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Turkey, Syria trade fire; border tensions mount

Turkey, Syria trade fire; border tensions mount
By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Turkey and Syria fired artillery and mortars across their volatile border for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday, in one of the most serious and prolonged flare-ups of violence along the frontier. The exchange of fire stoked

Wave of bombings across Iraq leaves 26 dead

Wave of bombings across Iraq leaves 26 dead
By LARA JAKESAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) - A series of coordinated bombings shattered Shiite neighborhoods and struck at Iraqi security forces Sunday, killing at least 26 in attacks that one official described as a rallying call by al-Qaida just days after dozens of militants escaped from

Ill. man charged with trying to bomb Chicago bar

Ill. man charged with trying to bomb Chicago bar
CHICAGO (AP) - A young man accused of trying to ignite what he thought was a car bomb outside a Chicago bar was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday and ordered held in jail without bond. Adel Daoud was arrested last week after authorities said he tried to trigger a fake mechanism set up by

Teen charged with bomb plot appears in court

Teen charged with bomb plot appears in court
By MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney for an Illinois teenager charged with trying to ignite what he thought was a car bomb outside of a Chicago bar said Monday that agents may have improperly lured his client by telling him fictitious Islamic religious leaders condoned

FBI: Operation tracking Chicago teen took months

FBI: Operation tracking Chicago teen took months
By JASON KEYSER and MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) - The investigation started months ago, when the FBI noticed an email message: A man in the Chicago suburbs was using an account to distribute chatter about violent jihad and the killing of Americans. Two undercover agents

Teen charged with trying to blow up Chicago bar

Teen charged with trying to blow up Chicago bar
By JASON KEYSER and MICHAEL TARMAssociated Press HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) - Undercover FBI agents arrested an 18-year-old American man who tried to detonate what he believed was a car bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar, federal prosecutors said Saturday. Adel Daoud, a U.S. citizen from the Chicago

Suspected al-Qaida bombing misses Yemen minister

Suspected al-Qaida bombing misses Yemen minister
By AHMED AL-HAJ and SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's defense minister narrowly escaped assassination Tuesday when a powerful car bomb ripped through his motorcade as it traveled in the nation's capital, killing at least 13 people in an attack that bore the

AP Top News at 4:27 p.m. EDT -Tuesday, September 11, 2012

AP Top News at 4:27 p.m. EDT -Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Dry Northwest burns as fire season in West extends WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - A haze of thick smoke formed Tuesday over vast swaths of the West as wildfires forced more residents to flee their homes in several states. Fire officials reported seven homes were destroyed and hundreds of people were

AP Top News at 4:27 p.m. EDT -Tuesday, September 11, 2012

AP Top News at 4:27 p.m. EDT -Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Dry Northwest burns as fire season in West extends WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - A haze of thick smoke formed Tuesday over vast swaths of the West as wildfires forced more residents to flee their homes in several states. Fire officials reported seven homes were destroyed and hundreds of people were

AP Top News at 11:26 a.m. EDT

AP Top News at 11:26 a.m. EDT
Fewer 9/11 families on hand for 11th anniversary NEW YORK (AP) - Americans marked the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks Tuesday in familiar but subdued ceremonies that put grieving families ahead of politicians and suggested it's time to move on after a