Metra train runs during rush hour with door open

Metra officials say they're investigating why a rush-hour train left Union Station and ran at express speed with a passenger door open Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. (Posted Feb. 6, 2013) ...

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Tunisian leader to form new government after activist shot

TUNIS (Reuters) - The killing of an outspoken critic of Tunisia's Islamist-led government on Wednesday sparked street protests by thousands who fear religious radicals are stifling freedoms won two years ago in the first of the Arab Spring uprisings. Chokri Belaid was shot at close range as he left for work by a gunmen who fled on the back of a motorcycle; crowds poured on to the streets...

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Wall Street climbs on results; Dow above 14,000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks climbed on Tuesday, pushing the Dow above 14,000 a day after the market's biggest sell-off since November, as stronger-than-expected earnings brightened the profit picture. All 10 S&P sectors were higher, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained more than 1 percent. Dell Inc's stock rose after the world's No. 3 computer maker agreed to be taken...

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Lindsey Vonn tears knee ligaments, out for season

SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn will miss the rest of the ski season after tearing knee ligaments and breaking a bone in her leg in a high-speed crash Tuesday at the world championships. The U.S. team expects her to return for the next World Cup season and the 2014 Sochi Olympics.Vonn lost balance on her right leg while landing a jump in the super-G. She flipped in the air, landed on her back...

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Richard III 'still the criminal king'

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Father saw 'horrifying' accident injure son during opera rehearsal

A fire-breathing stilt walker burned when flames flared up on his face during a dress rehearsal at the Lyric Opera of Chicago...

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Iran's Ahmadinejad kissed and scolded in Egypt

CAIRO (Reuters) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was both kissed and scolded on Tuesday when he began the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The trip was meant to underline a thaw in relations since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state, President Mohamed Mursi, last June. But it also highlighted deep theological and geopolitical differences....

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Wall Street pulls back after recent gain; data disappoints

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks dropped on Monday, pulling back from gains in the prior session that left the S&P 500 at a five-year high and the Dow above 14,000, as factory orders data disappointed and worries about the euro zone crisis resurfaced. The S&P 500 was on track for its biggest daily percentage decline since December 28. Chevron and Wal-Mart were among the biggest drags...

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Goodell: New Orleans 'terrific,' despite blackout

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says New Orleans was a "terrific" Super Bowl host and that the Superdome power outage that delayed the game for 34 minutes will have no effect on the city's future bids to host the league's championship.Goodell says, "The most important thing is to make sure people understand it was a fantastic week," and that it "will be remembered as one of the great...

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GOP Senator: Super Bowl Blackout Could Add Momentum to Energy Policy

The Super Bowl blackout could provide the momentum for energy policy like the Hispanic vote has done for immigration reform, according to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.RELATED: The Art Market, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s Enterprise, and the Coen Brothers“This issue of immigration: Why are we all focused on that? Well, it’s because the Republicans lost...

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