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• Despite surge, many don't see a stock bubble
• Zimmerman arrest comes after disturbance call
• In perilous nighttime trek, Syrians flee fighting
• George Zimmerman arrested after disturbance call
• NASA launches robotic explorer to Mars
• NASA launching robotic explorer to Mars
• After unusual tornado season, nature strikes back with wave of tornadoes
• United Methodists try Pa. pastor over gay marriage
• Toronto council poised to strip mayor of powers
• Supreme Court rejects review of intelligence court action on phone records
• Emerson College to name school after Ron Burgundy
• Photographer shot at French newspaper office
• U.S. stock indexes hit round-number milestones
• Cheney sisters feud over gay marriage
• Murder charges recommended in Minnesota Nazi case
• Video shows near-vertical crash of Russian plane
• Soldier: Minneapolis man ordered Nazi-led attack
• France seeks WWI mementos to mark centennial
• Myths and mysteries about the Gettysburg Address
• Russian court: Greenpeace activist to stay in jail
• Website asks people to share stories of JFK legacy
• Obama health care woes become credibility fight
• East or West? Ukraine now has to choose its path
• White House pushes to loosen Gitmo transfer rules
• Keanu Reeves film based on true Japanese story

Despite surge, many don't see a stock bubble Posted: 18 Nov 2013 12:41 PM PST Is the stock market due for a pullback? The Dow Jones industrial average has surged 900 points since early October and crossed the 16,000-point threshold Monday. IPOs are hot again. Small investors, stirred ...

Zimmerman arrest comes after disturbance call Posted: 18 Nov 2013 12:24 PM PST It's not yet clear what the Florida man acquitted of murder in Trayvon Martin shooting was accused of.

In perilous nighttime trek, Syrians flee fighting Posted: 18 Nov 2013 11:33 AM PST ARSAL, Lebanon (AP) — The two sisters squeezed the hands of their blind grandfather for nearly seven hours as they made the perilous nighttime trek by foot along rugged mountain roads subjected to sporadic shelling before finally crossing the Syrian border to safety in Lebanon.

George Zimmerman arrested after disturbance call Posted: 18 Nov 2013 11:17 AM PST APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say George Zimmerman has been arrested in Florida.

NASA launches robotic explorer to Mars Posted: 18 Nov 2013 11:01 AM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's newest robotic explorer, Maven, rocketed toward Mars on Monday on a quest to unravel the ancient mystery of the red planet's radical climate change.

NASA launching robotic explorer to Mars Posted: 18 Nov 2013 10:27 AM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's newest Martian explorer is on its launch pad in Florida, ready to soar.

After unusual tornado season, nature strikes back with wave of tornadoes Posted: 18 Nov 2013 10:09 AM PST

United Methodists try Pa. pastor over gay marriage Posted: 18 Nov 2013 09:51 AM PST SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) — A United Methodist minister who officiated at his son's same-sex wedding pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he broke his pastoral vows.

Toronto council poised to strip mayor of powers Posted: 18 Nov 2013 09:35 AM PST TORONTO (AP) — Beset by scandal, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford faces another likely setback Monday as the City Council takes up a motion to snatch away most of his remaining powers. Ford called the effort a "coup d'etat" and challenged the council to call snap elections.

Supreme Court rejects review of intelligence court action on phone records Posted: 18 Nov 2013 09:01 AM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would not review a ruling by a secretive intelligence court that authorized government access to millions of Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) phone-call records. The long-shot case was brought to the court by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a public interest research organization. It was first time the high-profile issue has come before the justices since the recent wave of leaks traced to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The Obama administration argued in papers presented to the court that under existing law, only the government or Verizon itself could challenge a ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Emerson College to name school after Ron Burgundy Posted: 18 Nov 2013 08:45 AM PST BOSTON (AP) — It's kind of a big deal that Emerson College is changing the name of its school of communication.

Photographer shot at French newspaper office Posted: 18 Nov 2013 08:28 AM PST PARIS (AP) — A gunman opened fire in the lobby of a French newspaper office in Paris on Monday, gravely wounding a photographer's assistant before fleeing. Soon afterward, shots were fired at the headquarters of a major French bank west of Paris, and an armed man briefly took a man hostage nearby.

U.S. stock indexes hit round-number milestones Posted: 18 Nov 2013 07:47 AM PST U.S. stock market indexes briefly broke through major round-number milestones in early trading Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 16,000 for the first time and the Standard & Poor's 500 index ...

Cheney sisters feud over gay marriage Posted: 18 Nov 2013 07:11 AM PST Mary Cheney and her wife took to Facebook on Sunday to bash Liz Cheney, a Senate candidate from Wyoming, for her gay marriage views.

Murder charges recommended in Minnesota Nazi case Posted: 18 Nov 2013 06:55 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — A German federal prosecutor in charge of investigating Nazi crimes says he is recommending murder charges against a Minnesota man shown in a June AP report to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children.

Video shows near-vertical crash of Russian plane Posted: 18 Nov 2013 06:36 AM PST KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Video broadcast by Russian television stations shows a Russian plane going down at a near-vertical angle and exploding on the tarmac in Kazan in a giant fireball.

Soldier: Minneapolis man ordered Nazi-led attack Posted: 18 Nov 2013 06:19 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — A retired Minnesota carpenter, shown in a June investigation to be a former commander in a Nazi SS-led unit, ordered his men to attack a Polish village that was razed to the ground, according to testimony newly uncovered by The Associated Press. The account of the massacre that killed dozens of women and children contradicts statements by the man's family that he was never at the scene of the 1944 bloodshed.

France seeks WWI mementos to mark centennial Posted: 18 Nov 2013 06:01 AM PST PARIS (AP) — Maurice Day had not yet met the young, charming Emilienne Charbonneau before he was sent off to fight on the Western Front in November 1914.

Myths and mysteries about the Gettysburg Address Posted: 18 Nov 2013 04:51 AM PST Seven score and 10 years ago, Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address, widely considered one of the greatest speeches in American history. But even today, there are still a few points about the speech that are misunderstood.

Russian court: Greenpeace activist to stay in jail Posted: 18 Nov 2013 04:16 AM PST ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A Russian judge refused Monday to free one of the 30 people arrested following a Greenpeace protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, signaling that all of them could be kept in jail for three more months pending trial.

Website asks people to share stories of JFK legacy Posted: 18 Nov 2013 03:43 AM PST BOSTON (AP) — There's no shortage of places for people to share memories of where they were 50 years ago when they found out John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. But a website debuting Monday aims to take the focus from past to future by asking people of all ages — even those who weren't alive when Kennedy died — to share their thoughts about how he has inspired them.

Obama health care woes become credibility fight Posted: 18 Nov 2013 01:49 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Throughout President Barack Obama's first four years in office, he prided himself on his ability to bounce back when much of Washington thought his presidency was in peril.

East or West? Ukraine now has to choose its path Posted: 18 Nov 2013 01:32 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — According to an old folk tradition, if a man knocks on the door of a Ukrainian beauty with a marriage proposal, but does not win her heart, she will reject her suitor by presenting him with a pumpkin. Who will get the pumpkin from Ukraine at the end of this month — Russia or the European Union?

White House pushes to loosen Gitmo transfer rules Posted: 18 Nov 2013 01:15 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pushing to overcome obstacles to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, an elusive goal which has frustrated him since he took office. That is setting the White House on a collision course with Congress in its bid to loosen restrictions for moving out detainees.

Keanu Reeves film based on true Japanese story Posted: 18 Nov 2013 12:59 AM PST TOKYO (AP) — The director of the Keanu Reeves 3-D film "47 Ronin" says he hopes his adaptation of a true Japanese story becomes a Hollywood blockbuster.

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