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10 Things to Know for Friday

10 Things to Know for Friday
By The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. OBAMA PUSHES BACK ON CRITICISM OVER LIBYA The president insists he shared information with the American people as it came in. 2. BOY SCOUTS RELEASE TROVE OF '

UN chief: Hezbollah drone launch 'reckless'

UN chief: Hezbollah drone launch 'reckless'
By RON DePASQUALEAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Hezbollah's recent drone launch into Israeli airspace a "reckless provocation" in a report submitted Thursday to the Security Council, and warned that the war in Syria was destabilizing Lebanon

MGM China gets land for new $2.5B Macau casino

MGM China gets land for new $2.5B Macau casino
By KELVIN CHANAP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) - The Chinese arm of U.S. casino company MGM Resorts International signed a land deal Thursday for a new $2.5 billion casino resort in Macau, the world's biggest gambling market, hoping to catch up with the rapid expansion of rival casino

Terror suspect's family says he asked to go to US

Terror suspect's family says he asked to go to US
By COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was a terrible student in his native Bangladesh, and his middle-class parents say he persuaded them to send him off to study in the U.S. as a way of improving his job prospects. At the Missouri college where he

Terror suspect's family says he asked to go to US

Terror suspect's family says he asked to go to US
By COLLEEN LONGAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was a terrible student in his native Bangladesh, and his middle-class parents say he persuaded them to send him off to study in the U.S. as a way of improving his job prospects. At the Missouri college where he

Feds: 1 Indicted In Plot To Attack Federal Reserve

Feds: 1 Indicted In Plot To Attack Federal Reserve
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities have arrested a man they say was plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York City, just blocks from the World Trade Center site.    Authorities say 21-year-old Quazi Nafis was arrested Wednesday morning after a sting operation that

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve
By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said. Before

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve

Man held in NYC plot to blow up Federal Reserve
By COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Bangladeshi man who came to the United States to wage jihad was arrested in an elaborate FBI sting on Wednesday after attempting to blow up a fake car bomb outside the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan, authorities said. Before

Man pleads guilty in plot to kill Saudi ambassador

Man pleads guilty in plot to kill Saudi ambassador
By LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, agreeing to hire what he thought was a drug dealer in Mexico last year for $1.5 million to carry out the attack with explosives

US says Hezbollah is part of Assad's war machine

US says Hezbollah is part of Assad's war machine
By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States said Monday that Lebanon's Hezbollah militia is stepping up support for the Syrian government and has become part of President Bashar Assad's "killing machine." U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice told the U.N. Security