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Honduran Congress considers accord

An agreement to end the monthlong political turmoil in Honduras went before Congress, with political amnesty and national elections on the table. The 128 deputies of the country’s unicameral legislature will decide whether to grant a period of political amnesty for both sides in the conflict, and whether to move forward the national elections scheduled for November. The two issues are among the points included in the so-called San Jose Accord — a proposed agreement to bring an end to the political standoff that escalated after the ouster of President Jose Manuel Zelaya on June 28

911 caller in Gates arrest never referred to ‘black suspects’

The woman who made the 911 call that led to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. never referred to black suspects when she called authorities for what she thought was a potential break-in.

Tom Brokaw on Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite was the most famous journalist of his time, the personification of success in his beloved profession, with all that brought with it: a journalism school named for him, a Presidential Medal of Freedom and the adulation of his peers and audience. Yet I always had the feeling that if late in life someone had tapped him on the shoulder and said, “Walter, we’re a little shorthanded this week

43 weird things said in job interviews

"I’m not wanted in this state." “I’m not wanted in this state.” “How many young women work here” “I didn’t steal it; I just borrowed it.” “You touch somebody and they call it sexual harassment!” “I’ve never heard such a stupid question.” Believe it or not, the above statements weren’t overhead in bars or random conversations — they were said in job interviews. Watch man sing his resume to get an interview » Maybe you were nervous, you thought the employer would appreciate your honesty, or maybe you just have no boundaries. Whatever the reason, you can be certain that you shouldn’t tell an interviewer that it’s probably best if they don’t do a background check on you

Surgeon: Strangers saved life of boy trapped in burning SUV

The off-duty firefighters who rushed into a burning SUV and cut a 4-year-old boy out of the seatbelt saved his life, the boy’s doctor said during a press conference Tuesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The depth of the boy’s burns “indicates to me this was a very hot fire, and he was in close contact with it,” pediatric surgeon David Gourlay said. “These firefighters were clearly heroic and saved D.J.’s life.” D.J

Deutsche Bank in ‘spying’ claims

Deutsche Bank confirmed Tuesday that it is facing a possible criminal investigation into spying allegations. According to media reports, the German banking giant is accused of spying on a small group of managers and a “critical shareholder” during a probe into possible breaches of data security

Robert Duvall: Francis Ford Coppola made my career

He immortalized the "smell of napalm in the morning" in "Apocalypse Now," but Robert Duvall’s first meeting with director Francis Ford Coppola was no indication of the fruitful relationship to come. It was 1969 and Coppola had parted ways with a lead character in indie film “The Rain People.” He was stuck and 38-year-old Duvall was drafted in at the last minute on the suggestion of a friend.

Great Satan’s Old Den: Visiting Tehran’s U.S. Embassy

It would be foolish for an American to come by and gawk at the “den of espionage,” the Iranian government’s name for the former U.S. embassy in the Islamic republic’s capital.

A Cross-Country Tour to Rewrite the Bible

The bright red words scrolling across the electronic Fox News ticker in New York City high above Mandy Helton Jones demand immediate attention: The Dow is up 102.27 . Barack Obama allegedly lamented some years ago that the Supreme Court hadn’t ventured into wealth redistribution

The Broken Hopes of a Spanish Generation

Not long ago, Lorena Dominguez looked forward to the future. She had a well-paid job at the Citroën automobile factory in Vigo, the town in northern Spain where she had grown up.