CAMPINAS, Brazil (AP) — A German man reportedly dumped by a Brazilian woman he met on the Internet camped out in an airport for 13 days before being taken Thursday to a hospital for a psychological...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans lawyer has been nominated to serve on the federal court for Louisiana's Middle District.President Obama announced Brian Jackson's nomination Thursday.Jackson is a...
SEATTLE (AP) — The new top federal prosecutor in Seattle knows the significance her role carries for many people: She's apparently the nation's first openly gay U.S. attorney.But as a daughter of...
KABUL (AP) — Armed with an AK-47, an American contract worker said Wednesday he held off militants attacking a guest house in Kabul, allowing about two dozen U.N. election workers to escape.John...
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Baton Rouge produced nearly a third of the metro construction job gains in the United States over the past year.That's according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors...
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is heading to California to raise money for his re-election campaign.Jindal's press office said the governor is attending two fundraisers on Thursday: one in...
CHICAGO (AP) — Across the country schools are closing by the dozen as officials say they're being hit so hard by swine flu that they feel shutting down for a few days is the only feasible option.The...
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The sheriff in the runaway balloon case doesn't believe he broke the law when he disclosed that child welfare workers were involved in the inquiry, his spokeswoman said...
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) — A church made famous by Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," has rejected a couple's request to hold a Halloween-themed wedding.Lisa Panensky...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children Wednesday, killing 100 people.The attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar was Pakistan's...
(AP) — A commission charged with revamping Louisiana's higher education systems is recommending tougher admission standards at four-year universities, as a way to try to boost graduation rates.The...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan pressed an offensive deeper into Taliban territory along the Afghan border Tuesday, claiming to have killed 42 militants in the latest stage of an assault seen as crucial...
