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Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants
After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.
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Kidnappers free 2 Americans, Egyptian guide
A senior security official says two female American tourists and their Egyptian guide have been freed hours after they were abducted at gunpoint near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula.
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Marine accepts plea deal in Iraqi civilian deaths
A Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children pleaded guilty Monday to dereliction of duty in a deal that will mean a maximum of three months confinement and end the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops to emerge from the Iraq War.
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Iran revives Gulf threats after EU sanctions
Senior Iranian lawmakers stepped up threats Monday that Islamic Republic warships could block the Persian Gulf's oil tanker traffic after the latest blow by Western leaders seeking to rein in Tehran's nuclear program: A punishing oil embargo by the European Union that sharply raises the economic stakes for Iran's defiance.
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Mount Rainier park official: Snowshoer found alive
A 66-year-old snowshoer who was missing on Mount Rainier since Saturday was found alive Monday afternoon by a team of three rescuers, a national park spokeswoman said.
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UK police clear Parliament Square protesters
British police on Monday began removing tents and protesters from Parliament Square in the latest twist in a decade-long battle to clear prime London real estate.
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Obamas mark King's birthday with volunteer outing
President Barack Obama evoked Martin Luther King, Jr.'s own words about public service Monday as Obama and his family celebrated the life of the late civil rights leader with a volunteer project.
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Fire attacks at NYC homes, Islamic center probed
A police security tower rose into the sky Monday, keeping watch over a globally prominent Islamic cultural center that was firebombed amid a handful of attacks being investigated as possibly linked bias crimes.
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Father thankful for passers-by who saved children
Roger Anderson, 46, lost control of his car this weekend on a winding Utah canyon road and slid into an icy river, trapping his 9-year-old daughter Mia and 4-year-old son Baylor, along with their friend, 9-year-old Kenya Wildman. The car flipped upside-down and quickly became submerged.
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Last day: 23 Iowa campaign stops combined
The White House their goal, Republican presidential hopefuls raced across Iowa on Monday in a final, full day of frenzied appeals for support in precinct caucuses that open the 2012 campaign. "It is the race you make it," an upset-minded Rick Santorum told voters soon to pick a winner.
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Komen drops plan to cut Planned Parenthood grants
