Stocks gain after unemployment claims fall
Written by STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Markets Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to new highs, after the government said unemployment claims fell last week.
Senate committee OKs bill curbing gun purchases
Written by ALAN FRAM,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday toughening laws against people who illegally buy guns for others as lawmakers cast the first votes in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.
US official: Bin Laden spokesman caught in Jordan
Written by LARA JAKES,AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a "very significant victory" in the ongoing fight against al-Qaida.
UN approves new sanctions against North Korea
Written by EDITH M. LEDERER,Associated Press HYUNG-JIN KIM,Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, and a furious Pyongyang threatened a nuclear strike against the United States.
Art found in NY garage appraised at $30M
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELLPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Works by an obscure Armenian-American abstract impressionist discovered in a New York cottage have been appraised at $30 million.
Russian ballet star confesses he agreed to attack
Written by VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV,Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — Pale and haggard after hours of questioning, a leading Bolshoi dancer told a Moscow court that he gave his blessing to an attack on the ballet's artistic director but never imagined that the assailant would go as far as to throw acid in his face.
Efforts to avoid gov't shutdown move to Senate
Written by JULIE PACE,AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to stave off a late March government shutdown shifted to the Senate after House Republicans swiftly passed legislation to keep federal agencies running, while also easing some of the effects of $85 billion in budget cuts.
Senator uses old-style filibuster on CIA nominee
Written by RICHARD LARDNER,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator and tea party favorite from Kentucky used an old-style filibuster lasting nearly 13 hours to take control of the chamber and block Senate confirmation of John Brennan's nomination to be CIA director.