Syrian rebel groups slam Western-backed opposition
BEIRUT (AP) - More than a dozen key Syrian rebel groups said Wednesday that they reject the authority of the Western-backed opposition coalition, as U.N. inspectors returned to the country to continue...
View ArticleTerrorists claim 137 killed in Kenya mall attack
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The terrorist group behind the takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed Wednesday that the Kenyan government assault team carried out "a demolition" of the building, burying 137...
View ArticlePakistan struggles to help quake victims; 271 dead
DALBADI, Pakistan (AP) - Rescuers struggled Wednesday to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a major earthquake in southwestern Pakistan as the death toll...
View ArticleMom selling Kurt Cobain's childhood home in Washington
ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) - This month marks the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's final studio album, and fans aren't just able to buy a new "super deluxe" box set to celebrate the occasion. They can also buy...
View ArticleDe Niro takes over Gandolfini miniseries role
LOS ANGELES (AP) - HBO says Robert De Niro will step into a project that was thrown into question by the death of James Gandolfini.
View Article`Top Chef' set in New Orleans, debuts Oct. 2
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans' po-boy shops, gourmet restaurants and suburban bayou-side eateries are the backdrop for the country's search for its next "Top Chef."
View ArticleMILBANK: The GOP's dangerous rationality
By DANA MILBANK WASHINGTON -- It has become fashionable to give a psychiatric diagnosis to those Republicans teeing up a government shutdown.
View ArticleDIONNE: Obamacare's strange bedfellows
By E.J. DIONNE COLUMN COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It was the last thing the Rev. Tim Ahrens expected to do during a chat in his book-lined office at the historic First Congregational Church here: He expressed...
View ArticleObama vows health care law won't be undercut
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says congressional critics of the 3-year-old health care law have become more irresponsible in their attempts to kill it the closer the law comes to full...
View ArticleMilitant group attacks Kenyan border towns
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Islamic extremist group that killed scores of people at a Nairobi mall has now attacked two Kenyan towns near the Somali border, killing three people. The leader of the Somali...
View ArticleHouse GOP considers options on possible shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans will not simply pass a temporary spending bill from the Democratic Senate after it is shorn clean of a tea party plan to "defund Obamacare," House Speaker John...
View ArticleLocal al-Qaida commander killed in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Activists say a local al-Qaida commander in Syria has been killed during clashes with Kurdish militiamen in northern Syria.
View ArticleLawmakers seek to fix `terrorist lottery loophole'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers who oversee U.S. intelligence agencies are working to expand the government's spying powers to allow it to continue electronically monitoring terror suspects who travel to...
View ArticlePakistan aid chopper targeted; 355 dead in quake
AWARAN, Pakistan (AP) - Two rockets fired by militants in Pakistan's quake-struck region narrowly missed a government helicopter on Thursday as survivors complained that aid was not reaching far-flung...
View ArticleSuit challenges Pennsylvania's non-recognition of gay union
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A same-sex couple who moved to Pennsylvania after being wed in Massachusetts asked a court on Thursday to force their new home state to recognize the marriage.
View ArticleEx-Philly priest charged amid new abuse complaint
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former Philadelpiha priest suspected of abusing more than 20 children has been criminally charged after a new accuser came forward.
View ArticlePhilly wants tighter demolition rules amid deaths
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - City Council members hope to make it tougher to get a demolition permit in the wake of a fatal building collapse.
View ArticleArea seniors go for the gold at Senior OlympiACTS in Whitpain
WHITPAIN - More than 150 seniors competed in the eighth annual Senior OlympiACTS at Normandy Farms in Blue Bell Friday, Sept. 20. Held in honor of Healthy Aging Month, OlympiACTS brought in seniors...
View ArticleTiferet Bet Israel in Blue Bell to host scholar-in-residence Jonathan Sarna
WHITPAIN - A leading Jewish historian will be coming to town to discuss what it means to be Jewish in America.
View ArticleWhite House: On track for health care website goal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration says it will meet its self-imposed deadline of fixing the troubled health care website so that 50,000 people can log in at the same time starting late...
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