World War II

Pew survey questions Gen X, baby boomer savings

NEW YORK (AP) — A research report by the Pew Charitable Trusts says younger baby boomers and Generation Xers face an uncertain retirement because of reduced savings, high levels of debt, and losses during the […]

2013/05/18

Navy pilot earns degree in combat zone

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz. The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to his California university-approved exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadly bomb […]

2013/05/17

Irena Sendler, former member of Polish resistance movement during WWII, Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo)

Polish walkway named for woman who saved Jews

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials have honored Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, by naming a walkway in a symbolically important spot after her. Sendler was […]

2013/05/15

School gives France letter from Napoleon’s brother

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Special delivery from Northwestern University to France: a letter from Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother. The suburban Chicago school has planned a ceremony this week to hand over a letter dated April 27, […]

2013/05/13

Former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti (AP Photo)

Italy’s ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94

ROME (AP) — Giulio Andreotti was one of postwar Italy’s most powerful men: He helped draft the country’s constitution after World War II, served as its premier seven times and spent 60 years in parliament. […]

2013/05/06

As the Dow breaks 15,000, is it too late to buy?

NEW YORK (AP) — Are stocks worth buying now? With the Dow Jones industrial average breaking through 15,000, it’s natural to worry that stocks have gone up too far. But higher priced stocks aren’t necessarily […]

2013/05/05

The ruins of Adolf Hitler's headquarters in the bunker Wolf Lair in Gierloz, Poland. (AP Photo)

Hitler’s food taster tells of poisoning fears

BERLIN (AP) — They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth.

2013/04/26

John Kerry, US Secretary of State, lays a wreath during the annual ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem memorial, Jerusalem, Israel. (AP Photo)

Israel honors 6 million victims of Nazi Holocaust

JERUSALEM (AP) — Among the crowds marking Israel’s annual Holocaust remembrance day at the Yad Vashem memorial Monday was a retired American Air Force colonel from San Francisco who came to honor a family he never knew.

2013/04/08

Chaplain gets Medal of Honor 62 years after death

(AP) – In the cold, barren hills of Korea more than 60 years ago, two teary-eyed soldiers stood in a prisoner of war camp where their chaplain lay dying. Read this moving account of the soldier who is being awarded because he was never forgotten.

2013/04/08

Anti-missile rocket launching, Guam map. (AP Photo)

North Korea threats spark buzz on Guam, not panic

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — C.J. Urquico has lived on Guam for 19 years so he’s used to a military backdrop to everyday life. Navy ships visit, Air Force jets fly overhead and war games are played off the Pacific island’s shores.

2013/04/05

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