World
Published on May 18, 2014 - Page 2
Benghazi ‘coup’ under way TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya’s military banned flights Saturday over Benghazi, a day after troops loyal to a rogue general...
Published on May 18, 2014 - Page 7
SAVASTEPE, Turkey (AP) — Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey’s worst mining disaster: company negligence...
Published on May 18, 2014 - Page 7
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a church in Haiti said on Saturday that an American missionary slain in his home this week was well liked and...
Published on May 16, 2014 - Page 2
Buyers find $40G in couch NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — Three roommates bought an old sofa at a Salvation Army thrift store, then found $40,000 in cash...
Published on May 16, 2014 - Page 2
‘Iwant, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.’ Studs Terkel (1912-2008) American writer
Published on May 15, 2014 - Page 2
1930: Registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport...
Published on May 15, 2014 - Page 2
No Nigeria kidnapping deal ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government is ruling out an exchange of more than 270 kidnapped schoolgirls for detained...
Published on May 14, 2014 - Page 2
Blast kills 166 coal miners SOMA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s energy minister has raised the death toll from an explosion and fire at a coal mine in...
Published on May 14, 2014 - Page 9
SAO PAULO — It’s all coming down to the final 30 days. Brazil had seven years to get ready for the World Cup, but it enters the final month of...
Published on May 13, 2014 - Page 2
Kidnappers: Release fighters LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Under the guns of their captors, dozens of barefoot girls huddled together as they chanted...
Published on May 12, 2014 - Page 2
1922: A 20-ton meteor crashed near Blackstone, Virginia. 1943: During World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. The two-week Trident...
Published on May 12, 2014 - Page 2
London lures billionaires LONDON (AP) — A new study of the super-rich finds that London has become the capital of the world’s wealthiest, with more...
Published on May 11, 2014 - Page 2
1927: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded during a banquet at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. 1935: The Rural...
Published on May 11, 2014 - Page 2
Bible Belt gets gay nuptials EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Gay marriage arrived in the Bible Belt on Saturday, beginning with two women who had...
Published on May 10, 2014 - Page 2
‘Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of bad training.’ Anna Freud (1895-1982) Austrian-born psychoanalyst
Published on May 10, 2014 - Page 2
TREASURE HUNT: 2-4-11-15-19 MIDDAY DAILY NUMBER: 7-0-5 MIDDAY BIG FOUR: 0-1-4-9 MIDDAY QUINTO: 7-9-0-8-2 EVENING DAILY NUMBER: 0-0-4 EVENING BIG...
Published on May 9, 2014 - Page 2
FBI agent freed on bail KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan freed an FBI agent on nearly $10,000 bail three days after he was detained carrying knives...
Published on May 9, 2014 - Page 12
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian woman who was gang-raped by men accusing her of having extramarital sex may be caned publicly for...
Published on May 8, 2014 - Page 2
1944: The first “eye bank” designed to preserve corneal tissues for transplants was established at New York Hospital. 1945: President Harry S....
Published on May 8, 2014 - Page 2
Putin: Troops pulled back DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin softened his tone in the confrontation with the West on Wednesday...
Published on May 7, 2014 - Page 2
Mystery surrounds mayor TORONTO (AP) — The mystery of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s whereabouts deepened Tuesday, following reports he did not enter the...
Published on May 7, 2014 - Page 5
LONDON (AP) — A police investigation into the suicide of a 14-year-old British schoolgirl has found it likely that she — not online bullies — had...
Published on May 7, 2014 - Page 8
ABI BARIK, Afghanistan (AP) — Police clashed with people collecting aid Tuesday at the site of a massive landslide in northeastern Afghanistan, with...
Published on May 6, 2014 - Page 2
Polio a global health threat LONDON (AP) — For the first time ever, the World Health Organization on Monday declared the spread of polio an...
Published on May 6, 2014 - Page 4
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti raised slightly its minimum wage for the estimated 29,000 workers who sew together T-shirts and other clothing in...
Published on May 6, 2014 - Page 6
VIENNA (AP) — A swastika on a tombstone in an Austrian cemetery has been covered up after what state broadcaster ORF says was a police warning to the...
Published on May 5, 2014 - Page 2
1925: Schoolteacher John T. Scopes was charged in Tennessee with violating a state law that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution. (Scopes was...
Published on May 5, 2014 - Page 2
Naked man hit by car, killed PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Police say a naked man who was reportedly doing push-ups in the road was struck and...
Published on May 5, 2014 - Page 12
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams was released without charge Sunday after five days of police questioning over his...
Published on May 4, 2014 - Page 2
1904: The United States took over construction of the Panama Canal. 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval clash fought entirely with...