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NKorea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler

By By JEAN H. LEEAssociated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - A triumphant North Korea staged a mass rally of soldiers and civilians Friday to glorify the country's young ruler, who took a big gamble this week in sending a satellite into orbit in defiance of international warnings.

Correction: US-Bangladesh-Factory Fire-Retailers

By By The Associated Press In a story Dec. 11 about the clothing industry's efforts to avoid factory fires, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of the head of vendor relations at the German company Tchibo. Her name is Nanda Bergstein, not Nanda Bernstein. A corrected version of

Obama's fiscal cliff strategy is tricky balance

By By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Playing both sides, President Barack Obama is trying to balance his public pressure campaign on Republicans over the looming "fiscal cliff" with his private negotiations with GOP leaders. The White House is loath to abandon the two-pronged

Why efforts to stop factory fires have failed

By By ALLEN G. BREED, ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and SCOTT MAYEROWITZAssociated Press About a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big retailers met nearby to discuss ways to prevent the unsafe