LINCOLN, Neb. – A former University of Nebraska women’s basketball star accused of faking a hate-crime attack against her is standing by her story in emails to news organizations and in an online video.
Montreal's governing party crumbling, as half-dozen bolt caucus
MONTREAL – Montreal’s ruling political party is starting to crumble.
Author who supports ending West Bank occupation barred from Jewish book festival in Atlanta
ATLANTA – There’s a backlash to the backlash over the cancellation of a speaker at a major Jewish book festival in Atlanta.
After Sandy, officials are wondering what it takes to get people to heed evacuation orders
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Despite days of dire forecasts and explicit warnings, hundreds of thousands of people in New York and New Jersey ignored mandatory evacuation orders as Superstorm Sandy closed in. Now, after scores of deaths and harrowing escapes, emergency officials say they will look at what more can be done to persuade residents to get out when their lives are in danger.
Is Hamas responsible for Gaza rocket fire? Not exactly.
Israel’s air offensive on the Gaza Strip today is a response to rocket fire from the coastal Palestinian enclave. Hamas, which governs the strip, has borne the brunt of the assault. The action began with a missile that targeted Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari as he drove through Gaza City today (the IDF quickly shared a video of that attack) and was followed by dozens more.
Mali militants say they will not give up Shariah
One of the three al-Qaida-linked groups currently controlling northern Mali said Wednesday it would not give up its harsh form of Islamic law, appearing to offer little ground in last-ditch talks meant to avert a military intervention to take back the region.
Greek banks turning corner, central bank chief tells WSJ
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos has said that Greek banks are well on their way to recovery and the general economy will then follow. Greece’s banks have incurred major losses in Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, and austerity measures to try to reduce Greece’s debt mountain have kept the economy in recession since 2008, with a quarter of the workforce now unemployed. “Greece’s banking system is poised to turn a corner,” Provopoulos wrote in a guest column in the Wall Street Journal, posted on its website on Wednesday. …
Software founder McAfee denies killing neighbor
Software company founder John McAfee denies he killed a neighbor in Belize but says he won't turn himself in for questioning because he fears a police anti-gang unit wants to kill him. Jordan police say 1 gunman killed
Jordanian police say a gunman has been killed and 16 others, including 12 policemen, have been wounded in an armed attack on a police station. U.S. concerned about arrest of citizen in South Sudan
JUBA (Reuters) – The United States expressed deep concern on Wednesday for a U.S. citizen held in South Sudan on a kidnap charge but who, his wife says, is victim of an extortion attempt by security officials. Elton Mark McCabe was arrested in the east African country last month on charges of kidnapping an Indian businessman for a $5 million ransom. After bring picked up by security agents in an unmarked vehicle in the capital Juba he was detained in darkness for over 36 hours and beaten by security agents trying to extort $100,000 for his release, his wife said. …
Mulcair's NDP shakes off anti-trade label, adopts trade-friendly stance
OTTAWA – Stephen Harper’s Conservatives may have to change the script for their smear campaign against Tom Mulcair, at least when it comes to the NDP leader’s supposed anti-trade “extremism.”
Israel assassinates Hamas military chief in Gaza
Israel carried out a blistering offensive of more than 20 airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, assassinating Hamas' military commander and targeting the armed group's training facilities and rocket launchers in Israel's most intense attack on the territory in nearly four years. 
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