| Egypt Christians pay final respects to their pope Posted:  Tens of thousands of Coptic Christians lined up outside a cathedral in the Egyptian capital on Sunday to pay their final respects to the spiritual leader of their ancient church, whose body was seated inside on an ornate throne.
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| Flyers snap Penguins' streak at 11 with 3-2 OT win Posted:  Scott Hartnell scored his second goal of the game with less than 1 second left in overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 win over the Penguins on Sunday, snapping Pittsburgh's 11-game winning streak.
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| Buried amid rape kit backlog: Justice for victims Posted:  For nearly two decades, Carol Bart's untested rape kit collected dust in a police evidence room. Her attacker, who kidnapped her from outside her Dallas apartment and repeatedly raped her at knifepoint, had spent time in prison by coincidence, but not for sexually assaulting Bart.
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| Lawyers step to plate in NYC Madoff-Mets contest Posted:  The trustee recovering money for investors swindled by Bernard Madoff may need a perfect pitch to a jury Monday to force the New York Mets owners to pay up to $303 million to repay victims cheated of billions of dollars during the financier's decades-long fraud.
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| Cuba detains dissidents ahead of papal visit Posted:  Cuban authorities detained a prominent dissident and dozens of her colleagues early Sunday, while others held a weekly protest march through Havana.
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| AP Source: Alex Smith visits with Dolphins Sunday Posted:  San Francisco 49ers free agent quarterback Alex Smith is meeting with the Miami Dolphins, which could affect the Peyton Manning sweepstakes.
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| Egypt: 3 dead in viewing of embalmed Coptic Pope Posted:  An Egyptian church official says that three mourners have died of suffocation while paying their final respects to Egypt's Coptic Christian spiritual leader.
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| New wrinkle in pot debate: stoned driving Posted:  Angeline Chilton says she can't drive unless she smokes pot. The suburban Denver woman says she'd never get behind the wheel right after smoking, but she does use medical marijuana twice a day to ease tremors caused by multiple sclerosis that previously left her homebound.
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| Afghan shooting suspect called to duty again and again Posted: TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - Robert Bales built a life around a call to arms. A call that emanated from the ashes of the World Trade Center in New York and took him to the mayhem of faraway Iraq and Afghanistan. A call he may have heard one time too many. The 38-year-old U.S. Army staff sergeant suspected of gunning down 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, had struggled to make financial ends meet and was disappointed at being sent back into a war zone for a fourth time rather than an easier posting in Germany or Hawaii. ... |
| Explosion near Syrian security building in Aleppo Posted:  An explosion struck near a Syrian government security building in the northern city of Aleppo Sunday, while a harsh security crackdown prevented opposition rallies marking one year since the first nationwide protests of the uprising against President Bashar Assad.
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| Lawyer for Afghan killings suspect to visit him Posted:  With formal charges looming against his client within days, the lawyer for an Army sergeant suspected in the horrific nighttime slaughter of 16 Afghan villagers was flying Sunday to Kansas and preparing for his first face-to-face meeting with the 10-year veteran.
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| Research firm: New iPad more expensive to make Posted:  Apple appears to be making less of a profit from each new iPad than it did when it launched the previous model a year ago, according to a research firm's analysis.
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| 49ers look like serious player in Manning pursuit Posted:  Jim Harbaugh coaching Peyton Manning. In the Bay Area, they're beginning to think about the possibility and believe it truly might happen.
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| Alternate juror disagrees with Rutgers verdict Posted:  An alternate juror in the trial of a former Rutgers University student convicted in a webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide said he disagrees with the verdict.
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| 4 GOP-appointed justices control health law's fate Posted:  Here's a thought that can't comfort President Barack Obama: The fate of his health care overhaul rests with four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices.
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| Puerto Rico votes; GOP candidates battle elsewhere Posted:  Conventional wisdom is that Republican front-runner Mitt Romney will clinch the nomination before the national convention in Tampa this summer. But no one sent challenger Rick Santorum that memo.
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| Wolfpack erase early deficit, hang on to top Hoyas Posted:  Lorenzo Brown hit three free throws in the final 10.6 seconds and North Carolina State conjured up its glorious tradition with a 66-63 upset of third-seeded Georgetown in a Midwest Regional on Sunday.
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| Blast hits Aleppo; clashes and protests across Syria Posted:  BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb ripped through a residential area of Syria's second city Aleppo on Sunday, as activists reported heavy clashes across the country between state forces and rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. World powers have been unable to stop more than a year of bloodshed in Syria, a country that sits on the fault lines of several regional and ethnic conflicts. Recent army gains against rebel positions have shown no sign of quelling the violence and no negotiated settlement is in sight. ...
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| '21 Jump Street' cops seize box office gold Posted:  The youthful policemen of 1980s remake "21 Jump Street" seized the head of the North American box office this weekend, according to preliminary industry figures.
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| Yemen says more than 2,000 killed in uprising Posted:  More than 2,000 people have been killed in a year of political turmoil that led to the resignation of Yemen's longtime president, the government disclosed Sunday. The figure is much higher than human rights groups estimated.
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| Israelis agree Iran hasn't decided on atom bomb Posted:  Despite saber-rattling from Jerusalem, Israeli officials now agree with the U.S. assessment that Tehran has not yet decided on the actual construction of a nuclear bomb, according to senior Israeli government and defense figures.
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| Militants kill American teacher in Yemen Posted:  SANAA (Reuters) - Gunmen linked to al Qaeda shot dead an American teacher in Yemen on Sunday, accusing him of Christian "proselytizing", and officials said government forces had killed a dozen militants in clashes and attacks on their strongholds. The incidents underscore the challenges facing President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who took office last month after a year of massive protests against his predecessor Ali Abdullah Saleh. A police source in the city of Taiz said a gunman riding on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice shot the U.S. ...
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| Anti-Communist pastor Gauck elected German president Posted:  BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans resoundingly elected Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor and human rights activist from communist East Germany, as president of Europe's most powerful country on Sunday, creating a potential political headache for Chancellor Angela Merkel. In the largely ceremonial office of president, Gauck poses no threat to Merkel's domination of national politics, but his moral authority, independence of mind and lack of party affiliation could make him an awkward partner for her government as it struggles to overcome Europe's economic crisis. ...
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| Republican Catholics cool so far to Rick Santorum Posted:  At El Sendero De La Cruz evangelical church, Rick Santorum sought prayers along with votes. He told the San Juan congregation that he felt "very blessed" to be with people of faith and said he can withstand the demands of campaigning because of the many people like them he meets while running for president.
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| California's stem cell agency ponders its future Posted: The creation of California's stem cell agency in 2004 was greeted by scientists and patients as a turning point in a field mired in debates about the destruction of embryos and hampered by federal research restrictions. |
| Uruguay probes possible hospital homicides Posted:  Uruguayan police say an investigation into dozens of possibly induced deaths at two hospitals has led to the detention of at least two people.
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| Rally in Madrid Posted:  A child walks under the flag of Syria during a rally in support of the Syrian opposition at Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid.
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| Released American was working alone in Iraq Posted:  The American who was released this week after being held captive nine months by an anti-U.S. militia was working alone in Iraq and was not on a government contract, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said Sunday.
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| Killer blasts hit Syria , UN in humanitarian bid Posted:  Syria was hit by a lethal car bombing on Sunday, the third in two days, ahead of a mission sent by special envoy Kofi Annan for talks on a monitoring operation to end a year of bloodshed.
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| Death of consul's daughter spurs Venezuela outcry Posted:  The killing of a Chilean diplomat's teenage daughter by police is reigniting concerns among Venezuelans about excessive force by officers and their alleged involvement in rampant violent crime.
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| Purrfect in blue Posted:  A cat with a knitted hat looks on during a cat exhibition in Bishkek. Cat owners from three countries, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan gather to show off their pets.
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| Bishkek Siamese Posted:  An owner holds his Siamese cat during a cat exhibition in Bishkek. Cat owners from three countries, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan gather to show off their pets.
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| Lawyer for Afghan suspect to visit with him Monday Posted: With formal charges looming against his client within days, the lawyer for an Army sergeant suspected in the horrific nighttime slaughter of 16 Afghan villagers was flying Sunday to Kansas and getting ready to meet for the first time with the 10-year veteran. |
| Sado wins LA Marathon, Njoroge takes men's race Posted: Fatuma Sado of Ethiopia won the Los Angeles Marathon women's race on Sunday, breaking her personal best by more than 2 minutes and earning a $100,000 gender challenge bonus. |
| Ramos-Horta out as East Timor heads for run-off Posted:  East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta has lost his bid for re-election, failing to make it to a run-off in the country's second presidential vote as a free nation, preliminary results showed Sunday.
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| 2 Brazilian women kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai Posted: Armed tribesmen on Sunday kidnapped two Brazilian women and their Egyptian tour guide as they were traveling on a bus near Mount Sinai, according to security officials. |
| Kohli fires India to vital win with 183 Posted:  Virat Kohli smashed a career-best 183 to power India to a crucial six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup one-day tournament in Dhaka on Sunday.
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| Crowds create Wikipedia-style maps of the world Posted:  When Benjamin Gleitzman moved from New York to the San Francisco Bay area, he used a talking turn-by-turn driving app to guide him across the country. In the middle of Wyoming, the voice told him to turn left where there was no road.
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| US judge on Strauss-Kahn case: just another trial Posted:  For some, the New York civil case in which a hotel maid is suing ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn alleging sexual assault will be a blockbuster trial with global repercussions.
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| Tens of thousands march for leftist French candidate Posted:  Tens of thousands marched in Paris on Sunday to support firebrand leftist presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, who has shaken up France's election campaign with a surprise jump in the polls.
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