MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's state-owned oil company says rescuers have found another body amid the rubble of a headquarters building damaged by a still-unexplained blast. The find raises the death toll of Thursday's explosion to 34 people. As Super Bowl closes tumultuous year, NFL faces 'bit of a conundrum' on safety moving forward
NEW ORLEANS – The Super Bowl closes a tumultuous year for the NFL.
Barclays says its finance director Lucas to retire
LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays said on Sunday its Finance Director Chris Lucas and its General Counsel Mark Harding are to retire from the British bank, which is trying to emerge from a troubled nine months. They will remain in their roles until their successors have been appointed and an appropriate handover completed. The search for replacements is underway, but the process will take "a considerable time to complete," Barclays said in a statement. Their decisions to retire was theirs alone, the bank said. … U.S. didn't need rough interrogation to get bin Laden: Panetta
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leon Panetta, who as CIA director oversaw the U.S. operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, said the job could have been done without resorting to controversial interrogation methods that some have said constitute torture. The outgoing defense secretary, in remarks aired Sunday on the NBC program "Meet the Press," said there had been many pieces to the "puzzle" solved to find bin Laden, who was held responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and the Pentagon. … Bolshoi ballet chief says he knows who is behind acid attack on him
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director was quoted on Sunday as saying he knew who was behind an attack on him in which a masked assailant splashed acid over his face threatening his eyesight. Sergei Filin, who has undergone several operations on his eyes and face since the January 17 attack, did not give any names but made clear he linked the case to his job. "I not only have a suspicion about who did this, but I'm absolutely certain I know who did this. … Minister: Iceland refused to help FBI on WikiLeaks
LONDON (AP) -- Iceland’s interior minister said Friday that he ordered the country’s police not to cooperate with FBI agents sent to investigate WikiLeaks two years ago, offering a rare glimpse into the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation of the secret-busting site.
French forces launch airstrikes in northern Mali
GOSSI, Mali (AP) -- French troops launched airstrikes on Islamic militant training camps and arms depots around Kidal and Tessalit in Mali's far north, defense officials said Sunday, as the first supply convoy of food, fuel and parts to eastern Mali headed across the country. Stun gun used on armed man near Buckingham Palace
LONDON (AP) -- Police used a stun gun to arrest a man armed with knives outside Buckingham Palace on Sunday, as throngs of tourists gathered to watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony there. 
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