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The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:42pm
App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 6, 2013:

Leading Pakistan politician falls, fractures skull

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:41pm

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — One of Pakistan's most prominent politicians, former cricket star Imran Khan, fell from a stage at a political rally Tuesday, leaving him with two hairline skull fractures and knocking him off the campaign trail ahead of Saturday's general election.


NJ Gov. Christie had secret weight loss surgery

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:40pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has both joked about his weight and said that it's a real concern, secretly underwent a weight-loss surgery in February that experts say could help him if he gets exercise and watches what he eats.


The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:35pm

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending May 6, 2013


Coke plans major expansion of Fla. orange groves

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:33pm
AUBURNDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday that it is spending $2 billion to support the planting of 25,000 acres of new orange groves in Florida, a move officials are lauding as a major investment in the Sunshine State's citrus industry.

Dow Jones industrial average back above 15,000

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:33pm

NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average was headed for its first close above 15,000 Tuesday as Wall Street followed world markets higher.


Argentine leader's polling plunges as peso drops

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:32pm

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Cristina Fernandez has ruled out any currency devaluation while she's president of Argentina, and dismissed as election-year politics a brewing scandal over allegations of money laundering by businessmen close to her and her late husband Nestor Kirchner.


Gas tanker truck explodes outside Mexico City, kills 20

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:29pm

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A gas tanker truck exploded on a highway north of Mexico City early on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 30 others as a fireball tore through cars and homes. Pablo Bedolla, mayor of the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec, said 20 people died in the blast that engulfed early morning traffic. Television footage showed burned out vehicles and debris strewn all over the highway on the edge of the capital. "It was a ball of fire which exploded as though they'd put a spotlight in the whole window," resident Carlos Gonzalez Silva told Mexican radio. ...


Column: Russia's reckoning

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:26pm
By John Lloyd (Reuters) - Russia is now in a hard, even dangerous, place. A series of shocks are coming, and it is not well placed to weather them. It has, to be sure, little debt: Vladimir Putin's administration is proud that the state has borrowed little and has built up a multibillion-ruble national reserve fund. Yet even that is ending, and the basics of the economy are weak. The former Marxists among Russia's ruling class will know that the economic base determines the political and social superstructure. It is not looking good for them. ...

Giants owner Mara confident Cruz will sign

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:26pm
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants owner John Mara says progress is slow but steady in the contract negotiations between the team and Pro Bowl wide receiver Victor Cruz.

US consumers cut back on credit card use in March

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:22pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans cut back on using their credit cards in March, suggesting many were reluctant to take on high-interest debt to make purchases.

Kerry argues US case on Syria to Putin

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:22pm

MOSCOW (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday argued the U.S. case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Moscow to take a tougher stance on Syria at a time when Israel's weekend air strikes against the beleaguered Mideast nation have added an unpredictable factor to the talks.


Discovery of 3 women recalls past abduction cases

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:19pm

The discovery of three women in a Cleveland home who all had gone missing separately about a decade ago brings to mind cases of abductions elsewhere. A list of some prominent cases:


Int'l donors pledge $300 million-plus for Somalia

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:17pm

LONDON (AP) — International donors heeded warnings about the need for increased support for Somalia by pledging more than $300 million Tuesday toward bolstering security, justice and financial institutions in the conflict-scarred east African nation.


Reports: Bieber fined for speeding in Dubai

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:17pm

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Justin Bieber is used to fans snapping his photo. Dubai police say he also triggered some speed cameras while driving a white Lamborghini during his stop in the Gulf city.


Partial win for Penske in NASCAR penalties appeal

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:15pm
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR's chief appeals officer has upheld the fines and points penalties against Penske Racing for parts infractions at Texas last month.

Teixeira, Nova improving; A-Rod works out again

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:14pm

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira says he could be ready to take on-field batting practice for the first time Friday since hurting his right wrist two months ago.


Republicans question security in immigration bill

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:11pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators criticized border security provisions in a new immigration bill Tuesday, arguing that the landmark legislation can't pass Congress unless the measures are strengthened.


'Nightmare is over': 3 missing Ohio women rescued

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:08pm

CLEVELAND (AP) — One neighbor says a naked woman was seen crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard of the house a few years ago. Another neighbor says he heard pounding on the doors and noticed plastic bags over the windows.


Miss. Supreme Court blocks scheduled execution

Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:05pm

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday evening's scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of the 1992 slayings of two college students.