Giants top Pats for 2nd Super Bowl in 4 years
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish....
Fire kills husband of missing Utah woman, 2 boys
GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life under a microscope since the day his wife vanished....
Defense cuts test lawmakers' resolve on deficits
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers who came to Washington demanding budget cuts face a tough test now that President Barack Obama and military leaders want to shrink the force, shut down bases and cancel weapons to achieve them....
Romney latest pol to join wait-let-me-explain club
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's remark that he's not worried about the very poor, the latest gaffe in a campaign rich with blunders, joins a long list of wait-let-me-explain episodes in presidential election history....
Activists: Syrian forces bombard restive city
BEIRUT (AP) -- Government forces shelled the central Syrian city of Homs on Monday, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas and killing at least 17 people in the third day of a new assault on the epicenter of the country's uprising, activists said....
Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars: CDC
CHICAGO (AP) -- Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list....
Mushroom pickers lost hope, considered eating dog
GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) -- Dan Conne says he and his wife and son thought they were going to die after getting lost while picking mushrooms and spending nearly a week in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon....
Abbas to head Palestinian unity government
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The main Palestinian political rivals on Monday took a major step toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip....
Indonesia to hit train roof riders with nasty goop
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia has come up with another bizarre plan to keep commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop....
CAS bans Contador for 2 years for doping
MADRID (AP) -- Sport's highest court has banned Alberto Contador for two years after finding the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping, a decision that will strip the 2010 Tour de France champion of his title....
