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Posted on May 22, 2013 at 10:00am

(AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:58am

(AP) — Syria's main opposition alliance on Wednesday urged fighters from around the country to reinforce a rebel-held town under attack by President Bashar Assad's troops and their allies from the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:52am

(AP) — City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a caustic campaign in which he depicted his fellow Democrat as a pawn of powerful labor bosses.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:51am

(AP) — Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All is Lost."

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:51am

(AP) — Britain and Denmark are proposing to give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked alongside their troops the right to settle in the U.K. and Denmark in recognition of the risks to their personal safety.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:48am

(AP) — The Treasury Department's No. 2 official told Congress on Wednesday that his agency played no role in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:47am

(AP) — Stocks are opening slightly higher as investors watch for the latest moves from the Federal Reserve.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:45am

(AP) — Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times and proposing to deploy IOC staff permanently in host cities to help organize the games.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:44am

(AP) — It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:40am

(AP) — A Russian drunk driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:34am

(AP) — The FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:33am

(AP) — Robin Roberts will tell the story of her battle with a life-threatening illness in a new memoir.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:32am

(AP) — European Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:32am

(AP) — African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization, now called the African Union, that spearheaded efforts to liberate the continent from colonial masters.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:23am

(AP) — An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:22am

(AP) — FBI: Man shot dead in Fla had become violent during questioning in Boston bombing case.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:18am

(AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:15am

(AP) — Target Corp. reported a 26 percent drop in first-quarter profit as cool temperatures and financial pressures limited customers' appetite for spending.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:15am

(AP) — Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged.

Posted on May 22, 2013 at 9:12am

(AP) — An official for the city of Vienna says the Austrian capital has handed over nearly 6,000 valuable objects looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners or their heirs since it started taking inventory of them 14 years ago.