Woman considered world's oldest dies in geriatric ward at age 114 GUSTAVIA, St. Barts (AP) — Eugenie Blanchard, a nun who was considered the world's oldest person, died in the French Caribbean island...

INTERNATIONAL   Two killed and 50 injured in earthquake in Serbia on Wednesday   KRALJEVO, Serbia (AP) — A state of emergency was declared Wednesday in central Serbia after an earthquake...

INTERNATIONAL Premier Silvio Berlusconi: Better to love beautiful girls than gays ROME (AP) — Premier Silvio Berlusconi dismissed calls Tuesday to resign over his involvement with an underage Moroccan...

INTERNATIONAL Greeks: Multiple mail attacks target France's Nicolas Sarkozy   ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police foiled four attempted parcel bomb attacks Monday, allegedly targeting French...

INTERNATIONAL Judge orders McDonald's to pay former manager for weight gain   SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian court has ordered McDonald's to pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained...

INTERNATIONAL   Death toll in Indonesian tsunami, volcano reaches more than 300   MENTAWAI ISLANDS, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll from a tsunami and a volcano rose to more than 300 Wednesday...

Jindal travels to New Mexico to rally for gubernatorial candidate Add New Mexico to the list of states where Gov. Bobby Jindal has lent a hand to Republican candidates this election cycle.Jindal's office...

Endangered rhino shot by poachers, recovering at a zoo   JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A critically endangered black rhino shot nine times by poachers in South Africa has been moved to a zoo in Johannesburg.   Faan...

  INTERNATIONAL Suicide bombers assault UN office in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber and three armed militants wearing explosive vests and dressed as women attacked...

French strikes: Gas stations run short, students clash with police PARIS (AP) — Airlines flying into France were ordered to slash schedules — and to bring enough fuel for the trip out. Gas...

Mob storms Kuwaiti TV station after show critical of rulers aired CAIRO (AP) — An armed mob stormed the offices of a privately owned Kuwaiti TV station and destroyed its equipment after the channel...

Rescuers fear worst for 11 Chinese miner trapped after explosion   YUZHOU, China (AP) — Frantically working rescuers feared the 11 Chinese miners trapped by a deadly gas blast may have suffocated...