Police: Delhi rape suspect kills self in jail
Written by RAVI NESSMAN,Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — A man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a 23-year-old student aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, police said, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.
Batman's mythology getting new boost from DC
Written by MATT MOORE,Associated Press
Batman's transformative years are getting a few new twists.
Recovery slow as Japan marks 2 years since tsunami
Written by ELAINE KURTENBACH,Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Amid growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of recovery, Japan marked the second anniversary Monday of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and has displaced more than 300,000.
Hagel meets Karzai after security threat, friction
Written by LOLITA C. BALDOR,Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel encountered political tension with the Afghan president and a series of security problems during his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, but he met privately with President Hamid Karzai and says they discussed the key issues.
2 Civil War sailors from USS Monitor buried in Va.
Written by JESSICA GRESKO,Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret when it was raised a decade ago were buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Facebook tries to stay hip with jazzier News Feed
Written by MICHAEL LIEDTKE,AP Technology Writer
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook doesn't want to be dismissed as an Internet has-been before its social network even enters its adolescence.
In a rising economy, politicians look for credit
Written by JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increased hiring, lower unemployment, stock market on the rise. Who gets the credit?
Protesters in Tokyo demand end to nuclear power
Written by YURI KAGEYAMA,Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in a Tokyo park Saturday, demanding an end to atomic power and vowing never to give up the fight, despite two years of little change after the nuclear disaster in northeastern Japan.