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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o tells ESPN he was never involved in creating girlfriend hoax
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o insisted he had no role in the bizarre hoax involving his “dead” girlfriend and told ESPN on Friday night that he was duped by a person who has since apologized to him.

Rahul Gandhi named No. 2 in India's governing Congress party as it prepares for elections
JAIPUR, India – An official of India’s governing Congress party says Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, has been elevated to the party’s No. 2 position as it prepares for parliamentary elections next year.

One year after the infamous raid on his mansion, Kim Dotcom returns with launch of new Mega site
What a long, strange trip it's been for Kim Dotcom. Last year at this time, he was arrested at his New Zealand mansion and his Megaupload file-sharing website was shut down due to accusations that it was a hub for Internet piracy. Throughout the year, authorities accused Dotcom of owning an Internet doomsday machine and of having the world's most dangerous belly, among other questionable assertions. While all this was going on, however, Dotcom was planning to make an epic comeback with a new file-sharing website, simply dubbed Mega, that he vowed would have ironcla d legal protection. The key to keeping the new Mega out of legal trouble, Wired reported last fall, is that all files uploaded to and shared on Mega

A look at standoffs that resulted in casualties
Algeria said Saturday that at least 19 hostages and 29 militants have died in a standoff between Islamists who stormed a natural gas plant deep in the Sahara, and special forces trying to drive them out. Here’s a look at some previous standoffs that ended in significant bloodshed:

Vatican welcomes Obama gun control proposal
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican praised President Barack Obama’s proposals for curbing gun violence, saying they are a “step in a right direction.”