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9/18/2012 12:22:38 PM  Peyton Manning kept throwing up wobbly passes.
9/18/2012 11:58:30 AM  A suicide bomber rammed a small sedan heavily laden with explosives into a mini-bus believed to be carrying foreign aviation workers to the airport in the Afghan capital early Tuesday, killing at least nine people.
9/18/2012 11:53:49 AM  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday escalated a war of words with a prominent appeals court judge, saying the judge lied in a recent criticism of Scalia's judicial philosophy. Scalia, 76, the longest-serving justice and a leading conservative on the court, said Judge Richard Posner, of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, lied in a review in August of a book co-authored by Scalia. ...
9/18/2012 11:51:58 AM  Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Russell Train, a leading American conservationist who helped craft some of the nation's enduring environmental laws, died Monday at age 92.
9/18/2012 11:50:54 AM  BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Japanese businesses and the country's embassy suspended services in China on Tuesday, as anti-Japan protests threatened to reignite and drag a territorial dispute between Asia's two biggest economies deeper into crisis. Two people thought to be Japanese nationals landed on one of the islands at the centre of the dispute, police in Okinawa said, raising fears the move could lead to direct clashes. ...
9/18/2012 11:50:53 AM Asian stock markets mostly fell Tuesday as signs that Europe will take longer than expected to set up a new authority to supervise European banks kept investors on the sidelines.
9/18/2012 11:50:31 AM TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese excavator maker Hitachi Construction Machinery Co said on Tuesday that it has recalled 25 of its workers from China amid escalating anti-Japan protests over a territorial dispute. The construction machinery maker sent home all 23 Japanese workers at an excavator production plant in Anhui province and two workers at its sales office in the port city of Qingdao, a spokesperson said. The Anhui plant had been shut down on Monday as part of a two week plan to cut output due to slack demand, the spokesperson said. ...
9/18/2012 11:43:03 AM  Already scrambling to steady a struggling campaign, Republican Mitt Romney confronted a new headache Monday after a video surfaced showing him telling wealthy donors that almost half of all Americans "believe they are victims" entitled to extensive government support. He added that as a candidate for the White House, "my job is not to worry about those people."
9/18/2012 11:39:03 AM Shares in Fortescue Metals Group soared Tuesday after Australia's third largest iron ore miner secured a new $4.5 billion credit facility which it will use to refinance its looming bank debts.
9/18/2012 11:35:13 AM  The 81st anniversary of a Japanese invasion brought a fresh wave of anti-Japan demonstrations in China on Tuesday, with thousands of protesters venting anger over the colonial past and a current dispute involving contested islands in the East China Sea.
9/18/2012 11:33:42 AM  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:
9/18/2012 11:32:40 AM Matt Ryan threw the 100th touchdown pass of his career and the Atlanta Falcons took a 27-7 lead after three quarters over the Denver Broncos and struggling quarterback Peyton Manning on Monday night.
9/18/2012 11:30:10 AM  President Barack Obama lodged an unfair-trade complaint against China Monday and immediately used it as a wedge against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, whose beleaguered campaign hit another pothole — in the form of private remarks made to donors — just as it was trying to reassure anxious supporters.
9/18/2012 11:15:34 AM Republican Mitt Romney says a video clip in which he said that nearly half of Americans think they are "victims" was "not elegantly stated." But he says President Barack Obama's approach is "attractive to people who are not paying taxes."
9/18/2012 11:10:27 AM  A once-prominent police chief at the center of a divisive political scandal stood trial for a second day Tuesday as Chinese leaders moved closer to resolving a case that has complicated their transfer of power to new leaders.
9/18/2012 11:05:54 AM  The thought of his wife and 5-year-old son born with Down syndrome is what helped Jason Puracal endure two years in a crowded, bug-infested Nicaraguan prison serving a drug sentence that was later withdrawn when he won an appeal.
9/18/2012 10:46:22 AM Major League Baseball is checking reports that Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar played Saturday's game against Boston wearing eye-black displaying a homophobic slur written in Spanish.
9/18/2012 10:45:54 AM Tony Gonzalez caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan in the second quarter to help the Atlanta Falcons take a 20-7 halftime lead over struggling Denver quarterback Peyton Manning and the Broncos on Monday night.
9/18/2012 10:36:19 AM TOKYO (Reuters) - China should deal with anti-Japan demonstrations calmly and with a long-term perspective given the key role Japanese firms play in supporting its economy, Japan's top government spokesman said on Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Tokyo has asked Beijing via diplomatic channels to take necessary steps to protect Japanese nationals and prevent further damage to Japanese companies in China. ...
9/18/2012 10:26:25 AM  The Canadian Auto Workers union decided late Monday to keep working past a midnight strike deadline after reaching a deal with Ford and extending its contracts with General Motors and Chrysler.
9/18/2012 10:17:00 AM  Shell is limiting Arctic drilling off Alaska to just preparation work this year after suffering several setbacks, but the company says it remains optimistic about the project's prospects.
9/18/2012 9:53:32 AM Peyton Manning threw interceptions on Denver's first three possessions, and the Atlanta Falcons took a 10-0 lead over the Broncos in the first quarter Monday night.
9/18/2012 9:52:25 AM  Just like that, the Dallas Cowboys are a .500 team again.
9/18/2012 9:48:31 AM  President Barack Obama's re-election campaign doesn't want to talk about what the Democrat is doing to prepare for the fall debates with Republican Mitt Romney. But aides are readily setting expectations — and not surprisingly, they want to keep them low for Obama while raising the stakes for Romney.
9/18/2012 9:28:03 AM  Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrated the movement's anniversary on Monday by clogging intersections in the city's financial district, marching to the beat of drums that were a familiar refrain last year.
9/18/2012 9:25:43 AM  Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano didn't break any NFL kneel-down rules and still isn't apologizing for his aggressive tactics of going after the New York Giants when they were lined up in victory formation.
9/18/2012 9:10:28 AM  Cho Won-hyuk stands in front of his bedroom mirror and spreads dollops of yellow-brown makeup over his forehead, nose, chin and cheeks until his skin is flawless. Then he goes to work with a black pencil, highlighting his eyebrows until they're thicker, bolder.
9/18/2012 9:06:26 AM  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's lead over Republican Mitt Romney narrowed to 5 percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, from a high of seven points in the week after the Democratic National Convention. With just 50 days before the November 6 election, Obama led the former Massachusetts governor by 48 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in the online poll conducted September 12-17. In a similar poll last Thursday, he led by 48 percent to 41 percent. ...
9/18/2012 9:05:16 AM Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend is agreeing to pay $11,000 a month to rent the San Francisco Bay area mansion where she had lived with the late artist, but his paintings and possessions remain the focus of a bitter estate fight.
9/18/2012 9:04:31 AM TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp said it will halt operations at one of its factories in China, a joint venture with the Guangzhou Automobile Group Co, on Tuesday following anti-Japanese demonstrations in China. Yamaha Motor Co also said that it will suspend operations at four plants in China on Tuesday. In addition to a motorcycle plant in Zhuzhou, Hunan province and a factory producing multi-purpose engines in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, Yamaha also decided to halt operations at its motorcycle plant and generator plant, both in Jiangsu province, a spokesman said. ...
9/18/2012 8:59:44 AM  The thousands of students who live on the Louisiana State University campus have begun returning to their dormitories after bomb-sniffing dogs and police methodically swept residential halls Monday following a threat that sparked a campus-wide evacuation.
9/18/2012 8:51:00 AM TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese components maker Mitsumi Electric Co Ltd, a major supplier to Nintendo Co Ltd, said it was halting operations at its China facilities through Tuesday due to damage caused by demonstrators. Mitsumi Electric said it was undecided on when it would resume operations at its China facilities in Tsingtao. Hundreds of Japanese businesses and the country's embassy suspended services in China on Tuesday, expecting further escalation in violent protests over a territorial dispute between Asia's two biggest economies. (Writing by Shinichi Saoshiro; Editing by Chris Gallagher)
9/18/2012 8:50:56 AM  The NFL presented Jonathan Vilma and his attorney with a sworn statement from former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams saying the linebacker placed a $10,000 bounty on Brett Favre.
9/18/2012 8:43:45 AM  Manny Pacquiao scribbled intently on a piece of paper Monday while promoters and managers hyped his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez from the dais in a posh hotel ballroom.
9/18/2012 8:38:52 AM TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japanese companies with significant exposure to China came under pressure on Tuesday as anti-Japan demonstrations escalated across China amid rising tension over a territorial dispute between the two countries. Nissan Motor Co shares fell 3.5 percent to 712 yen after the carmaker said on Monday it had suspended production in China for two days, while Honda Motor Co dropped 2.5 percent to 2,605 yen. Construction machinery maker Komatsu Ltd, which has considerable exposure to China, lost 3 percent to 1,630 yen. Fast Retailing fell 4.6 percent to 17,920 yen. ...
9/18/2012 8:38:52 AM TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp plans to halt operations at some of its factories in China on Tuesday as anti-Japan demonstrations escalate across the country, Kyodo news agency said. A Toyota spokesman said the company was still checking on the situation in China. (Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
9/18/2012 8:31:56 AM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence cable warned the American Embassy in Cairo of possible violence in response to Arabic-language broadcasts of clips from an anti-Muslim film, U.S. government sources said on Monday. The cable, dispatched from Washington on September 10, the day before protests erupted, advised the embassy the broadcasts could provoke violence. It did not direct specific measures to upgrade security, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity. However, under standard diplomatic procedures, Egyptian government officials and security forces were notified of ...
9/18/2012 8:29:32 AM Disagreements that boil over into shouting matches, finger-pointing and even fistfights are often part of neighborhood homeowners association meetings, but the kind of violence that erupted in Louisville leaving two dead is uncommon.
9/18/2012 8:29:08 AM With a midnight strike deadline approaching, the Canadian Auto Workers union set its sights on Chrysler and General Motors Monday after reaching a tentative contract deal with Ford.
9/18/2012 8:26:11 AM  Two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White faces charges of public intoxication and vandalism, accused of drunkenly destroying a phone at a Nashville hotel and ending up in the hospital after he hit his head.
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9/18/2012 12:35:28 PM BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese businesses shut hundreds of stores and plants and the country's embassy suspended services in China on Tuesday as anti-Japan protests reignited and risked dragging a territorial dispute between Asia's two biggest economies deeper into crisis. Two Japanese nationals landed on one of the islands at the center of the dispute, Japan's coast guard said, raising tensions in an area already patrolled by ships from both nations and increasing fears of direct clashes. ...
9/18/2012 7:45:55 AM  BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - An amateur video appears to show Libyans trying to rescue U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens from a room filled with smoke at the U.S. mission where he was found unconscious after last week's attack by a mob protesting against a film that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad. The video, which appeared on the internet and a copy of which was obtained by Reuters in Benghazi, confirms reports that suggested the U.S. envoy died of asphyxiation after the building caught fire. ...
9/18/2012 12:07:47 PM  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a minibus that killed 12 people, including nine foreigners, near Kabul airport on Tuesday and said it was launched in retaliation for a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad. "A woman wearing a suicide vest blew herself up in response to the anti-Islam video," said Zubair Sediqqi, a spokesman for the militant faction, which does not usually carry out such attacks. ...
9/18/2012 8:31:56 AM  KABUL (Reuters) - Protesters enraged by a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad battled with police in several Asian cities on Monday and vented their fury against the United States, blaming it for what they see as an attack on the Muslim religion. Police fired in the air to break up a crowd marching on the U.S. consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi while in Afghanistan and Indonesia people burnt U.S. flags and chanted "Death to America". Indonesian police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who massed outside the U.S. ...
9/18/2012 10:34:18 AM  CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - A former police chief who revealed China's biggest political scandal in two decades has gone on trial charged with attempting to defect to the United States, in a hearing that could send shivers through China's leadership transition. Wang Lijun, ex-police chief of southwestern Chongqing municipality, lifted the lid on the scandal in February when he went to a U.S. consulate and, according to sources, told envoys there about a murder that would later bring down one of the nation's most senior and ambitious politicians, Bo Xilai. ...
9/18/2012 12:33:09 PM SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday that it and Russia had signed a deal on debts owed by Pyongyang to Moscow, although it gave no details of any of the terms. North Korea is estimated to owe about $11 billion, racked up when it was a client state of the Soviet Union. The two countries held talks on a debt settlement earlier this year, according to media reports. ...
9/18/2012 7:45:20 AM  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lobby lawmakers this week on the need to keep billions of dollars in aid flowing to Egypt and other countries caught up in a spasm of violent anti-American protests across the Muslim world. The State Department said Clinton intended to meet with Congress later this week to discuss the protests, which saw U.S. diplomatic missions attacked and the U.S. ambassador to Libya killed amid fury over a film produced in the United States that many saw as an insult to Islam. ...
9/18/2012 6:59:37 AM  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - France may be considering arming Syria's rebels but the U.S. and other Western powers have yet to find opposition figures they genuinely trust as they worry over growing jihadi and sectarian forces. The attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya's Benghazi that killed its ambassador and anti-American demonstrations elsewhere this week over an obscure video that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammad might have no Syria links but will make nervous governments even more cautious. ...
9/18/2012 6:20:14 AM  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition candidate Henrique Capriles slammed President Hugo Chavez on Monday for blocking a live broadcast of an opposition rally, highlighting criticism the leftist leader abuses state resources to guarantee his re-election. Shortly after Capriles began speaking to thousands of supporters in a Caracas park, Chavez launched a "chain broadcast" across all public access television in which he celebrated his government's achievements and extolled the virtues of socialism. ...
9/18/2012 7:27:57 AM  HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has proposed talks with the United States about resolving the case of jailed American contractor Alan Gross, but has received no response, indicating a lack of interest by Washington, a top Cuban diplomat said on Monday. Foreign Ministry official Josefina Vidal said at a press conference that Cuba had proposed discussions "as a first step for the development of a process ... toward finding a solution to the case of Mr. Alan Gross. ...
9/18/2012 6:47:50 AM  Missiles fired by Syrian warplanes hit Lebanese territory Monday in one of the most serious cross-border violations since Syria's crisis began 18 months ago, security officials in Beirut and Lebanese state media said.
9/18/2012 4:13:59 AM  In a rare public appearance, the leader of the militant Hezbollah group exhorted hundreds of thousands of supporters Monday to keep up the campaign against an anti-Islam video that has unleashed deadly violence and anger at the United States across the Muslim world.
9/18/2012 11:58:30 AM A suicide bomber rammed a small sedan heavily laden with explosives into a mini-bus believed to be carrying foreign aviation workers to the airport in the Afghan capital early Tuesday, killing at least nine people.
9/18/2012 2:24:18 AM  It was nearly 2 a.m. when U.S. Army Pfc. Zach Randle jumped out of his bulky armored vehicle in southern Afghanistan for what he hoped would be the last time.
9/18/2012 11:35:13 AM The 81st anniversary of a Japanese invasion brought a fresh wave of anti-Japan demonstrations in China on Tuesday, with thousands of protesters venting anger over the colonial past and a current dispute involving contested islands in the East China Sea.
9/18/2012 11:10:27 AM A once-prominent police chief at the center of a divisive political scandal stood trial for a second day Tuesday as Chinese leaders moved closer to resolving a case that has complicated their transfer of power to new leaders.
9/18/2012 4:08:22 AM  Iran's nuclear chief said Monday that "terrorists and saboteurs" might have infiltrated the International Atomic Energy Agency in an effort to derail his nation's atomic program. It was Tehran's harshest attack on the integrity of the U.N. organization and its investigation of allegations that Iran is striving to make nuclear arms.
9/18/2012 6:50:47 AM  Libyans tried to rescue Ambassador Chris Stevens, cheering "God is great" and rushing him to a hospital after they discovered him still clinging to life inside the U.S. Consulate, according to witnesses and a new video that emerged Monday from last week's attack in the city of Benghazi.
9/18/2012 7:30:00 AM  Lawyers for Prince William and wife Kate asked a French court on Monday to block further publication of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, saying the two were sharing a deeply intimate moment caught by the snap of an intruding photographer — images that ended up last week in a popular French gossip magazine, then in publications in two other countries.
9/18/2012 12:57:36 AM  No one thought much about it when the largest lake in the Caribbean began rising in a year of heavy rains. But then it never stopped.
8/22/2012 5:53:38 PM Mexico's Supreme Court on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a key portion of a military law that has broadened the influence of military courts and angered civilian victims seeking justice.
8/10/2012 3:58:28 AM  Tropical Storm Ernesto drenched Mexico's southern Gulf coast Thursday and was expected to head inland, as authorities in the flood-prone region prepared shelters, army troops and rescue personnel.
8/6/2012 8:44:25 PM  A cross in the middle of the world's driest desert now marks the spot where a mine collapse trapped 33 men a half-mile under the earth for 69 days.
8/2/2012 9:40:28 AM  A new law in Chile aims to take some of the fun out of fast-food by forcing McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and other restaurants to stop including toys and other goodies with children's meals.
7/27/2012 8:53:47 AM The government's human rights commission says there have been 126 attacks on journalists or media outlets in Mexico since 2000 and only 24 of these cases have been prosecuted. Only two of these cases have resulted in convictions.
6/14/2012 3:59:36 AM The Mexican subsidiary of Spanish cell carrier Telefonica SA and local carrier Iusacell are joining forces to share mobile networks in a bid to expand coverage.
5/24/2012 12:20:43 AM  Iran traded proposals with six world powers, including the United States, Wednesday in a new round of talks aimed at persuading Tehran to curb its nuclear program and ease concerns it wants to make atomic weapons. But divisions over sanctions complicated the discussions.
5/23/2012 7:11:38 PM  Iran and six world powers resumed talks Wednesday over Tehran's nuclear program, with the Iranians pushing for specific timetables and goals but Westerns leaders signaling they want more disclosures before offering rewards.
5/23/2012 1:14:33 PM Iran has made the first move in attempts to gain an edge in nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers: It agreed in principle to allow U.N. inspectors to restart probes into a military site suspected of harboring tests related to atomic weapons.
5/23/2012 5:29:04 AM  Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms, the U.N. nuclear chief said Tuesday.
5/23/2012 12:01:07 AM  Pese a ciertas diferencias que perduran fue logrado un acuerdo entre Irán y el organismo nuclear de las Naciones Unidas que permitirá a sus observadores reanudar la inspección de instalaciones atómicas, ante la sospecha de que el gobierno de Teherán trabaja secretamente para producir ojivas nucleares, dijo el martes el director de la AIEA.
5/22/2012 5:20:28 PM  El director general de la Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica dijo el martes que había llegado a un acuerdo con Irán para inspecciones de sospechas de fabricación de armas atómicas y agregó que el acuerdo será firmado "dentro de poco".
2/8/2011 1:50:04 PM With cheerleaders shouting encouragement, more than 1,000 young Japanese trying to break into the job market have held a pep rally in Tokyo to highlight what officials say is the bleakest employment outlook Japan has faced in years.
2/8/2011 11:58:39 AM  State media are reporting that people celebrating the Lunar New Year by setting off fireworks in Beijing caused 194 fires in the Chinese capital, double the number from last year.
2/8/2011 11:48:55 AM  Japan's sumo association began questioning dozens of top wrestlers Tuesday in a widening investigation into allegations of bout-fixing that have deeply tarnished the image of the nation's ancient national sport.
2/8/2011 9:28:32 AM The Philippine health secretary says a former military chief implicated in a corruption scandal has died of a gunshot wound.
2/8/2011 9:26:09 AM Health secretary says former Philippine military chief in center of corruption probe shot dead.
2/8/2011 9:20:24 AM Taiwan has recalled its representative to the Philippines over Manila's decision to extradite 14 Taiwanese citizens to face criminal prosecution in China.
2/8/2011 8:52:01 AM A group of South Korean military officers has headed to a rare meeting with North Korean officials to try to lay the groundwork for high-level defense talks aimed at easing hostilities on the peninsula.
2/7/2011 12:46:03 PM  A crew member of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship was found dead in the Mexican resort island of Cozumel, possibly the victim of a violent crime, authorities and company officials said Sunday.
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