BERKELEY, Calif. – It might be hard to conceive now, in an era of extreme sports and ultra-light equipment, but there was a time when Americans who set out to conquer mountains engaged in a pursuit that was as lonely as it was dangerous.
Syria's foreign minister says government is ready for talks with armed opposition
MOSCOW – The Syria government is ready to hold talks with the armed opposition seeking to topple President Bashar Assad’s regime, the country’s foreign minister said Monday.
First of their kind, $439 million pair of tunnels slated to open on California coast
PACIFICA, Calif. – Two slick new mile-long tunnels are undergoing final safety tests this month, poised to divert motorists away from an ocean cliff-hanging roadway dubbed Devil’s Slide south of San Francisco to a smooth, Alpine-like passageway unlike any in the U.S. today.
Hiker who drowned on Kauai hailed from NYC; dozens of other reached safety
LIHUE, Hawaii – Authorities have identified the woman who drowned while crossing a rain-swollen stream near a Kauai beach as 43-year-old Norka Villacorta of New York City.
Garneau to Trudeau: Let's debate one-on-one:
OTTAWA – Liberal leadership hopeful Marc Garneau is challenging front-runner Justin Trudeau to a one-on-one debate.
Iraq, Kuwait to resume flights after 22-year halt
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq’s Transportation Ministry says that country’s airline will resume commercial flights to Kuwait for the first time since Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded the Gulf nation in 1990.
Magical monarch butterfly migration draws tourists to Mexico despite regional travel warnings
ZITACUARO, Mexico – He found the love of his life 2,000 miles from home in a chance encounter that gave him butterflies, and she moved west to be with him. So of course, Jason Skipton told me, there could be no better place to propose marriage than in a swirl of orange and black butterflies that had migrated thousands of miles to mate.
Abe's nominees suggest split leadership for split board
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seeking to put at the top of the Bank of Japan two officials with different views on how to beat deflation, which could complicat e decision-making in an already split board as it eyes a drastic make-over of monetary policy. The new leadership, if nominated and approved by parliament, will join a board dominated by advocates of more stimulus, increasing the chances that the BOJ will ease again at its first rate review next month and possibly more frequently down the road. … Syria says it's ready for talks with armed rebels
MOSCOW (AP) -- Syria is ready to hold talks with the armed o pposition trying to topple President Bashar Assad, the country's foreign minister said Monday, in the government's most advanced offer yet to try to resolve the 2-year-old civil war through negotiations. South Africa: Oscar Pistorius reports to authorities under bail conditions in his murder case
JOHANNESBURG – Oscar Pistorius reported to South African authorities on Monday under bail terms in the murder case against him, said a spokeswoman for the Olympic athlete.
US Open, Olympic champion Andy Murray buys hotel near Scottish hometown of Dunblane
LONDON – Andy Murray is going into the hotel business after buying a property near his hometown in Scotland.
Kerry urges Syrian opposition to attend Rome talks
LONDON (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged members of the Syrian opposition to turn up for talks in Rome this week, insisting that more help is on the way in their fight against President Bashar Assad. Italian prosecutor seeks manslaughter trial for Costa Concordia's captain in deadly shipwreck
ROME – An Italian prosecutor has formally requested a manslaughter indictment against the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which crashed into a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people.
US police lodge abuse, neglect complaints over 9-year-old boy's sexually charged rap videos
BROCKTON, Mass. – Police in the U.S. say they have lodged child abuse and neglect complaints against a man whose 9-year-old son appears in sexually suggestive rap videos posted online.
MasterCard aims at mobile payment market with launch of "digital wallet"
LONDON (Reuters) – Mastercard unveiled its bid to dominate the mobile payments market on Monday with a 'virtual wallet' allowing customers to keep personal payment details in their phone and avoid checkouts by scanning bar codes in-store to pay. Financial services companies like the U.S. credit-card company as well as technology names Google and eBay Inc's PayPal are looking for ways to capitalize on the prevalence of consumers' sophisticated phones by providing programs that house credit and debit cards, coupons and store loyalty program details virtually. … Prosecutor urges trial for Costa cruise ship capt
ROME (AP) -- An Italian prosecutor has formally requested a manslaughter indictment against the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which crashed into a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people. Ikea withdraws meatballs in 13 countries after horsemeat found in Czech tests
STOCKHOLM – Swedish furniture giant Ikea was drawn into Europe's widening food labeling scandal Monday as authorities said they had detected horse meat in frozen meatballs labeled as beef and pork and sold in 13 countries across the continent. Exit polls show center-left leading national vote
ROME (AP) -- Exit polls show Pier Luigi Bersani's center left coalition leading a national vote that is testing Italians' resolve to stay the course of painful economic reform. 
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