Standoff

Column: Our complex politics' short-hand problem

By LIZ SIDOTIAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - From an early age, Americans are conditioned to see the world in sharp lines - black-and-white labels in a society where the reality is many shades of gray. The details, the subtleties? Well, those be damned. Look at Walt Disney World, which attracts

Obama to tap Walmart's Burwell for budget chief

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Walmart's Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget director, a senior administration official said. If confirmed by the Senate, Burwell would take the helm at the Office of Management and

Algeria reels from tales of oil sector corruption

By AOMAR OUALI and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Corrupt and gorging itself at the trough of Algeria's vast oil wealth - that's how most Algerians privately view the elites running the country. Yet few have been willing to say so publicly, until now. New corruption

6 police, 7 assailants killed amid Malaysian siege

By SEAN YOONGAssociated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Gunmen ambushed and killed six Malaysian policemen as fears mounted that armed intruders from the southern Philippines had slipped into at least three coastal districts on Borneo island, officials said Sunday. Six of the attackers were