NATIONAL NEWS
Wright brothers' Ohio bike shop may be demolished
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio building constructed around the first Wright brothers' bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished, despite a resident's effort to preserve the site....
Hackers post W.Va. police officers' personal info
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous hacking group obtained more than 150 police officers' personal information from an old website for the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association and posted it online....
Defense relentless in questioning ex-Stanford exec
HOUSTON (AP) -- Liar. Hypocrite. Adulterer. Fraudster. Coward....
Prosecutors describe Mo. teen as thrill killer
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri teenager who confessed to murdering a 9-year-old girl faces the possibility of life in prison when she's sentenced Wednesday morning....
Experts: Marriage ban's path to high court unclear
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Conservative critics like to point out that the federal appeals court that just declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional has its decisions overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court more often than other judicial circuits, a record that could prove predictive if the high court agrees to review the gay marriage case on appeal....
AP Interview: Homecoming inspires wounded Marine
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- Shot through the upper back on a rooftop in Afghanistan and gasping for breath after a bullet ripped through his chest, Marine Sgt. Ben Tomlinson had a fear worse than death....
Getting caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks....
Ford's Theatre opens center to study Lincoln in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The theater where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated is preparing to open a new museum and education center in downtown Washington to explore the 16th president's life and lasting legacy....
Many report illness at Wash. cheerleading event
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Washington state health officials said Tuesday they are investigating reports of intestinal illness affecting at least 19 squads that participated in a weekend state cheerleading tournament in Everett....
LA district hopes to restore trust with shakeup
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The move by school district administrators to replace the entire staff at an elementary school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims was a bold step to restore parents' badly shaken confidence at the school, but it has been met with mixed feelings....
AP Enterprise: CA mine dispute recalls wild past
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- California's Gold Rush was more than a century-and-a-half ago, but its Wild West spirit lives on in a dispute between government agencies and a landowner in the Sierra Nevada foothills that some officials describe as one of the most egregious cases of illegal mining they have ever encountered....
WORLD NEWS
EU threatens new sanctions on Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in military assaults targeting government opponents....
Maldives leader calls for national unity gov't
MALE, Maldives (AP) -- The new Maldivian president appealed Wednesday for a unity government to lead his Indian Ocean nation even as his predecessor insisted he was ousted at gunpoint and began fighting to return to power....
After doubts grow, a regime backer flees Syria
CAIRO (AP) -- Younes al-Yousef rarely goes outside in Cairo, fearful that even here someone will recognize him and word will get back to Damascus. He stays in a simple, rented apartment with his wife and children, smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee and watching TV for the latest from the homeland he fled, Syria....
Murdoch's firm settles 9 phone hacking lawsuits
LONDON (AP) -- Nine more phone hacking lawsuits against Rupert Murdoch's News International have been settled, including a case brought by comedian Steve Coogan, the victims' lawyer told Britain's High Court on Wednesday....
India upgrades its military with China in mind
NEW DELHI (AP) -- In recent weeks, India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and prepared for its first aircraft carrier - modernizing its military to face a rising China....
US, Japan pave way to send Okinawa Marines to Guam
TOKYO (AP) -- The transfer of thousands of U.S. Marines to Guam will not require the prior closure of a base on the southern Japan island of Okinawa, the United States and Japan announced Wednesday in a compromise they hope will break a stalemate over opposition to the large U.S. military presence there....
Lucian Freud exhibition opens with royal visit
LONDON (AP) -- There is a vast amount of flesh - clear and smooth or wrinkled and mottled - on display in the latest show at Britain's National Portrait Gallery, a retrospective of work by Lucian Freud....
Sarkozy, chief challenger to meet at Jewish gala
PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the man leading the race to unseat him in upcoming elections are attending an annual dinner honoring France's Jewish community, in a rare joint appearance....
Bus collides with truck in north India, killing 23
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- At least 23 members of a wedding party have been killed after their bus collided with a truck in northern India....
Elderly Kenyans threaten UK colonial abuse lawsuit
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A Kenyan lawyer says thousands of elderly Kenyans are preparing to sue the British government over abuses it allegedly carried out during its suppression of a 1952 anti-colonial rebellion....
EU criticizes Bulgaria, Romania on reforms
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union criticized Romania and Bulgaria on Wednesday for being too slow to reform their judicial systems or to combat corruption and organized crime. The move casts doubt on the two Balkan nations joining the borderless Schengen zone anytime soon....
Lawmakers question UK's military capabilities
LONDON (AP) -- Britain would struggle to mount another operation on the scale of its intervention in Libya because of massive defense cuts, a report from lawmakers said Wednesday....
