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Shreveport’s Moonbot Studios earns Oscar nomination for film

By The Associated Press
January 26, 2012

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Champagne corks were flying at Moonbot Studios in Shreveport. Its first movie — "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" — is one of five Academy Award...

Gov. Jindal pushes for revamped retirement plan for state workers

By The Associated Press
January 26, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed Wednesday a package of pension changes that would shrink retirement benefits for thousands of current state workers, boost their costs and push...

French breast-implant firm’s former executives arrested

By The Associated Press
January 26, 2012

PARIS (AP) — Police in pre-dawn sweeps Thursday arrested two top former executives of the now-defunct French company at the center of a breast-implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women...

Six bodies found in Rio de Janeiro buildings collapse, 16 still missing

By The Associated Press
January 26, 2012

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A janitor finishing up the day's work, an accountant closing the books for the month, a computer technician installing software: each had a reason to stay a little late at work. They...

Russia: Liberal leader can’t seek presidency, invalid signatures found

By The Associated Press
January 25, 2012

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's elections commission said Tuesday that a prominent opposition leader will be disqualified from running for president in March, a move that would prevent his party from fielding...

Marine avoids life sentence for Iraqi civilian deaths in long-awaited trial

By The Associated Press
January 25, 2012

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Military prosecutors worked for more than six years to bring Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich to trial on manslaughter charges that could have sent him away to prison...

Biggest solar storm in six years casts dazzling lights in night skies

By The Associated Press
January 25, 2012

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday. Stargazers were stunned by the intensity...

Uzbekistan cancels shows, orders poetry readings on Valentine’s Day

By The Associated Press
January 25, 2012

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Authorities in Uzbekistan are, apparently, unwilling to give love a chance. The Russian news agency RIA-Novosti cited several local media in the Central Asian nation reporting...

Two more bodies found, fuel removal to begin on the Costa Concordia

By the Associated Press
January 24, 2012

ROME (AP) — The capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday. The cruise liner, its hull gashed by a reef...

French parliament passes Arminian genocide denial bill

By The Associated Press
January 24, 2012

PARIS (AP) — A bill making it illegal to deny that the 1915 killings of Armenians was a genocide has passed both houses of France's parliament. The measure now needs to be signed by President Nicolas...

Alabama hit again by tornadoes; 2 dead, more than 100 hurt

By The Associated Press
January 24, 2012

OAK GROVE, Ala. (AP) — At least two tornadoes roared across Alabama on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others. More than 200 homes were destroyed, the Red Cross said, and just...

Baby girl abducted in illegal Mexican adoption ring

By The Associated Press
January 24, 2012

ZAPOPAN, Mexico (AP) — Karla Zapeda was approached by a woman asking to use the 15-year-old's baby girl in a two-week photo shoot for $755 ($10,000 pesos), a small fortune for a teen mother who earns...