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Japan gyrations underline economy's vulnerability

AP Business News - 8 hours 6 min ago
Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of stagnation.

For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot

AP US News - 8 hours 7 min ago
For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

AP Business News - 8 hours 7 min ago
In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

House to vote on variable rate student loans

AP Business News - 8 hours 7 min ago
House lawmakers are ready to pass legislation that links student loan rates to the financial markets in spite of a veto threat from President Barack Obama.

Birth control coverage up for federal appeal

AP US News - 8 hours 7 min ago
In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

AP US News - 8 hours 7 min ago
U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War.

Urban renewal? Big US cities showing strong growth

AP US News - 8 hours 7 min ago
Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year.

Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrage

AP US News - 8 hours 7 min ago
A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged neighborhood.

Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous

AP Business News - 8 hours 7 min ago
Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.

LeBron, Heat dig deep to top Pacers in Game 1

AP Top news - 8 hours 8 min ago
It could have been the perfect matchup to cap an unforgettable game. LeBron James driving to the rim to face Roy Hibbert, one play to decide Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

US equities sell-off goes on; futures slump

AP Business News - 8 hours 8 min ago
The momentum of a late sell-off on Wall Street is carrying through for a second day, with U.S. futures and global stock markets in retreat.

Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff

AP Business News - 8 hours 8 min ago
Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it.

Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment

AP Top news - 8 hours 8 min ago
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members.

Family Ties: Jarrett, Petty enter NASCAR hall

AP Sports News - 8 hours 31 min ago
NASCAR honored a pair of its most famous and successful families with inductions into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

NBA draft order set, so who goes No. 1?

AP Sports News - 8 hours 31 min ago
The Cleveland Cavaliers are on top of the NBA draft yet again, only this time there is no LeBron James waiting to save them. There may not even be a Kyrie Irving.

Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on

AP Sports News - 8 hours 32 min ago
Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, an ugly addition to nearly two weeks of verbal sparring.

Quotations of the day

AP US News - 9 hours 8 min ago
"Plaza (Towers Elementary School) did the best they could. That's all they have. I'm big on the schools need shelters. They need storm cellars, something where these kids can go and we're not picking through rubble to try and find our kids." _ Mikki Davis, mother of 8-year-old Oklahoma tornado victim Kyle Davis.

Jury in Jodi Arias trial resumes deliberations

AP US News - 9 hours 11 min ago
Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep trying.

More than 50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash

AP US News - 10 hours 7 min ago
A school bus slammed into the back of another one, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving about 50 middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured.

Colorado killer's reprieve sharply criticized

AP US News - 11 hours 5 min ago
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap for as long as he is governor infuriated victims' relatives and drew quick criticism from Republicans ahead of the 2014 election.

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