Target

Key Nov. sales figure falls at Target

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Target says a key revenue figure fell 1 percent in November, hurt by weak sales in the first two weeks of the month. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a 2.1 percent rise. Its shares fell 3 percent in premarket trading. The decline comes in the midst of the crucial

Attorney expects Lohan will be cleared in NYC case

By By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Lohan was charged Thursday with crimes in New York and Los Angeles, marking her latest setbacks as she tries to revive her career and avoid a return to jail. Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged Lohan with three

Internet service goes out across Syria

By By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Internet service went down Thursday across Syria and international flights were canceled at the Damascus airport when a road near the facility was closed by heavy fighting in the country's civil war. Activists said President

UK judge issues damning press verdict

By By JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Britain's unruly newspapers should be regulated by an independent body dominated by non-journalists with the power to levy steep fines, a judge said Thursday in a report that pleased victims of tabloid intrusion but left editors worrying