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Florida socialite at center of CIA Director David Petraeus’ sex scandal

By The Associated Press November 13, 2012

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — If you were to diagram the increasingly tangled sex scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, nearly all lines would lead back to one person: Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old...

Israel prepares new missile defense system for deployment in 2014

By The Associated Press November 13, 2012

CARMIEL, Israel (AP) — Israel’s newest missile defense system, designed to provide another layer of protection against enemy fire, is on schedule for deployment in 2014, defense officials said...

Rare Solar eclipse casts shadow Wednesday across north Australia

By The Associated Press November 13, 2012

SYDNEY (AP) — From boats bobbing on the Great Barrier Reef to hot air balloons hovering over the rainforest, tens of thousands of scientists, tourists and amateur astronomers watched Wednesday as...

FILE This Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 file photo shows employees from Sotheby's auction house adjust the original Sir Peter Blake 1967 collage for the iconic Beatles album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which will be sold at auction, during a press viewing in London. Sotheby’s says an original piece of artwork from the Beatles’ “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album has fetched 55,250 pounds ($87,720) at auction. The auction house said the original 1967 collage for the insert to the album sold to a bidder in London on Tuesday Nov.13, 2012. The sale marked the first time the collage by Sir Peter Blake was on the market. The auction house said Blake was introduced to the Beatles by his dealer, and that he and his wife worked closely with Paul McCartney and John Lennon to create the imagery of the Sgt. Pepper. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file)

Collage from Beatles’ eighth album fetches $87,720 at London auction

By The Associated Press November 13, 2012

LONDON (AP) — Sotheby’s says an original piece of artwork from the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album has fetched 55,250 pounds ($87,720) at an auction. ...

Corps of Engineers prepares for changes along the Miss. River

By The Associated Press November 12, 2012

(AP) — Speakers at a coastal conference say the mouth of the Mississippi River is moving north, and authorities need to prepare for it. Paul Kemp, vice president of the Louisiana Audubon Society’s...

Police chief concerned about saggy pants, says it’s ‘getting out of control’

By The Associated Press November 12, 2012

GRAMBLING (AP) — Police Chief Tommy Clark says saggy pants are getting out of control in Grambling. The Ruston Leader reports that the audience applauded several times while he was talking to the...

In this Nov. 8, 2012 photo, workers continue work on street car track construction on Loyola Avenue in New Orleans. With the NFL football Super Bowl less than three months away, New Orleans is rushing to lay streetcar tracks through one of its busiest corridors to connect by trolley the Louisiana Superdome, where the big game will be played Feb. 3, and the French Quarter. At the same time, developers view the new streetcar as crucial in plans to spark a downtown renaissance where one of the city’s most vibrant jazz districts has been replaced by parking lots and high rise buildings. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New Orleans streetcar line to be debuted during the Super Bowl

By The Associated Press November 12, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With the Super Bowl less than three months away, New Orleans is rushing to lay streetcar tracks through one of its busiest corridors to connect by trolley the Louisiana Superdome...

A Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) truck is seen in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Monday, Nov.12, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. More than 70,000 customers of Long Island Power Authority in New York were without electricity Monday, two weeks after Superstorm Sandy struck. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Many Long Islanders left without power two weeks after Sandy

By The Associated Press November 12, 2012

HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, while most utilities have restored electricity to nearly all their customers, there was one glaring exception Monday: a Long Island power...

A platinum and diamond necklace recovered from the Titanic is seen in an image made from video. This piece and others begin a three-city tour in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 and represent the largest collection of jewelry ever on display marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship. Although single pieces of jewelry have been on display at one or more permanent and traveling exhibits sponsored by Premier Exhibitions Inc., their Atlanta debut is the first time the majority of the collection has been available to the public. (AP Photo/Jpohnny Clark)

Recovered Titanic jewels to go on display during three-city tour

By The Associated Press November 12, 2012

DORAVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Most of the jewelry recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic will go on public display for the first time with a three-city tour. The jewelry is from a single purser’s...

U.S. re-elected to UN Human Rights Council seat for three-year term

By The Associated Press November 12, 2012

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States was re-elected Monday to another three-year term on the U.N. Human Rights Council in the only contested election for the organization’s top human rights...

A man walks past a poster in central Athens that reads "Yes to Work. No to the Euro" on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Greece's parliament late Sunday approved the 2013 austerity budget as part of major cuts demanded by international rescue lenders to continue paying loan installments to the near-bankrupt eurozone nation. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Creditors expected to give Greece two years to meet debt reduction

By The Associated Press November 12, 2012

BERLIN (AP) — Greece’s international creditors are proposing granting the country two more years to meet its debt reduction targets, according to a draft document obtained by The Associated...

A man stands between a road and a monastery damaged by Sunday's strong earthquake at Kyaukmyaung township in Shwebo, Sagaing Division, northwest of Mandalay, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. The earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining region said mines collapsed and as many as 12 people were feared dead. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Deadly quake collapses bridge, mine in Myanmar; 12 projected dead

By The Associated Press November 12, 2012

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining region said mines collapsed...