WEST HOMESTEAD, Pa. – The missing link in bicycle trail connecting the Pittsburgh area to Washington D.C. should be finished in May and will be formally dedicated at a June 15 ceremony.
Detroit Institute of Arts gets ready for 4th year of 'Inside/Out' project on Michigan streets
DETROIT – The Detroit Institute of Arts is getting ready for the fourth year of its “Inside/Out” project that includes putting up reproductions of paintings on the streets of Michigan.
Myrtle Beach to celebrate 75th birthday this summer with air show
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Myrtle Beach will celebrate its 75th birthday this summer with a bit more than a cake.
Mauritania media opens window on Saharan Islamist world
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – Shortly after al Qaeda gunmen stormed a giant gas plant deep in the Algerian desert last month, taking hundreds of workers hostage, their leader switched on his satellite phone to ring a journalist thousands of miles away. "He told me 'I am Abu Al Bara and this is my number. Call me whenever you want'," said Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Aboulmaaly, editor-in-chief of the Nouakchott News Agency (ANI), a news website in Mauritania's capital on West Africa's Atlantic coast. "After that, we spoke many times. … Fighting rages near Aleppo airport
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian rebels fought pitched battles Wednesday against regime forces at a military base that protects a major airport in the country's north in fighting that has left more than 40 government troops dead, opposition activists said. Chernobyl radiation unaffected after roof collapse
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian officials on Wednesday sought to reassure the public that radiation levels were unaffected at Chernobyl and there was no safety threat after a partial roof collapse at the exploded nuclear power plant.
Lebanese prevent tankers from crossing to Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon’s state-run news agency says protesters have closed two major roads in northern Lebanon to prevent fuel tankers from crossing into Syria.
US retail sales tick up 0.1 per cent in January after tax increase cuts take-home pay
WASHINGTON – Americans barely spent more last month at retail businesses and restaurants after higher taxes cut their paychecks. The small increase suggests consumer spending may be weak in the January-March quarter, which could hold back economic growth.
Israel struggles to keep cloak of secrecy over spy story
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The mysterious death of an Australian prisoner in Israel has put the spotlight on a military-run censorship system that is finding it harder to black out secret information often only a mouse click away on the Internet. The case involves a man reported by Australia's ABC channel on Tuesday to have been a member of Israel's Mossad spy agency. According to the report, he committed suicide in prison in 2010 in an isolated top-security wing originally built for the assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. … Structure collapses at Chernobyl, Ukraine says no danger
KIEV (Reuters) – Part of a structure next to the damaged nuclear reactor at Ukraine's Chernobyl power pla nt has collapsed, the authorities said on Wednesday, adding there were no injuries or any increase in radiation levels. The Emergencies Ministry said Tuesday's collapse was not of the sarcophagus covering the reactor, but part of the wall and roof of a turbine hall that caved in under the weight of snow. "There were no safety breaches," the ministry said in a statement. … French, Mali troops recover explosives in Gao
GAO, Mali (AP) -- A Malian military spokesman says an enormous stash of explosives has been recovered in the city of Gao in northern Mali.
Sri Lanka's wartime investigation lags as abuses persist: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is failing to investigate alleged atrocities committed by government forces in defeating a Tamil insurgency and activists and opposition polit icians are still being killed or abducted, the United Nations said on Wednesday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, called on authorities to allow international experts in criminal and forensic investigations to help resolve outstanding wartime crimes and end impunity. … TMX to buy Equity Financial's transfer agent business
TORONTO (Reuters) – TMX Group will acquire Equity Financial Holdings Inc’s transfer agent and corporate trust services business to broaden its portfolio of services, the Toronto Stock Exchange operator said on Wednesday. The company said it would pay roughly $64 million for the business, which primarily helps public companies keep track of the owners of their stocks and bonds. …
Ukraine, Turkmens sign tentative natural gas deal
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Ukraine reached a tentative agreement with Turkmenistan on Wednesday to resume imports of natural gas from the energy-rich Central Asian nation.
Even with advice from Billy Crystal, Seth MacFarlane says his Oscar-hosting gig is a 'one-off'
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Despite getting advice from Billy Crystal and working as hard as he can to prepare to host the Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane thinks his hosting gig is a “one-off” and that he’ll be “flayed by the press” no matter what he does.
TSX may open higher; corporate earnings in focus
(Reuters) – Canada's main stock index looked set to open higher on Wednesday, helped by stronger commodity prices, with investors focused on the release of quarterly results from some of the market's biggest companies. TOP STORIES * Jack Lew, President Barac k Obama's nominee to lead the U.S. Treasury Department, faces a grilling about a big bonus he received from Citigroup and his plans for the government's finances when he testifies before a Senate panel. … Insight: Divided Damascus confronted by all-out war
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – MiG warplanes roar low overhead to s trike rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad on the fringes of Damascus, while artillery batteries pound the insurgents from hills overlooking a city divided between all-out war and a deceptive calm. Whole families can be obliterated by air raids that miss their targets. Wealthy Syrians or their children are kidnapped. Some are returned but people tell grim tales of how others are tortured and dumped even when the ransom is paid. … 
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