Milk banks seek more donors for babes in need

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) ― With her baby fast asleep in the stroller, Valerie Githinji made her way up to the nurses’ station in O’Bleness Memorial Hospital’s maternity ward.She came bearing gifts. Stored in the bottom of the stroller, in a white plastic bag, were several containers totaling 5,670 grams ― more than 5.6 liters ― of frozen breast milk.Githinji, who works in student affairs at Hocking Colle

May 2, 2011

Angry Libyans burn U.K., Italy embassies

No casualties reported; tensions high between Libya regime and Western powersTRIPOLI (AP) ― Angry mobs attacked Western embassies and a U.N. office in Tripoli Sunday after NATO bombed Moammar Gadhafi’s family compound in an attack officials said killed the leader’s second youngest son and three grandchildren, ages six months to two years.Russia said the Western alliance exceeded its U.N. mandate o

May 2, 2011

Bin Laden buried at sea

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces Monday, then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.Long believed to be hiding in caves, bin Laden was tracked down in a costly, custom-built hideout not far from a Pakistani military academy.``Justice

May 2, 2011

Obama: Al-Qaida head bin Laden dead

Osama bin Laden (AP)WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday.A small team of Americans killed bin Laden in a firefight at a compound in Pakistan, the president said in a dramatic late-night statement at the White H

May 2, 2011

William, Kate try to carve out some private time

Shunning an immediate overseas honeymoon and opting instead for a quiet weekend at a secret British location, Prince William and Kate Middleton have made it clear they want to carve out some space for themselves.This fight for privacy is crucial if they are to avoid being hounded like William's mother, the late Princess Diana, whose every move was tailed.The royal newlyweds started Saturday by ask

May 1, 2011

History in the making: Kate, William are wed

Britain's Prince William, his bride Kate Middleton and her father Michael Middleton sing during the Royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London on April 29, 2011. (AFP/WPA POOL-Yonhap News)LONDON (AP) _ An elegant, tiara-bedecked Kate Middleton swept down the aisle to marry Prince William at Westminster Abbey as royal fans packed the streets of London, hoping to snatch a glimpse of a historic roy

April 29, 2011

US couple plead guilty to girl's kidnap, rape

Nancy Garrido, who along with her husband, Phillip Garrido, faces multiple charges in the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, talks with her attorney, Stephen Tapson, before the start of an arraignment hearing at the El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Thursday April 7, 2011. Both of the Garridos pleaded not guilty to all charges. Judge Douglas C. Phimister set a trial date of Au

April 29, 2011

Tornadoes devastate US South, killing at least 280

 This aerial photo shows the devastation of the Alberta section of Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Thursday, April 28, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News)PLEASANT GROVE, Alabama (AP) _ At least 281 people were killed across six states _ more than two-thirds of them in Alabama _ as America's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades pulverized entire neighborhoods.Firefighters searched one splintered pile after ano

April 29, 2011