Slow Response to East Africa Hunger ‘Cost Lives’
A food shortage was predicted as early as August 2010, but most donors did not respond until famine was declared in parts of Somalia in July 2011
2012-01-18
Katharine Houreld The Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Thousands of people, more than half of them children, died needlessly and millions of dollars were wasted because the international community did not respond to early warnings of an impending famine in East Africa, aid agencies said Wednesday, even as they warned of a new hunger crisis in West Africa. Read the complete article
VIDEO: German Woman is Alive, Cruise Ship Missing 21 Passengers
The $450 million Costa Concordia cruise ship was carrying more than 4,200 passengers and crew when it slammed into a reef Friday off the tiny Italian island of Giglio
2012-01-18
Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry The Associated Press
ROME (AP) -- Officials say a German woman who was listed among the missing from the cruise ship grounding off Italy has been located alive in Germany, bringing the number of people still unaccounted for to 21. Read the complete article
Big Banks Must Show Break-Up Plans Under New Rule
The tests show how each bank is positioned to handle worsening economic conditions, such as increasing unemployment and falling home prices
2012-01-17
Marcy Gordon AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The largest banks must show how they would break up their assets if they were in danger of failing, under a rule approved Tuesday. Read the complete article
Audio: Cruise Captain Pleaded Not to Reboard Ship
The death toll nearly doubled to 11 on Tuesday when divers located five more bodies, all of them adults wearing life jackets
2012-01-17
Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry The Associated Press
ROME (AP) -- Five more bodies were pulled Tuesday out of the crippled cruise ship off Tuscany, and a shocking audio emerged in which the ship's captain was heard making excuses as the Italian coast guard repeatedly ordered him to return and oversee the ship's evacuation. Read the complete article
'The Artist' Makes a Loud Noise at Golden Globes
Streep won for dramatic actress as Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," her eighth win at the Globes
2012-01-16
David Germain AP Movie Writer
The black-and-white silent film "The Artist" came away with the most prizes with three wins at the Golden Globes, but the show spread the love around among a broad range of films and TV shows. Read the complete article
Suspicions Rise in Pablo Neruda's Death
The official version was that he died of natural causes brought on by the trauma of witnessing the coup and the lethal persecution of many of his friends
2012-01-16
Eva Vergara The Associated Press
Pablo Neruda, Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, would have been a powerful voice in exile against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. But that all changed just 24 hours before Neruda was to flee the country in the chaos following the 1973 military coup. Read the complete article
UN Chief Says Syrian President Must Stop Violence
Thousands of people have been killed in the government's crackdown on a 10-month-old uprising
2012-01-16
Zeina Karam The Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Syria's president stop killing his own people and said the "old order" of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East. Read the complete article
Interview: Winfrey Celebrates First Graduates in South Africa
First crop of students from TV personality’s elite school for girls are set to move on to university study
2012-01-15
Donna Bryson The Associated Press
HENLEY-ON-KLIP, South Africa (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey makes no apologies for spending millions on an elite school for underprivileged South African girls. But she's also looking for ways to make her money stretch further to help more struggling Africans. Read the complete article
Crowd Too Big, Beijing Apple Store Cancels Sale
Company fears for safety of customers and employees as hundreds try to get hands on 4S phone
2012-01-15
Joe McDonald AP Business Writer
BEIJING (AP) -- Raw eggs splattered and streaked the gleaming windows of Beijing's Apple store Friday, hurled by angry and frustrated shoppers when the launch of the iPhone 4S was canceled due to fears over the size of the crowd. Read the complete article
Red Wine Researcher Accused of Falsifying Data
Some studies focused on resveratrol, an ingredient that has shown potential for promoting health
2012-01-15
Stephanie Reitz The Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A University of Connecticut researcher known for his work on red wine's benefits to cardiovascular health falsified his data in more than 100 instances, university officials said Wednesday. Read the complete article
