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Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges

By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health

US slams Russian anti-ship missiles going to Syria

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together on

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola