Venezuela: Chavez hit by new, severe infection
Written by FABIOLA SANCHEZ,Associated Press FRANK BAJAK,Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A severe new respiratory infection has hit cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez and his condition is "very delicate," Venezuela's government says.
Senate committee set to vote on Obama's CIA choice
Written by RICHARD LARDNER,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA after weeks of wrangling with the White House over access to top-secret information about the use of lethal drone strikes against terror suspects and the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.
Calif. woman dies after nurse refuses to do CPR
Written by GOSIA WOZNIACKA,Associated Press
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A dispatcher followed protocols when she pleaded with a nurse at an independent living facility to perform CPR on a woman who later died in California, county officials said Monday.
Obama nominates 3 to Cabinet-level posts
Written by JULIE PACE,AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama filled in more pieces of his second term leadership team Monday, nominating a trio of new advisers to lead the Energy Department, Environmental Protection Agency and budget office.
NYPD seeks suspect in death of expectant parents
Written by COLLEEN LONG,Associated Press VERENA DOBNIK,Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Police have identified a suspect being sought in the hit-and-run deaths of a pregnant woman and her husband whose baby died Monday, a day after the Brooklyn car crash.
Syrian rebels capture most of northern city
Written by BASSEM MROUE,Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels pushed government troops from most of the northern city of Raqqa Monday, setting off celebrations in a central square where scores of cheering protesters tore down a bronze statue of President Bashar Assad's late father and predecessor, activists said.
Casey Anthony comes out of seclusion for meeting
Written by TAMARA LUSH,Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — After 19 months of seclusion, Casey Anthony emerged into the public spotlight once again on Monday for a meeting with creditors in her bankruptcy case.
Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured
Written by LAURAN NEERGAARD,AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.