(CBS/AP) COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The shooting that took the lives of three people began Monday afternoon when a county law enforcement official arrived at the home of Thomas Alton Caffall to serve an eviction notice. PICTURES: 3 killed in shooting … Home Depot sees rosier year ahead as profit climbs - Houston Chronicle
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Home Depot Inc. is feeling more optimistic about the recovery of the housing market after customers spent more on remodeling and repair projects in the second quarter. The country's biggest home-improvement retailer said Tuesday that … Republican ticket faces growing pains, Dems attack - The Associated Press
By By STEVE PEOPLES and KASIE HUNT - 1 minute ago DENVER (AP) -- The newly shaped Republican presidential ticket is fighting growing pains amid charges from President Barack Obama's re-election team that challenger Mitt Romney favors his new running … Riyad Hijab, former Syrian PM, says Assad government is 'collapsing' - Washington Post
Ryan's Record Shows Flexibility on Policy - Wall Street Journal
Chris Christie in, Sarah Palin out as Republican National Convention strategy ... - Washington Post
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is out. But New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is in. Texas Rep. Ron Paul will not appear. But his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, will take the stage. The full slate of convention speakers for the Republican National … Riot engulfs troubled French district in north - The Associated Press
Home Depot's Profit Rises Despite Sales Pressure - Wall Street Journal
Home Depot Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 12% despite pressure on sales growth, as its laser focus on productivity continued to bolster margin and whittle down overhead costs. The company, the biggest home-improvement retailer in the … Afghan attacks with some 14 suicide bomber kill 27
A police official says as many as 14 suicide bombers were involved in attacks Tuesday that killed at least 27 people in relatively peaceful southwestern Afghanistan.
Travel trusts can fund trips for beneficiaries: Where there's a will, there's 'away'
Lee Liebman and her family took a $6,000 vacation this year that didn’t cost them a dime, thanks to a relative’s last wishes.
Bahrain police disperse Shiite protests
Bahraini security forces fired birdshot and tear gas to disperse protesters in Shiite villages around the capital, witnesses said on Tuesday, as police announced the arrest of 11 "saboteurs". Syrian PM who defected says Assad regime on verge of collapse, urges others to join rebels
AMMAN, Jordan – Syria’s prime minister who defected to the opposition said Tuesday that Bashar Assad’s regime was near collapse and urged other political and military leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side.
Ex-Barclays trader Merchant, under Libor scrutiny, exits UBS
(Reuters) – Jay V. Merchant, who has come under federal scrutiny in the Libor manipulation scandal related to his tenure at Barclays Plc, left his position as head of swap trading at UBS on Monday, a UBS spokeswoman confirmed. Merchant, who worked for Barclays in New York from 2006 to 2009, is being looked at by U.S. authorities over his activities while working at Barclays' swaps desk in New York. Merchant's lawyer, John Kenney, was not immediately available for comment. … Eight Ugandans survive army helicopter crash, two dead
Eight Ugandan servicemen walked away from their helicopter after it crashed in Kenya en route to war-torn Somalia while two soldiers were confirmed dead in another crash, officials said Tuesday. Russia to send navy vessels to disputed Pacific islands
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will send two navy vessels to the disputed Kuril islands in the Pacific, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, in a move likely to anger Japan which lays claim to them. The dispute has strained relations between the two countries since World War Two, when Soviet forces occupied the four islands at the southern end of the Kuril chain. Japan says the islands are part of its territory and wants Moscow to hand them over. …
Defected premier: Syrian regime near collapse, joining the rebel side - Fox News
Syria's prime minister who defected to the opposition said Tuesday that Bashar Assad's regime was near collapse and urged other political and military leaders to tip the scales and join the rebel side. The comments by Riad Hijab were his first public … Tunisia constitution 'not ready before February'
Tunisia's new constitution will not be adopted before February 2013, the head of the drafting committee said on Tuesday, after earlier announcing that it would be delayed until April. Afghan suicide bombers kill 28 people, wound more than 70
KABUL (Reuters) – Three suicide bombers killed at least 28 people and wounded more than 70 when they blew themselves up in a busy market in southwestern Afghanistan in one of the worst such attacks this year, provincial officials said on Tuesday. Eighteen civilians including several children and at least three members of the Afghan security forces were among the dead in the town of Zaranj, the provincial capital of Nimroz province next to the border with Iran. The toll is expected to rise, provincial governor Abdul Karim Barahawi told Reuters. …
Seven dead as heavy rain fells walls in Senegal
Seven people including a baby died early Tuesday as heavy rains pounded the Senegalese capital Dakar, causing partial home collapses, the national fire brigade said. Ukraine court orders extradition of Putin murder plot suspect
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian court on Tuesday ordered the extradition of the suspected leader of a foiled plot to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, Interfax news agency reported. Days before Russia's March 4 presidential election, the country's state media carried news of a plot by Islamist rebels to kill Putin, who then served as prime minister and won the vote to become president for a third term. … Terror trial against Iraqi vice president resumes
A neighbor of Iraq’s fugitive vice president has claimed he transported bombs at the request of the official’s son during testimony in a politically charged terrorism trial against the politician.
Multiple suicide bombings kill 27 people in southwest Afghanistan
KABUL – A health official says the death toll in multiple suicide bombings in southwestern Afghanistan has risen to 27.
Strike, protest in birthplace of Tunisia uprising
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated against Tunisia's ruling Islamist party during a general strike Tuesday in Sidi Bouzid, hub of the 2011 uprising, an AFP journalist reported. Multiple suicide attacks kill 27 in Afghanistan
A health official says the death toll in multiple suicide bombings in southwestern Afghanistan has risen to 27.
Egypt's president awards medals to sacked generals
Egypt's president has given awards to the nation's two top military commanders, two days after he ordered their retirement. Egyptian forces clash with gunmen in Sinai
Egypt's security forces exchanged fire on Tuesday with militants in the Sinai peninsula, sources said, as the military continued its campaign against Islamists in the lawless region. 
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