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Asia stocks tentative as Bank of Japan meets

Asia stocks tentative as Bank of Japan meets
By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stock markets were mixed Monday amid uncertainty about the outcome of a central bank meeting in Japan and nervousness over whether U.S. political leaders will be able to reach a deal on the government's debt limit. Congress must agree to

Asia stocks tentative as Bank of Japan meets

Asia stocks tentative as Bank of Japan meets
By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stock markets were mixed Monday amid uncertainty about the outcome of a central bank meeting in Japan and nervousness over whether U.S. political leaders will be able to reach a deal on the government's debt limit. Congress must agree to

Aviation technology advances, FAA tries to keep up

Aviation technology advances, FAA tries to keep up
By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - After two separate and serious battery problems aboard Boeing 787s, it wasn't U.S. authorities who acted first to ground the plane. It was Japanese airlines. The unfolding saga of Boeing's highest-profile plane has raised new questions about

Aviation technology advances, FAA tries to keep up

Aviation technology advances, FAA tries to keep up
By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - After two separate and serious battery problems aboard Boeing 787s, it wasn't U.S. authorities who acted first to ground the plane. It was Japanese airlines. The unfolding saga of Boeing's highest-profile plane has raised new questions about

Aviation technology advances, FAA tries to keep up

Aviation technology advances, FAA tries to keep up
By DAVID KOENIGAP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) - After two separate and serious battery problems aboard Boeing 787s, it wasn't U.S. authorities who acted first to ground the plane. It was Japanese airlines. The unfolding saga of Boeing's highest-profile plane has raised new questions about

US commandos boost numbers to train Mexican forces

US commandos boost numbers to train Mexican forces
By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way special operations teams hunt al-Qaida, according

US commandos boost numbers to train Mexican forces

US commandos boost numbers to train Mexican forces
By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way special operations teams hunt al-Qaida, according

Jersey Shore town OKs deal to rebuild boardwalk

Jersey Shore town OKs deal to rebuild boardwalk
By WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - The boardwalk where generations of families and teens got their first taste of the Jersey Shore and where the MTV reality show of the same name was filmed is about to be rebuilt following its destruction in Superstorm Sandy. Seaside

Rig victims' relatives weigh in on BP plea deal

Rig victims' relatives weigh in on BP plea deal
By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Shelley Anderson, whose husband was one of 11 workers killed in the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, made a New Year's resolution to try to avoid crying in front of their children. "Like most New Year's resolutions, I didn't do too

Second presidential terms loaded with setbacks

Second presidential terms loaded with  setbacks
By TOM RAUMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Second presidential terms are never easy - even for George Washington. More often, they're fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout, and souring relations with Congress. President Barack Obama acknowledges the