As a Baltimore Ravens fan and a teacher of jazz music, what better place could there be for Middletown High School music teacher Matt Shearer than a Super Bowl in New Orleans featuring his favorite team?
After...
By Jeffrey Fleishman
Los Angeles Times
(MCT)
CAIRO _ The Algerian news agency reported Thursday that as many as 45 hostages, including Americans, had escaped from a natural gas complex a day after...
By William Douglas
McClatchy Newspapers
(MCT)
WASHINGTON _ Marvin Lyman figured it would be a breeze to fill two charter buses to go from Missouri to Washington for President Barack Obama's inauguration,...
By Jeffrey Fleishman and Reem Abdellatif
Los Angeles Times
(MCT)
CAIRO _ Former President Hosni Mubarak was granted a new murder trial by an Egyptian appeals court Sunday, a ruling that threatens...
By Franco Ordonez
McClatchy Newspapers
(MCT)
WASHINGTON _ After first indicating it would grant driver's licenses to young illegal immigrants who have received two-year deferrals from deportation,...
By Roy Gutman and Paul Raymond
McClatchy Newspapers
(MCT)
REYHANLI, Turkey _ Syrian towns and villages seeking to survive the extreme deprivations of daily life 22 months into their country's political...
By David Enders
McClatchy Newspapers
(MCT)
BEIRUT _ An Islamist rebel group that the United States has listed as a terrorist organization has taken the lead in fighting in Damascus, according to residents...
By Don Lindich
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
(MCT)
Q. I want to buy a travel camera with interchangeable lenses, which I guess means an SLR. I'd like something on the small side. What do you recommend?
_J.B.,...
By Sergei L. Loiko
Los Angeles Times
(MCT)
MOSCOW _ Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning the adoption of Russian orphans by U.S. families, the Kremlin announced Friday.
The measure...
By Lisa Mascaro, Michael A. Memoli and Christi Parsons
Tribune Washington Bureau
(MCT)
WASHINGTON _ House Speaker John A. Boehner abruptly called off a vote on his "Plan B" tax proposal late Thursday,...
