JERSEY SHORE, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania couple say they’ve captured a purple squirrel in their backyard. Jersey Shore resident Percy Emert says he and his wife, Connie, caught the purple squirrel Sunday in a trap with peanuts. He says even the insides of its ears were purple. Photos of the purple squirrel ended […]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Record low temperatures and heavy snow are making life even more miserable for more than 140,000 Turkish quake survivors still living in tents or temporary homes. As Europe battles a deep freeze that has killed hundreds since late January, despair is hitting those who lost their homes in tremors in eastern […]

BEIRUT ( AP) — Two explosions struck security compounds in the Syrian city of Aleppo today, killing 25 people and wounding 175, state media reported, in a major city that has largely stood by President Bashar Assad in the nearly 11-month-old uprising against his rule. The blasts come as escalating violence between regime forces and […]

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A Marine veteran who suffers from panic attacks and fled on foot following a minor traffic accident in Oregon was found after two days in the snow. Oregon State Police say 37- year-old Jason D. Cooper of Temecula, Calif., was found Wednesday in a remote wooded area lying on tree branches, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. exports to Europe rose at a healthy clip in December, a sign that the critical U.S. trading partner continues to buy American goods despite its weakened economy. The overall trade gap widened because imports grew at a faster pace than exports. Still, the rebound in exports to Europe should calm some […]

CAIRO ( AP) — Egyptian authorities barred a British woman from leaving Egypt today because she is on a list of people under investigation over ties to foreign nonprofit groups accused of fomenting unrest in the country, an airport official said. The government’s crackdown on the NGOs has caused one of the most serious rifts […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A leading Jewish organization and others outraged by a photo showing Marine snipers in Afghanistan posing with a logo resembling a notorious Nazi symbol are demanding President Barack Obama order an investigation and hold the troops accountable. The Marine Corps has said it does not plan any discipline because there was […]

LaPLACE, La. ( AP) — Authorities say five people were killed when a driver going the wrong way crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 10 outside New Orleans. Louisiana State Trooper Nick Manale says a driver was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-10 near LaPlace early today and crashed head-on with another vehicle […]

HONOLULU (AP) — West James beamed as he showed off a new entry in his journal: “I survived a dangerous rescue.” Some 30 hours earlier, the 9- year-old, along with his father and uncle, was plucked from the Pacific Ocean in a harrowing rescue made all the more difficult by a container ship that came […]

BANGOR (AP) — Bangor has been chosen as the finish line for a nationwide charitable road race known as the Fireball Run. Kerrie Tripp, executive director of the Greater Bangor Convention and Visitors Bureau, says the selection could mean as much as $100,000 to the local economy. The eight- day, 2,500- mile “Fireball Run Adventurally […]