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AP Interview: Ahmadinejad pushes new world order

By CHRISTOPHER CHESTER and MARIA SANMINIATELLIAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - After an hour of fielding questions about Syria, sanctions and nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had enough. Now, he said, it was his turn to choose the topic - his "new order" which will

Woman arrested for marring anti-jihad NY subway ad

NEW YORK (AP) - An Egyptian-born U.S. columnist was arrested Tuesday for spray-painting an advertisement equating Muslim radicals with savages at a New York City subway station. Mona Eltahawy, 45, of New York, was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and making graffiti, police said. Her

Ariz sheriff loses appeal on immigration law limit

PHOENIX (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied an Arizona sheriff's request to reverse a lower-court decision barring his deputies from detaining people solely on the suspicion that they're illegal immigrants. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued a 23-page

Social media training set after Pa. hostage call

By JOE MANDAKAssociated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh police plan to train their officers to be fluent in social media, joining other departments nationwide, days after a man armed with a hammer and kitchen knife used a hostage's computer to post Facebook messages lamenting his