Security

Yemeni security officer for US Embassy killed

By AHMED AL HAJAssociated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) - A drive-by shooting Thursday that killed a top Yemeni security official who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa has raised concern that al-Qaida militants here are bouncing back and getting bolder after suffering defeats this year in a U.S.-

Much of odd weapons cache on plane was permissible

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - In an age when air travelers grudgingly surrender bottled water at security checkpoints, the most striking aspect of the arrest of a passenger wearing a bulletproof vest and flying with luggage stocked with knives, clubs

Analysis: VP debate feisty, unlike Obama-Romney

By BEN FELLERAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Fierce and focused, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan gave voters the kind of substantive showdown that was everything the presidential debate was not. Abandoning his boss' caution, Biden uncorked a combative repair

VP Debate: Biden, Ryan at each other on everything

By DAVID ESPO and MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) - At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interruption-filled debate. "That is a bunch of malarkey," the vice president