Stocks edge lower, rebounding from Cyprus losses
Written by STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were little changed on Wall Street after recouping losses from an early sell-off caused by concern that a bailout plan for the Mediterranean island nation Cyprus would re-ignite the European debt crisis.
Cypriot deposits grab shocks savers across Europe
Written by MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS,Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A plan to seize up to 10 percent of people's savings in the small Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus sent shockwaves across Europe on Monday as households realized the money they have in the bank may not be safe.
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.