Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results
Written by LARA JAKES,AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost.
UN agency: Syrian refugee figure hits 1 million
Written by BARBARA SURK,Associated Press DAVID RISING,Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country and are seeking assistance has now topped the 1 million mark, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday, warning that Syria is heading towards a "full-scale disaster."
Schools shift from textbooks to tablets
Written by PHILIP ELLIOTT,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Well before the cleanup from Superstorm Sandy was in full swing, students could read about the weather system that slammed the East Coast in their textbooks.
Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58
Written by FRANK BAJAK,Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.
Winter clings on with Upper Midwest snowstorm
Written by DON BABWIN,Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Mother Nature apparently saved the best, or at least the biggest, for last.
Dow surges to record ... and keeps going
Written by STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow has never been higher.
GOP's anti-tax focus trips Dems in budget battle
Written by CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans' unyielding stand against income tax increases has caught President Barack Obama and his allies off guard, resulting in the spending-cuts-only approach to deficit reduction that Democrats most wanted to avoid.
Report: Suspect in NY crash ready to surrender
Written by COLLEEN LONG,Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The suspected driver who fled the scene of a grisly crash that killed a pregnant woman, her husband and ultimately the child they were expecting is meeting with an attorney Tuesday and plans to report to police.