BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal fired the head of his Office of Elderly Affairs on Wednesday, a day after she staunchly criticized his budget plans for the agency.
The governor's spokesman,...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Tens of thousands of South Africans marched peacefully through their main cities Wednesday to demand the governing African National Congress do more for the poor.
Police estimate...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis have taken "full responsibility" for the bounty program run by former assistant coach Gregg Williams.
Payton...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee called for a hearing Tuesday to examine a Montana judge's conduct in forwarding an e-mail that included a racist joke involving...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Radio host Rush Limbaugh said his apology to the Georgetown law student he called a "slut" was sincere but also joked that he, too, got a busy signal Monday when he called the show...
SEATTLE (AP) — The newly crowned Miss Seattle says she was just having a bad day back in December when she tweeted, "Ugh can't stand cold rainy Seattle and the annoying people."
Since winning the...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — It wasn't much of a race, but then it really couldn't have been as the world's fastest man and Britain's Prince Harry met up on a track Tuesday in the Jamaican capital.
Wearing...
LONDON (AP) — How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
The tongue-twisting term, sung by magical nanny Mary Poppins, is like...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president has endorsed a "code of conduct" issued by an influential council of clerics that activists say represent a giant step backward for women's rights...
(AP) — Louisiana recorded fewer vehicle-train collisions and fatalities last year, but the number of related injuries rose slightly. That's according to preliminary 2011 data from the Federal Railroad...
MOSCOW (AP) — An attempt by Vladimir Putin's foes to protest his presidential election victory by occupying a Moscow square ended Monday with riot police quickly dispersing and detaining hundreds...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Prince Harry arrived in Jamaica's capital Monday for a four-day visit amid a push by the country's new prime minister to sever ties with the British monarchy and turn the...
