mass. men accused of cooking coke dealer
A high school football coach and another man killed a cocaine dealer to avoid paying a debt, dismembered his body and cooked the remains at a concrete business, prosecutors said Monday.
White House declines to say what NY trip cost
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is declining to say what it cost for President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, to eat dinner and take in a play in New York over the weekend. ...
Brit Hacker Fights Extradition To America
A British computer hacker at the centre of the biggest data breach in US government history will take his fight against extradition to the High Court in London.
Man saves dog by sucking snake venom from his nose
(AP)
AP - A man said he saved his dog's life after sucking venom from a rattlesnake bite out of the animal's nose. Bobby Jenkins said he began feeling ill after getting his dog, Tank, to a veterinarian. He went to the hospital and received a dose of antivenin.
Honduras Coup Thrusts Chavez Into Spotlight Once Again
CARACAS, Venezuela, July 1 -- An ally was in trouble, toppled in a military coup. And the television cameras were rolling.
With surprise win, US claim unlikely spot in Confederations Cup semis
The United States celebrated a famous victory and a dramatic turn of events in Confederations Cup football here Sunday night, as they beat Egypt 3-0 and claimed an unlikely spot in the semi-finals after Brazil beat Italy by the same score in the other Group B match.
Quantivo Awarded "Red Herring 100 North America"
behavioral analytics , today announced that it has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 North America Award. Quantivo joins companies like Google, Yahoo!, eBay, Salesforce.com, YouTube, ...
Burglars hit Pa. home during Fla. Make-A-Wish trip
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PENN HILLS, Pa. -- Police near Pittsburgh say a 5-year-old girl and her mother returned from a Make-A-Wish trip to Disney World to find that their home and vehicle had been bur...
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