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• 'El Chapo' could stay strong inside Mexican prison
• Obama and Boehner have 'constructive' one-on-one
• Ugandan newspaper prints list of '200 top' gays
• What's a bitcoin? A look at the digital currency
• C. African Republic orphans walk to safety alone
• California 'lifers' leaving prison at record pace
• Dozens killed in Nigerian school attack
• Sunni anger in Lebanon against army grows
• AP Exclusive: Few Army women want combat jobs
• Rules to limit marketing unhealthy food in schools
• Dozens of students killed in Nigerian school
• 'Secrets of the Vatican' exposes crises facing Pope Francis
• US prosecutors jockeying to try captured drug lord
• Ukraine: No new government before Thursday
• Uganda tabloid prints list of 'top' homosexuals
• Vets benefits bill should win initial Senate vote
• Website of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox offline
• Pollution worsens in Beijing as statues don masks
• Polio-like disease appears in California children
• New host Seth Meyers lands at NBC's 'Late Night'
• Polio-like illnesses called a 'rare phenomenon'
• 'Microbial Pompeii' found on 1,000-year-old human teeth
• APNewsBreak: Aid group: Afghan medical needs unmet
• Madoff's ex-secretary testifies at NY trial
• Getting a clearer picture on Netflix-Comcast deal

'El Chapo' could stay strong inside Mexican prison Posted: 25 Feb 2014 12:12 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman appears Tuesday before a judge virtually certain to keep him for the immediate future in Mexico, where authorities say there is no chance of escaping his cell in the nation's highest-security prison.

Obama and Boehner have 'constructive' one-on-one Posted: 25 Feb 2014 12:12 PM PST President and house speaker talk for about an hour in first private meeting in more than a year.

Ugandan newspaper prints list of '200 top' gays Posted: 25 Feb 2014 12:12 PM PST KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's "200 top" gays, outing some Ugandans and raising fears of violence against those named just a day after the president enacted a severe anti-gay law.

What's a bitcoin? A look at the digital currency Posted: 25 Feb 2014 10:21 AM PST LONDON (AP) — Early Tuesday, the world's most established exchange for Bitcoin disappeared from the Internet, sending the price of the virtual currency tumbling and prompting fears that the world's biggest experiment in electronic cash could soon be strangled by fraud or regulation.

C. African Republic orphans walk to safety alone Posted: 25 Feb 2014 09:49 AM PST CARNOT, Central African Republic (AP) — Ibrahim Adamou's parents had just been killed in front of him. He wasn't sure whether any of his five siblings had survived the attack by Christian militiamen who opened fire on his family of herders as they journeyed on foot.

California 'lifers' leaving prison at record pace Posted: 25 Feb 2014 07:58 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For decades, California's criminal justice policies ensured that murderers and others sentenced to life, with the possibility of parole, could expect to die in prison. And most of the time, they did.

Dozens killed in Nigerian school attack Posted: 25 Feb 2014 07:58 AM PST DAMATURU, Nigeria (AP) — Yobe state governor's spokesman says soldiers guarding a checkpoint near a government school mysteriously withdrew hours before a pre-dawn attack in which suspected Islamic extremists killed at least 29 students.

Sunni anger in Lebanon against army grows Posted: 25 Feb 2014 07:40 AM PST TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — From radical preachers to irreverent taxi drivers, anger is spreading through Lebanon's Sunni community toward the country's military, adding a dangerous twist to Lebanon's instability, already shaken by relentless bombings.

AP Exclusive: Few Army women want combat jobs Posted: 25 Feb 2014 06:49 AM PST FORT EUSTIS, Va. (AP) — Preliminary results from a survey of the Army's nearly 170,000 women show that only a small fraction of them would like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs. Those who do want to make the move say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle.

Rules to limit marketing unhealthy food in schools Posted: 25 Feb 2014 06:49 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the scoreboards in high school gyms eventually will have to promote good health.

Dozens of students killed in Nigerian school Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:44 AM PST YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants killed dozens of students in a predawn attack on a northeast Nigerian college, survivors say, setting ablaze a locked hostel and shooting and slitting the throats of those who escaped through windows. Some were burned alive.

'Secrets of the Vatican' exposes crises facing Pope Francis Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:44 AM PST The Roman Catholic Church is enjoying some of its best press in decades, and hundreds of thousands of alienated Catholics are returning, thanks in large part to the new, and in some cases revolutionary, leadership of Pope Francis.

US prosecutors jockeying to try captured drug lord Posted: 25 Feb 2014 03:27 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors across the United States are already jockeying over who will handle any case against drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, even though it's far from clear whether he'll ever be brought to this country to face charges.

Ukraine: No new government before Thursday Posted: 25 Feb 2014 02:39 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday delayed the formation of a new government, reflecting political tensions and economic challenges following the ouster of the Russia-backed president.

Uganda tabloid prints list of 'top' homosexuals Posted: 25 Feb 2014 01:37 AM PST KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's "200 top" homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay one day after the president enacted a harsh anti-gay law.

Vets benefits bill should win initial Senate vote Posted: 25 Feb 2014 01:07 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A sprawling Democratic bill expanding health, education and other benefits for veterans seems ready to clear an initial hurdle in the Senate. Yet the election-year measure faces an uncertain fate as Republicans try to make it smaller and find ways to pay for it.

Website of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox offline Posted: 25 Feb 2014 12:51 AM PST TOKYO (AP) — The website of major Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft, a new setback for efforts to gain legitimacy for the virtual currency.

Pollution worsens in Beijing as statues don masks Posted: 25 Feb 2014 12:19 AM PST BEIJING (AP) — The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated online Tuesday as parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day of severe pollution.

Polio-like disease appears in California children Posted: 24 Feb 2014 11:48 PM PST STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — An extremely rare, polio-like disease has appeared in more than a dozen California children within the past year, and each of them suffered paralysis to one or more arms or legs, Stanford University researchers say. But public health officials haven't identified any common causes connecting the cases.

New host Seth Meyers lands at NBC's 'Late Night' Posted: 24 Feb 2014 08:09 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — The monologue jokes were mostly thin and the host seemed stiff delivering them.

Polio-like illnesses called a 'rare phenomenon' Posted: 24 Feb 2014 07:54 PM PST STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — More than a dozen children in California have developed an extremely rare, polio-like syndrome within the past year that within days paralyzed one or more of the children's arms or legs, Stanford University researchers say.

'Microbial Pompeii' found on 1,000-year-old human teeth Posted: 24 Feb 2014 04:34 PM PST A "microbial Pompeii" has been found on the teeth of 1,000-year-old human skeletons. Just as volcanic ash entombed the citizens of the ancient Roman city, dental plaque preserved bacteria and food particles on the skeletons' teeth. Researchers analyzed dental plaque from skeletons in a medieval cemetery in Germany, and found that the mouths of these aged humans were home to many of the same bacterial invaders that cause gum disease in the mouths of modern humans. "One thing that is clear about the population we studied is that they didn't brush their teeth very often, if at all," said study leader Christina Warinner, an anthropologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland and the University of Oklahoma in Norman.

APNewsBreak: Aid group: Afghan medical needs unmet Posted: 24 Feb 2014 04:04 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gaping holes in Afghanistan's health care system are being obscured by misleading narratives of success ahead of the international troop withdrawal in 2014, aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres warns in a new report published Tuesday.

Madoff's ex-secretary testifies at NY trial Posted: 24 Feb 2014 04:04 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff's longtime secretary defended herself from the witness stand Monday, telling a Manhattan jury about a 40-year career working unwittingly alongside a historic Ponzi scheme that began when she recognized through Madoff's stutter on her first day that he wanted a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch.

Getting a clearer picture on Netflix-Comcast deal Posted: 24 Feb 2014 02:15 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After years of bickering, Netflix and Comcast are finally working together to provide their subscribers with a more enjoyable experience when they're watching movies and old television shows over high-speed Internet connections.

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