Woman who lost downloading case says she can't pay
Written by STEVE KARNOWSKI,Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman at the center of a long-running court fight over the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted music said there's still no way she can pay record companies the $222,000 judgment she owes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal Monday.
Cyprus deposit tax rattles markets
Written by PAN PYLAS,AP Business Writer
LONDON (AP) — Stocks around the world fell sharply Monday as investors fretted over a weekend plan to tax depositors in Cypriot banks as part of a bailout of the Mediterranean island nation.
UCF cancels classes after death, explosive found
Written by 2013-03-14 05:00:00
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of students were evacuated early Monday from a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando after explosives devices were found while authorities were investigating a death.
Pa. abortion doc's capital murder trial starting
Written by MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia abortion provider was to go on trial for murder in a case that could send the 72-year-old to death row.
2 inmates escape from Quebec jail in helicopter
Written by 2013-03-18 03:00:00
SAINT-JEROME, Quebec (AP) — Two Quebec inmates climbed up a rope into a hovering helicopter to make a daring daylight escape from a jail northwest of Montreal, authorities said, but both were later recaptured.
2 killed when jet crashes in Indiana neighborhood
Written by TOM COYNE,Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A private jet apparently experiencing mechanical trouble crashed Sunday in a northern Indiana neighborhood, hitting three homes and killing two people aboard the plane, authorities said.
UN adopts plan to combat violence against women
Written by EDITH M. LEDERER,Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Conservative Muslim and Roman Catholic countries and liberal Western nations approved a U.N. blueprint to combat violence against women and girls, ignoring strong objections from Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood that it clashed with Islamic principles and sought to destroy the family.
Charm offensive produces no breakthroughs
Written by DAVID ESPO,AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception more than four decades ago.