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Obama: Safety of world at stake in Afghanistan
President Obama — saying "the terrorists who planned and supported the 9/11 attacks are in Pakistan and Afghanistan" — announced a new strategy Friday to confront the growing threat in Afghanistan and now Pakistan.
Dozens dead in Pakistan mosque attack
A devastating suicide blast struck a mosque in the strife-torn tribal region of Pakistan Friday, killing at least 51 people and wounding more than 100 others, local officials said. The casualty toll was expected to rise in the blast, which occurred near the Afghanistan border in the Bigiari area of Jamrod sub-division in Khyber Agency.
Obama to send 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan, officials say
President Obama plans to send another 4,000 troops to Afghanistan along with hundreds of civilian specialists in an effort to confront what he considers "the central challenge facing [that] country," senior administration officials said Thursday. The president also will call on Congress to pass a bill that triples U.S. aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion a year over five years, the officials said
An SUV is home for jobless duo
Richard Barboza sits behind the steering wheel, patiently working a crossword puzzle. There’s no rush. Time is one thing Barboza has plenty of.
‘Miracle fruit’ turns sour things sweet
The small fruit has the color of a cranberry, the shape of an almond and tastes like a flavorless gummy. But after chewing the fruit and rubbing the pulp against the tongue, the berry, known by a promising name — “miracle fruit” or Synsepalum dulcificum — releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds. For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet
Newspapers fold as readers defect and economy sours
The Rocky Mountain News, gone. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, gone.
Risk rewarded for Cuban restaurant owner
Former mortgage broker Alberto Gonzalez is doing well in this economy — so well that just six months after opening his first restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, he is doing the unthinkable: expanding. His second restaurant is scheduled to open in May.
Tyra Banks tells Oprah of her own abuse
It’s the story that has brought dating violence into the national spotlight. Police responded to a 911 call alleging domestic violence between singers Chris Brown and Rihanna last month. Later that day, both pulled out of planned appearances at the Grammy Awards, and Brown turned himself into police
Simon and Garfunkel reuniting for tour
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel are getting their group back together this spring for a reunion tour of Asia and Australia, according to a source close to the group. Reunion plans apparently began after Simon and Garfunkel played three songs together during Simon’s two-night gig at New York’s Beacon Theatre in February. Tour rehearsals begin in New York in May and the tour will launch in New Zealand around the first week of June, according to the source