Syrians trade accusations of chemical attack
Written by ALBERT AJI,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's government and rebels traded accusations of a chemical attack Tuesday on a northern village near Aleppo. However a U.S. official said there was no evidence of any such attack.
Cyprus: crucial vote on savings seizure looms
Written by ELENA BECATOROS,Associated Press MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS,Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Cypriot government was struggling Tuesday to gain parliamentary support for a plan to confiscate a part of people's bank deposits, a deeply unpopular scheme that needs to be passed if the country is to qualify for an international bailout and avoid financial disaster.
Budget cuts hurt trade policy, official says
Written by JIM ABRAMS,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration's top trade official outlined President Barack Obama's ambitious trade agenda to Congress Tuesday while cautioning that budget cuts are hampering efforts to negotiate new trade deals and enforce existing ones.
Explosion during training kills 7 Marines
Written by PAULINE JELINEK,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven Marines were killed and several injured in a training accident at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev., the Marine Corps said Tuesday.
AP: Costs of US wars linger for over 100 years
Written by MIKE BAKER,Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat.
Surgery, therapy both prove good for knee repair
Written by MARLYNN MARCHIONE,AP Chief Medical Writer
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treatments concludes.
Congress works on budget for both 2013 and future
Written by ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is finally cleaning up its unfinished budget business for the 2013 budget year with a bipartisan government-wide funding bill. But even as that measure heads toward approval, the House and Senate are gearing up for divisive votes that will underscore sharp differences on a bigger problem: how to fix the nation's long-term deficit woes.
In Colo., gun restrictions bring political peril
Written by IVAN MORENO,Associated Press KRISTEN WYATT,Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — Firearms play an outsized role in the hearts of Coloradans. It's a frontier state that adopted gunslingers Buffalo Bill and Doc Holliday as native sons, where treasured guns are routinely passed from generation to generation.