Iran Bans Paper for Running Photo of Baha'I Temple Iranian authorities have banned the country’s largest-circulation newspaper for publishing a photo of a Baha'i temple, state media reported Monday. Ali Akbar Dareini, AP NEWS - 6 minutes ago
To Millions, Oprah’s Not a Megastar, Just a BFF Like any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters the phrase, “Oprah says...” Jocelyn Noveck, AP NEWS - 7 minutes ago
Weak Dollar, Home Sales Data Carry Stocks Higher Investors halted the stock market’s three-day losing streak Monday, buying on a range of factors including the weaker dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers. Stephen Bernard and Sara Lepro, AP NEWS - 8 minutes ago
4 UK Lawmakers Could Face Charges Over Expenses Four British lawmakers could face criminal charges over the expenses they claimed from taxpayers, prosecutors said Monday, marking the latest twist in a scandal over lavish spending by elected officials. Raphael G. Satter, AP NEWS - 11 minutes ago
Campbell Soup Earnings Rise as Expenses Fall Price-conscious grocery shoppers are being choosy about what they buy to cook at home, even from the value-oriented Campbell Soup Co. Geoff Mulvihill, AP NEWS - 11 minutes ago
Romania’s President, Rival in Runoff Election The third-place candidate in Romania’s presidential election threw his support Monday behind the Western-backed socialist who faces the centrist president in a runoff seen as key to the country’s emergence from political and economic crisis. Alison Mutler, AP NEWS - 11 minutes ago
Hamburg Swans Sent to Winter Retreat Following a tradition that goes back hundreds of years, Hamburg’s swan representative takes his birds to their winter abode. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 11 minutes ago
Attorney: Gosselin Divorce Could Be Finalized Soon Jon Gosselin offered his estranged wife a bouquet of red roses at their divorce arbitration hearing over the weekend. She evidently turned them down. Despite the snub, the marathon session went so well that the feuding stars of “Jon & Kate Plus Eight” could be divorced by the end of the year, his attorney said Monday. Michael Rubinkam, AP NEWS - 12 minutes ago
Obama to Honor Young Inventors at Science Fair President Barack Obama says he will have a national science fair next year to honor young inventors with the same gusto that college and professional athletes celebrate their victories at the White House. Staff, AP NEWS - 12 minutes ago
TV Retailer QVC Joins ‘Black Friday’ Frenzy Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching — instead of mall-hopping — on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored. David Bauder, AP NEWS - 14 minutes ago
NFL Fans Seek Ticket Info for LA Stadium NFL-starved fans in Los Angeles are already signing up for ticket updates, even though there’s no stadium or a team to play in it. Staff, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
Feds Find Association Between Drywall, Corrosion The federal government said Monday that it has found a “strong association” between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year. Brian Skoloff, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
Prosecutors Blame Petters for $3.5B Fraud A federal prosecutor has asked a jury to hold Minnesota businessman Tom Petters responsible for a massive fraud at his company. Steve Karnowski, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
Huge Philly Apartment Fire Leaves 21 Injured Fire investigators in Philadelphia are trying to determine what caused a weekend apartment fire that left nearly two dozen people hurt, including two firefighters. Staff, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
US Details Assets Seized From Fla. Lawyer A sports car worth nearly $2 million, an 87-foot yacht and a guitar collection worth as much as $20,000 were among the assets seized from a South Florida lawyer suspected of operating a massive fraud scheme, according to a court filing Monday. Curt Anderson, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
NY’s Top Court Rejects Prison Phone Rate Refunds New York’s highest court ruled Monday that families forced to pay high phone rates to talk to relatives in state prison won’t receive refunds for the cost. Valerie Bauman, AP NEWS - 20 minutes ago
Clinton Says Iraqi Election Might Be Delayed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding out the possibility that Iraq’s national election could be delayed beyond January because of a dispute over the allocation of seats in parliament. Staff, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
Q&A: 50 Cent Gets Back to Gritty Roots on New CD To create an album as hard-hitting as his multiplatinum-selling debut, 2003’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin',” 50 Cent says he had to tap into the troubles he dealt with before he became one of hip-hop’s biggest stars. Mesfin Fekadu, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
McDonald’s Makes Its Logo More ‘Green’ in Europe McDonald’s is going green — swapping its traditional red backdrop for a deep hunter green — to promote a more eco-friendly image in Europe. Mary Macpherson Lane, AP NEWS - 26 minutes ago
Analyst Predicts Small Auto Sales Comeback in 2010 The U.S. auto industry will recover only a little next year, weighed down by high unemployment and other troubles that will continue to limit economic growth, a top industry analyst said Monday. Tom Krisher, AP NEWS - 27 minutes ago
Jackson’s Doctor Returns to Work at Houston Clinic Michael Jackson’s doctor has returned to work at his Houston medical clinic for the first time since the pop star’s death. Juan A. Lozano, AP NEWS - 28 minutes ago
Official: China Mine That Exploded Was Too Crowded The coal mine that exploded in northern China, killing 104, had too many workers underground in an effort to increase output, a government official said Monday, exposing the risks often taken to meet the country’s insatiable energy demands. Cara Anna, AP NEWS - 32 minutes ago
Climate Holds Key to Post-Crisis Jobs Recovery: EU European labour markets have seen employment gains since 2000 virtually wiped out by the economic crisis of the past two years, a European Commission report said Monday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Atom-Smasher Aims for Maximum Power in 2010 The world’s biggest atmom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, on Monday began firing beams of protons in opposite directions as it builds up to the power of up to five trillion mosquitos by next year, scientists said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Iraq Vote in Fresh Doubt as New Bill Faces Veto Iraq’s upcoming election was thrown into fresh doubt when a top MP warned that an amended electoral law agreed on Monday would be vetoed for a second time by the country’s Sunni vice president. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Israel Says No Deal Yet on Shalit Prisoner Swap Israel said on Monday there was no deal yet on a prisoner swap with Hamas, as efforts appeared to gather pace on an accord that could see a Gaza-held soldier exchanged for hundreds of Palestinians. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Iran’s Ahmadinejad on Controversial Trip to Brazil Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday began a controversial visit to Brazil, the key leg of a tour to sympathetic Latin American and African countries he sees backing Tehran’s vision of “a new world order.” Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
British TV Star Susan Boyle’s Album Goes on Sale British reality TV singing sensation Susan Boyle’s debut album went on sale Monday, having already become the most pre-ordered CD in the history of online retailer Amazon. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
‘Premature’ to Declare Crisis Over: ECB Head European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Monday it was “premature” to declare the global financial crisis over. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Obama Nears Decision on Attending Copenhagen Summit President Barack Obama will decide “in the coming days” whether to attend a United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, a senior administration official said Monday. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Gartner Forecasts 2.8 Percent Growth in PC Sales in 2009 Worldwide sales of personal computers, which had been forecast to decline this year, will instead post modest gains, Gartner research group said Monday. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Number of Hate Crimes Up Slightly in US: FBI The number of US hate crime victims rose slightly last year to nearly 9,700 from 9,500 in 2007, with most people targeted because of their skin color, the FBI said Monday. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
US Unemployment to Peak by March: Poll The worst of US job losses are expected to be over by March 2010 as the economic grows after a long recession, a poll of business economists showed Monday. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Canadian Aboriginal Chief Decries Child Poverty Canadian aboriginal children are being raised in “extreme poverty,” the nation’s top chief lamented Monday, two decades after parliament voted unanimously to eradicate child poverty. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Program to Help Truckers Attracts Drug Smugglers A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers. Christopher Sherman, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Amended Iraqi Election Law Still Angers Sunnis Iraq’s parliament amended the country’s vetoed election law on Monday with a version that failed to appease Sunni Arabs, who fear they are being marginalized. Qassim Abdul-Zahra, AP NEWS - 39 minutes ago
UN Says Greenhouse Gases Reach Record High in 2008 Greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere reached record highs in 2008, with carbon dioxide levels increasing faster than previously, the U.N. weather agency said Monday. Eliane Engeler, AP NEWS - 40 minutes ago
Astronauts Take Spacewalk No. 3 After Suit Snag A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station. Marcia Dunn, AP NEWS - 42 minutes ago
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