Bankruptcy judge OKs GM sale plan

NEW YORK — A bankruptcy judge said late Sunday that General Motors Corp. can sell the bulk of its assets to a new company, clearing the way for the automaker to quickly emerge from bankruptcy protection.

Bankruptcy judge OKs GM sale plan

NEW YORK — A bankruptcy judge says General Motors can sell the bulk of its assets to a new company, clearing the way for the automaker to quickly emerge from bankruptcy.

China state media says 129 killed in riots in west

BEIJING — Chinese state media says that 129 people have been killed and more than 800 hurt in violence in the country's western Xinjiang region.

Suicide attack outside NATO base in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber struck early Monday outside the main NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing two civilians and wounding 14 other people, as U.S. Marines pressed a major anti-Taliban offensive in a neighboring province.

Old ruling party gains in Mexico midterm election

MEXICO CITY — The party that ruled Mexico for seven decades appeared to be making a historic comeback in Sunday's midterm congressional elections, scoring big with voters for the first time since it lost the presidency in 2000.

As retailers cut back cities confront 'ghostboxes'

BISMARCK, N.D. — Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.'s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 102,700-square-foot building center in Bismarck. Less than three years later, the home improvement retailer shuttered the underperforming store, leaving a big orange empty eyesore on the outskirts of town.

Field-to-plate: VT college students try farming

POULTNEY, Vt. — Devin Lyons typically starts his days this summer cooking fresh eggs for breakfast from the farm's chicken coop. Then, depending on the weather, he and a dozen other college students might cut hay in the field using a team of oxen, turn compost or weed vegetable beds.

Mohawks v. Canada: Bridge shutdown hurts business

ST. REGIS MOHAWK NATION, N.Y. — Melinda Walk needs her Canadian customers back - so much so that she's willing to give them full value for their currency at her convenience store-gas station just over the U.S.-Canadian border, even at a loss of 12 cents on the dollar.

Ballad hero has lived a country song

BARTOW, Fla. — Christopher Daniel Gay's life has been one long, sad country song, the latest verse written when he bolted from a sheriff's deputy at a Waffle House on his way to jail.

Mass. mom accused of withholding cancer meds

SALEM, Mass. — A woman accused of withholding cancer treatment from her autistic son has been charged with attempted murder.