Police storm Egypt mosque filled with protesters

Police storm Egypt mosque filled with protesters
Philippines suspends hunt for ferry disaster survivors
1,600 homes evacuated as Idaho wildfire burns
Roll Tide! Alabama No. 1 in AP preseason poll
Ind. team leads fight against child pornography
SF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study
Israeli settlers defy stereotype amid peace talks
Jackson's ex-wife reveals singer's private moments
Usain Bolt wins men's 200 meters at worlds
Father: Rescued teen taking things day at a time
AP-NORC Poll: Parents back high-stakes testing
Egypt: Brother of al-Qaida chief arrested
Egypt considers outlawing Muslim Brotherhood
Bulger jury duty mix of tension, boredom, fear
Drug lord's release painful for victims' relatives

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 05:19 AM PDT

Witnesses say that Egyptian security forces have stormed a Cairo mosque after firing tear gas at hundreds of Islamists supporters of the country's ousted president barricaded inside.

Philippines suspends hunt for ferry disaster survivors

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:14 AM PDT

Worsening weather and sea conditions on Saturday forced the Philippines to suspend a search for survivors of a ferry disaster that killed at least 32 people and left 170 missing, authorities said.

1,600 homes evacuated as Idaho wildfire burns

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 05:12 AM PDT

A wind-driven wildfire burned its way through sage and pine trees near the Idaho mountain resort community of Sun Valley as sheriff's deputies expanded evacuation orders to 1,600 homes

Roll Tide! Alabama No. 1 in AP preseason poll

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:14 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Alabama will begin this season the way it ended the last two — No. 1.

Ind. team leads fight against child pornography

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a cluttered office cubicle in a nondescript building on Indianapolis' derelict east side, a man with rolled-up shirt sleeves scans email attachments of videos that depict startlingly young children being sexually tormented in ways that can make even federal judges weep.

SF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:51 AM PDT

HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — With a series of quick blasts and a cloud of dust a 13-story building on the Cal State-East Bay campus crashed to the ground Saturday morning as scientists monitored the impact on the nearby Hayward Fault.

Israeli settlers defy stereotype amid peace talks

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:39 AM PDT

BARKAN, West Bank (AP) — Micha Drori is living the Israeli dream: a house, a yard, a wife and three kids. The 42-year-old businessman has found an affordable alternative to Israel's booming real estate market in a quiet community he loves, with a commute of less than half an hour to his job near Tel Aviv.

Jackson's ex-wife reveals singer's private moments

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:54 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:

Usain Bolt wins men's 200 meters at worlds

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 09:51 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — When Usain Bolt means business, he is still all alone out there.

Father: Rescued teen taking things day at a time

Posted: 16 Aug 2013 06:32 PM PDT

LAKESIDE, Calif. (AP) — The father of a 16-year-old girl said she is taking things one day at a time after FBI agents killed a longtime family friend suspected of torturing and killing her mother and brother and escaping with her to the Idaho wilderness.

AP-NORC Poll: Parents back high-stakes testing

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 08:39 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Often criticized as too prescriptive and all-consuming, standardized tests have support among parents, who view them as a useful way to measure both students' and schools' performances, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.

Egypt: Brother of al-Qaida chief arrested

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:08 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have arrested the brother of al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri, a security official said Saturday.

Egypt considers outlawing Muslim Brotherhood

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 06:37 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities are considering disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood group, a government spokesman said Saturday, once again outlawing a group that held the pinnacle of government power just more than a month earlier.

Bulger jury duty mix of tension, boredom, fear

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 12:40 AM PDT

BOSTON (AP) — They started out as 18 strangers seated in a jury box, stunned they'd been chosen to decide a case the government waited nearly two decades to try while the suspect was on the lam.

Drug lord's release painful for victims' relatives

Posted: 17 Aug 2013 10:32 AM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a sunny winter morning in 1984, two young American couples dressed in their Sunday best walked door to door in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, trying to spread their faith as Jehovah's Witnesses. A few hours later they disappeared.