Assault weapons ban won't be in Dems' gun bill
Written by ALAN FRAM,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sponsor of a proposed assault weapons ban says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told her that the ban will not be part of the initial gun control measure the Senate will debate next month.
Remade Mideast poses new perils for Obama on trip
Written by MATTHEW LEE,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — On his second trip to the Middle East as U.S. commander in chief, President Barack Obama this week will confront a political and strategic landscape nearly unrecognizable from the one he encountered on his first trip to the region shortly after assuming office in 2009.
Syrians trade accusations of chemical attack
Written by ALBERT AJI,Associated Press ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's government and rebels traded accusations of a chemical attack Tuesday on a northern village near Aleppo. However a U.S. official said there was no evidence of any such attack.
Cyprus: crucial vote on savings seizure looms
Written by ELENA BECATOROS,Associated Press MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS,Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The Cypriot government was struggling Tuesday to gain parliamentary support for a plan to confiscate a part of people's bank deposits, a deeply unpopular scheme that needs to be passed if the country is to qualify for an international bailout and avoid financial disaster.
Budget cuts hurt trade policy, official says
Written by JIM ABRAMS,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration's top trade official outlined President Barack Obama's ambitious trade agenda to Congress Tuesday while cautioning that budget cuts are hampering efforts to negotiate new trade deals and enforce existing ones.
Explosion during training kills 7 Marines
Written by PAULINE JELINEK,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven Marines were killed and several injured in a training accident at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev., the Marine Corps said Tuesday.
AP: Costs of US wars linger for over 100 years
Written by MIKE BAKER,Associated Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat.
Surgery, therapy both prove good for knee repair
Written by MARLYNN MARCHIONE,AP Chief Medical Writer
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treatments concludes.