Multimillion-dollar diamond heist in Brussels
Written by RAF CASERT,Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — Eight armed and masked men made a hole in a security fence at Brussels' international airport, drove onto the tarmac and snatched millions of dollars' worth of diamonds from the hold of a Swiss-bound plane without firing a shot, authorities said Tuesday.
US security firm alleges massive Chinese hacking
Written by CHRISTOPHER BODEEN,Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — Cyberattacks that stole massive amounts of information from military contractors, energy companies and other key industries in the U.S. and elsewhere have been traced to the doorstep of a Chinese military unit, a U.S. security firm alleged Tuesday. China dismissed the report as "groundless."
Climate contradiction: Less snow, more blizzards
Written by SETH BORENSTEIN,AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists point to both scant recent snowfall in parts of the country and this month's whopper of a Northeast blizzard as potential global warming signs.
Ill. woman killed same day sister sat behind Obama
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) — An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed the same day her sister had sat on the stage behind President Barack Obama, listening to him push for gun control legislation.
Ailing Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba
Written by FABIOLA SANCHEZ,Associated Press IAN JAMES,Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight at Caracas' military hospital.
Social media gives Indonesian women new voice
Written by NINIEK KARMINI,Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape. A local official takes a 17-year-old second wife, then quickly divorces her by text message.
High-stakes fight over soybeans at high court
Written by MARK SHERMAN,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters.
100 RI fire victims remembered in outdoor ceremony
Written by MICHELLE R. SMITH,Associated Press
WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Survivors of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people and relatives of those killed huddled together in bitter cold Sunday at the site of the blaze to mark the 10th anniversary of it.