NEW YORK (AP) - CBS ordered "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan and her producer to take a leave of absence Tuesday following a critical internal review of their handling of the show's October story on the Benghazi raid, based on a report on a supposed witness whose story can't be verified. The review, by CBS News executive Al Ortiz and obtained by The Associated Press, said the "60 Minutes" te...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Gettysburg Address is as sacred an American text as "The Star-Spangled Banner." But as immediately recognizable as some of its words are, others are more elusive. There exists no definitive edition of the speech Abraham Lincoln gave to dedicate a cemetery at the Civil War battlefield. Scholars still debate the speech's exact length, usually ranging from 268 to 272 words...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida appeals court sided with a newspaper on Thursday and said that data used to prepare teacher evaluations is a public record. It's not clear, however, whether or not the Florida Department of Education would fight the ruling or make the information public. Teacher evaluations do not become public records for two years, but The Florida Times-Union in October 2012 ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Two days after getting their first win on the field, the Jacksonville Jaguars got another one off it. Jacksonville's city council approved funding for EverBank Field upgrades Tuesday night. The council voted 14-2 to authorize enhancements that include $63 million scoreboards, which are expected to be the largest in the world. Construction is scheduled to begin in Januar...
CHICAGO (AP) - The new World Trade Center tower in New York will replace Chicago's Willis Tower as the nation's tallest building when it is completed next year, an international panel of architects announced Tuesday. The Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat said that because the needle atop the New York skyscraper is a permanent spire and not an antenna it can be co...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police say musicians killed in a shooting at their Brooklyn apartment were members of the Iranian indie rock band The Yellow Dogs. The band's manager says the shooter was a member of a different group. Police say he opened fire and killed three people, then went to the roof of the East Williamsburg row house, where he killed himself. Police Commissioner Raymond Kell...
CHICAGO (AP) - Rising from the ashes of 9/11, the new World Trade Center tower has punched above the New York skyline to reach its powerfully symbolic height of 1,776 feet and become the tallest building in the country. Or has it? A committee of architects recognized as the arbiters on world building heights was meeting Friday to decide whether a design change affecting the skyscraper's 408-foot ...
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - The few surviving Doolittle Raiders are making their final toast to comrades who died in or since their World War II bombing attack on Japan. The toast grew from reunions led by James "Jimmy" Doolittle, who commanded the daring mission credited with boosting American morale and throwing the Japanese off balance after a string of military successes. Officials at the National M...
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) - The central Philippine city of Tacloban was in ruins Saturday, a day after being ravaged by one of the strongest typhoons on record, as horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees and authorities said they were expecting a "very high number of fatalities." At least 138 people were confirmed dead in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed into six...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Jameis Winston threw for 325 yards and No. 3 Florida State rolled to a 41-14 victory against No. 7 Miami in another matchup of undefeated Atlantic Coast Conference rivals that turned into a Seminoles' blowout. Winston threw two interceptions in the first half after throwing four in the first seven games, but the Florida State defense shut out the Hurricanes (7-1, 3-1) in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Airline passengers won't have to "turn off all electronic devices" anymore - they'll be able to read, work, play games, watch movies and listen to music from gate to gate under new guidelines from the Federal Aviation Administration. But they still can't talk on their cellphones through the flight. Don't expect the changes to happen immediately, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta ...
TORONTO (AP) - Toronto police said Thursday they have obtained a video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking a crack pipe - a video that Ford had claimed didn't exist and has been at the core of a scandal that has embarrassed and gripped Canada for months. Police Chief Bill Blair said the video, recovered after being deleted from a computer hard drive, did not provide grounds to press charg...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man carrying a note that said he wanted to "kill TSA" pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing one Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding two others, authorities said. The gunman was wounded in a shootout with airport police and taken into custody, authorit...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The unemployed motorcycle mechanic suspected in the deadly shooting at the Los Angeles airport set out to kill multiple employees of the Transportation Security Administration and hoped the attack would "instill fear in their traitorous minds," authorities said Saturday. Paul Ciancia was so determined to take lives that, after shooting a TSA officer and going up an escalator, h...
LONDON (AP) - America's Federal Aviation Administration says it is relaxing restrictions on the use of smartphones and other electronics inside American airplanes. Passengers are still barred from making calls or downloading data off a cellular network during takeoff or landing, but the OK on using laptops, consoles, e-readers, and other electronics at the beginning and end of each flight will com...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police and paramedics surrounded a terminal on Friday at Los Angeles International Airport because of a reported shooting. Witness Brian Keech said he heard "about a dozen gunshots" from inside the security gate at Terminal 3. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said emergency crews have responded to a multi-patient incident. The incident was reported after 9...
NEW YORK (AP) - CBS ordered "60 Minutes" correspondent Lara Logan and her producer to take a leave of absence Tuesday following a critical internal review of their handling of the show's October story on the Benghazi raid, based on a report on a supposed witness whose story can't be verified. The review, by CBS News executive Al Ortiz and obtained by The Associated Press, said the "60 Minutes" te... 
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Gettysburg Address is as sacred an American text as "The Star-Spangled Banner." But as immediately recognizable as some of its words are, others are more elusive. There exists no definitive edition of the speech Abraham Lincoln gave to dedicate a cemetery at the Civil War battlefield. Scholars still debate the speech's exact length, usually ranging from 268 to 272 words... 
CHICAGO (AP) - The new World Trade Center tower in New York will replace Chicago's Willis Tower as the nation's tallest building when it is completed next year, an international panel of architects announced Tuesday. The Height Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat said that because the needle atop the New York skyscraper is a permanent spire and not an antenna it can be co... 
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City police say musicians killed in a shooting at their Brooklyn apartment were members of the Iranian indie rock band The Yellow Dogs. The band's manager says the shooter was a member of a different group. Police say he opened fire and killed three people, then went to the roof of the East Williamsburg row house, where he killed himself. Police Commissioner Raymond Kell... 
CHICAGO (AP) - Rising from the ashes of 9/11, the new World Trade Center tower has punched above the New York skyline to reach its powerfully symbolic height of 1,776 feet and become the tallest building in the country. Or has it? A committee of architects recognized as the arbiters on world building heights was meeting Friday to decide whether a design change affecting the skyscraper's 408-foot ... 
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - The few surviving Doolittle Raiders are making their final toast to comrades who died in or since their World War II bombing attack on Japan. The toast grew from reunions led by James "Jimmy" Doolittle, who commanded the daring mission credited with boosting American morale and throwing the Japanese off balance after a string of military successes. Officials at the National M... 
TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) - The central Philippine city of Tacloban was in ruins Saturday, a day after being ravaged by one of the strongest typhoons on record, as horrified residents spoke of storm surges as high as trees and authorities said they were expecting a "very high number of fatalities." At least 138 people were confirmed dead in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed into six... 
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Jameis Winston threw for 325 yards and No. 3 Florida State rolled to a 41-14 victory against No. 7 Miami in another matchup of undefeated Atlantic Coast Conference rivals that turned into a Seminoles' blowout. Winston threw two interceptions in the first half after throwing four in the first seven games, but the Florida State defense shut out the Hurricanes (7-1, 3-1) in ... 
WASHINGTON (AP) - Airline passengers won't have to "turn off all electronic devices" anymore - they'll be able to read, work, play games, watch movies and listen to music from gate to gate under new guidelines from the Federal Aviation Administration. But they still can't talk on their cellphones through the flight. Don't expect the changes to happen immediately, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta ... 
TORONTO (AP) - Toronto police said Thursday they have obtained a video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking a crack pipe - a video that Ford had claimed didn't exist and has been at the core of a scandal that has embarrassed and gripped Canada for months. Police Chief Bill Blair said the video, recovered after being deleted from a computer hard drive, did not provide grounds to press charg... 
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man carrying a note that said he wanted to "kill TSA" pulled a semi-automatic rifle from a bag and shot his way past a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing one Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding two others, authorities said. The gunman was wounded in a shootout with airport police and taken into custody, authorit... 
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The unemployed motorcycle mechanic suspected in the deadly shooting at the Los Angeles airport set out to kill multiple employees of the Transportation Security Administration and hoped the attack would "instill fear in their traitorous minds," authorities said Saturday. Paul Ciancia was so determined to take lives that, after shooting a TSA officer and going up an escalator, h... 
LONDON (AP) - America's Federal Aviation Administration says it is relaxing restrictions on the use of smartphones and other electronics inside American airplanes. Passengers are still barred from making calls or downloading data off a cellular network during takeoff or landing, but the OK on using laptops, consoles, e-readers, and other electronics at the beginning and end of each flight will com...