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Irish plant shuts over new horsemeat in burgers

By Shawn Pogatchnik January 17, 2013

DUBLIN (AP) — Food quality officials said Thursday they have identified more horsemeat traces in beef burgers produced in Ireland and pinpointed the problem in an imported ingredient. Ireland’s...

In this Jan. 15, 2013, photo, workers put up signage for the upcoming Super Bowl on the Superdome in New Orleans. With the Super Bowl in New Orleans Feb. 3 and Mardi Gras falling just nine days later, the city is gearing up for a massive celebration and influx of tourists that locals are calling "Super Gras." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Super Bowl plus Mardi Gras? It’s called Super Gras

By Stacey Plaisance January 17, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is bracing for record crowds as the biggest sporting event of the year, the NFL Super Bowl, collides with Mardi Gras season in what many locals are calling “Super...

Vilma’s defamation suit against Goodell dismissed

By Howard Fendrich January 17, 2013

A federal judge has dismissed New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma’s defamation lawsuit against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in connection with the bounty case. U.S. District Judge Ginger...

Ville Platte, ACLU agree on dropping curfew suit

By Janet McConnaughey January 17, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The city of Ville Platte and the American Civil Liberties Union have signed an agreement ending the ACLU’s lawsuit against a pedestrians-only curfew. The city did not admit...

Poisoned lotto winner’s body to be exhumed Friday

January 17, 2013

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities plan to exhume the body of a Chicago businessman Friday in hopes of learning exactly how he ingested a lethal dose of cyanide. Urooj Khan died in July as he was about...

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, and children who wrote the president about gun violence following last month's shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., signs executive orders to reduce gun violence, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. From left are: Biden Hinna Zeejah, 8, and Nadia Zeejah, Hinna’s mother, Taejah Goode, 10, and Kimberly Graves, Taejah’s mother, Julia Stokes, 11, and Dr. Theophil Stokes, Julia’s father, and Grant Fritz, 8, (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Will Obama’s order lead to surge in gun research?

By Marilynn Marchione January 17, 2013

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Researchers say that President Barack Obama’s order to encourage use of federal money to study gun violence may help lead to more knowledge about how to prevent firearm injuries...

Helicopter crashes onto crowded London street

By Associated Press January 16, 2013

LONDON (AP) — A helicopter crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesday, sending flames and black plumes of smoke into the air. The pilot and one...

In this picture released by the French Army Communication Audiovisual office (ECPAD) French soldiers check a map at an undisclosed location, north of the Malian capital, Bamako, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. French troops pressed northward in Mali toward territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, military officials said, announcing the start of a land assault that will put soldiers in direct combat "within hours." (AP Photo/Arnaud Roine, ECPAD)

French soldiers launch land assualt into militant-controlled northen Mali

By Associated Press January 16, 2013

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — French soldiers pressed north in Mali territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, launching a land assault that was to put them in direct combat with al-Qaida-linked...

Egypt’s Morsi quells anti Israeli comments in an attempt to get on U.S. good side

By Associated Press January 16, 2013

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Islamist president sought Wednesday to defuse Washington’s anger over his past remarks urging hatred of Jews and calling Zionists “pigs” and “bloodsuckers,”...

NASA to team up with European Space Agency to put astronauts into space

By Associated Press January 16, 2013

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is teaming up with the European Space Agency to get astronauts beyond Earth’s orbit. Europe will provide the propulsion and power compartment for NASA’s...

Mississippi Governor to resist presidential order for gun rights restrictions

By Associated Press January 16, 2013

ACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday that he wants the state to resist any presidential order that might restrict gun rights. Republican Bryant made the call shortly...

A flag waves from the top of the Jet Star Roller Coaster, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013 in Seaside Heights, N.J. Police detained a man who allegedly placed the flag after climbing on the roller coaster, which has been sitting on the ocean after part of the Funtown Pier was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy. Officials say the man came down from the top of the coaster and jumped into a police boat. He was handcuffed, walked through the surf and was escorted to a police car on the beach in Seaside Heights. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New Jersey boardwalk in the process of being rebuilt

By Associated Press January 16, 2013

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — The boardwalk where generations of families and teens got their first taste of the Jersey Shore and where the MTV reality show of the same name was filmed is about to...