CALAIS (AP) — The superintendent of a Maine school district has rescinded the onegame ban given to a student who ran onto the floor after a basketball game last week and kneeled in the prayer stance made famous by Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. The Calais High School student was barred from the next home […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook, the social network that changed “friend” from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as today to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked about initial public offering since Google in 2004. The Menlo Park, Calif.- based company […]

VIENNA (AP) — A senior U. N. nuclear expert today announced plans to revisit Tehran soon after a “ good trip,” indicating progress on his team’s quest to probe suspicions that the Islamic Republic is secretly working on an atomic arms program. The announcement from mission leader Herman Nackaerts came shortly after his group landed […]

WASHINGTON ( AP) — Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills because of a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally. The problem affects 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 tablets and 14 lots of generic […]

DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler, propelled by higher sales of Jeeps and other revamped cars and trucks, reported its first annual net income since 1997, capping a pivotal turnaround year that many thought would never come. The U. S. automaker, now privately held and majority owned by Italy’s Fiat SpA, earned $183 million last year, reversing […]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The body of an 11th person has been found in a pickup truck days after a deadly pileup on Interstate 75, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The victim was inside a Dodge pickup truck that crashed into a tractor trailer as it traveled south early Sunday, authorities determined Tuesday. The driver […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The warning level for a remote Alaska volcano has been raised after a new lava dome began forming, indicating the mountain could explode and send up an ash cloud that could threaten aircraft. The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Tuesday elevated the alert status for Cleveland Volcano. Officials say the new lava […]

LONDON ( AP) — Julian Assange took his extradition battle to Britain’s Supreme Court today, arguing that sending him to Sweden would violate a fundamental principle of natural law. The two- day hearing is Assange’s last chance to persuade British judges to quash efforts to send him to Scandinavia, where he is wanted on sex […]

BEIRUT ( AP) — Syrian troops battled army defectors in a string of towns in the mountains overlooking Damascus today in a new assault to crush rebellious areas around the capital, activists said. The battles in a mountain valley came after regime forces succeeded in largely retaking control of suburbs on the eastern side of […]

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Employees of an Australian bus company have been given a 15 million Australian dollar ($16 million) share of the proceeds of the business sale as a thank you for their loyalty, an executive and a newspaper said today. The 1,800 staff at Melbourne based Grenda Corp. have received bonuses averaging more […]