PARIS (AP) — France Telecom SA was mobilizing all 20,000 of its managers Monday in an effort to respond to a string of 23 employee suicides that unions blame partly on layoffs and restructuring at...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Murder and manslaughter dropped almost 4 percent last year, as reported crime overall fell around the country, according to new data released Monday by the FBI. The 3.9 percent...
ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A convicted murderer who escaped from Louisiana's top-security prison was captured on Monday partly because of a tip from an 8-year-old boy who spotted the man outside his school,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Photos showing private security guards in various stages of nudity at drunken parties may be as damaging to U.S. interests in Afghanistan as images of detainee mistreatment at Abu...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Barack Obama assailed critics of his health care initiative Saturday, seeking to grab the megaphone from his opponents and boost momentum in his drive for congressional...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A standing-room crowd heard a California company's proposal for a sports complex at the shuttered Six Flags amusement park site. There's also intense interest in a Baton Rouge...
KABUL (AP) — A battle in western Afghanistan that included airstrikes killed dozens of Taliban militants after an insurgent ambush left three U.S. troops dead, an Afghan official said Sunday. The...
(AP) — Recruiting remains strong for the Louisiana National Guard despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the likelihood that troops will deploy, military leaders said. National Guard leaders...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI confirms that agents visited New Orleans City Hall. FBI spokeswoman Sheila Thorne said Thursday's visit was part of an "ongoing criminal investigation." Thorne declined...
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rep. Joe Wilson is known as a mild-mannered congressman fond of making short speeches. His shortest got the most attention. "You lie!" Wilson blurted out during President...
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi television reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in one of the more bizarre episodes of the Iraq war might use his new iconic status in Iraq to...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane police on Thursday raided a medical marijuana store, shutting it down, arresting the owners and warning similar operations to close, too. Police said it was the first...
