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Egyptian protesters celebrate the capture of a state security armored vehicle that demonstrators commandeered during clashes with security forces and brought to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Egypt’s army chief warned Tuesday of the “the collapse of the state” if the political crisis roiling the nation for nearly a week continues, but said the armed forces will respect the right of Egyptians to protest. A protester waves the Egyptian national flag. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt army chief warns state could collapse

By Lee Keath and Maggie Michael January 29, 2013

PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) — Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt’s wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt’s Islamist president and the...

Google sued in UK over Safari tracking

By Associated Press January 28, 2013

LONDON (AP) — A British law firm says that about a dozen Apple customers are suing Internet search leader Google in the U.K. over its alleged secret tracking of their Internet browsing habits. London-based...

An Egyptian protester part of the Black Bloc, clashes with riot police, not seen, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt’s wave of political unrest, a mysterious group of black-masked young men calling themselves the Black Bloc. They present themselves as the defenders of protesters against the rule of President Mohammed Morsi, but Islamists have used them to depict the opposition as a violent force wrecking the nation. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Egypt in show of defiance against Islamist leader

By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press January 28, 2013

CAIRO (AP) — Protesters battled police for hours in Cairo on Monday and thousands marched through Egypt’s three Suez Canal cities in direct defiance of a night-time curfew and state of emergency,...

Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt, top, attends his hearing in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Rios Montt, a former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war, will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide

By Sonia Perez- Diaz, Associated Press January 28, 2013

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala’s civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement...

Investigator: Crashed plane dove into mud

By Associated Press January 28, 2013

MONROE, La. (AP) — A plane that crashed and killed four men last week dove almost straight into mud while making a second approach to Monroe Regional Airport, a federal investigator said Monday. ...

Health care budget cuts begin this week

By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press January 28, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state’s Medicaid hospice care received a last-minute reprieve from shutdown, but Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is moving ahead with other health care...

Super PAC could help Vitter in gubernatorial bid

By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press January 28, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Washington fundraising heavyweight set up federal and state super PACs on Monday to support U.S. Sen. David Vitter, a move that heightens speculation that Vitter is eyeing...

Texas woman’s execution 1st in US since 2010

By Michael Graczyk, Associated Press January 28, 2013

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman convicted of the gruesome slaying and robbery of her neighbor, a retired 71-year-old college psychology professor, is set to be the first woman put to death...

FILE - In this July 4, 2012 file photo, Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco of Staten Island, N.Y., wearing a prosthetic arm, poses for a picture at the 9/11 Memorial in New York. Marrocco, 26, the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq war, has received a double-arm transplant in Baltimore. His father, Alex Marrocco, said Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 that his son had the operation on Dec. 18, 2012 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Soldier who lost 4 limbs has double-arm transplant

By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press January 28, 2013

On Facebook, he describes himself as a “wounded warrior...very wounded.” Brendan Marrocco was the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in the Iraq War, and doctors revealed Monday...

Veronique Pozner places her hand next to artwork made by her son Noah's before testifying before a hearing of a legislative subcommittee reviewing gun laws at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Pozner, whose son Noah was killed in the Sandy Hook School shooting, told lawmakers about dropping off two of her daughters at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Monroe, and then visiting her son's grave, just five minutes away, to bring a teddy bear. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Newtown parents urge enforcement of gun laws

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press January 28, 2013

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Parents of children killed in the Newtown school shooting called for better enforcement of gun laws and tougher penalties for violators Monday at a hearing that revealed the...

FILE - In this Sunday Jan. 15, 2012 file photo, Benjamin Millepied, left, and Natalie Portman arrive at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. Benjamin Millepied, the “Black Swan” choreographer who helped transform Natalie Portman into an obsessed, paranoid ballerina for the film and later married the actress, was named director of the Paris Opera Ballet, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Paris Opera Ballet names Millepied of ‘Black Swan’

By Lori Hinnant January 24, 2013

PARIS (AP) — Benjamin Millepied, the “Black Swan” choreographer who helped transform Natalie Portman into an obsessed, paranoid ballerina for the film and later married the actress, was...

Honduras former President Manuel Zelaya arrives to attend an opposition demonstration against recent laws approved by congress outside parliament in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday Jan. 24, 2013. Honduras has been on the brink of bankruptcy for months, as lawmakers put off passing a government budget necessary to pay for basic government services. The country is also grappling with $5 billion in foreign debt, the biggest hole in its history and equivalent to last year’s entire government budget.(AP Photo/Alberto Arce)

Honduras can’t pay its bills, neglects services

By Alberto Arce January 24, 2013

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Street surveillance cameras in one of the world’s most dangerous cities were turned off last week because Honduras’ government hasn’t paid millions...