Pyongyang Purge: The formerly powerful uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un was executed immediately after he was found guilty of plotting against the government, according to the country’s state news agency. Chang Song-thaek was physically removed from a Communist …

Cancer Spike: Breast cancer is leading a worldwide spike in cancer deaths, according to the World Health Organization. Overall cancer deaths in 2012 were up 8 percent from the last survey in 2008. But breast cancer rose 14 percent in …

Deal: House and Senate negotiators reached a budget deal for the first time in three years, potentially avoiding another government shutdown in January. Washington’s Democratic Sen. Patty Murray said, “We have broken through the partisanship and gridlock.”   The agreement …

World: One hundred thousand people danced and sang in a rainy Soweto stadium today in celebration of former South African President Nelson Mandela. Leaders from all over the world attended, including Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. …

Stormy Monday:  Snow and freezing rains caused accidents, snarled air travel and complicated football games Sunday as a major winter storm blanketed the East. A fatal crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike caused a chain of accidents involving nearly 50 vehicles. …

Stormy Weather: The latest icy winter storm is still expected to bring snow, sleet and freezing rain to northern Pennsylvania, upstate New York, and New England by late today and early tomorrow. Further north, snow. The storm that started in …

Stormy Weather: Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee all declared states of emergency as a massive snow and ice storm slides across the Midwest. Power was knocked out to tens of thousands of homes and business in North Texas as the storm …

Nelson Mandela: Former South African President Nelson Mandela is being mourned not only as a great leader and peacemaker for South Africa, but for the world.  Mandela died at age 95 after months of illness.   He spent 27 years in …

Growth and Income: The economy’s rate of expansion in the third quarter was faster than previously thought. The government revised its estimate to 3.6%, up from 2.8%. It’s the first time growth has exceed 3% since the first quarter of …

Bankrupt: The Detroit bankruptcy could set a precedent that excuses state and local governments from pension obligations they don’t have the money to pay.  In allowing Detroit to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy yesterday, Judge Steven W. Rhodes also granted an …