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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean students in Pyongyang celebrated the first day of their new school year this week with flowers and confetti....

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) -- A Marine facing dismissal from the military for his Facebook comments went as far as superimposing images of President Barack Obama's face on a poster for the movie "Jackass," a prosecutor said Thursday....

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Three U.S. soldiers killed in a suicide attack this week in Afghanistan were from Ohio, as were several others seriously wounded in the bombing, the Ohio National Guard said Thursday....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attended Mass with family Thursday after returning from his latest round of radiation therapy treatment in Cuba, talking emotionally about his struggle with cancer....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's Ministry of Public Security has added six men to its list of terrorists, accusing them of being behind terrorist activities in the far west region of Xinjiang....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's Ministry of Public Security has added six men to its list of terrorists, accusing them of being behind terrorist activities in the far west region of Xinjiang....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal prosecutor was only two minutes into an argument urging a harsh prison sentence for Viktor Bout, when the notorious arms dealer dubbed the Merchant of Death made it clear he had heard enough....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski on Thursday lost a bid to get out of the prison where he's serving time in one of the corporate world's most notorious fraud cases, with parole officials calling his role in the $100-million-plus scheme a "glaring violation" of shareholders' trust....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former Tyco CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski on Thursday lost a bid to get out of the prison where he's serving time in one of the corporate world's most notorious fraud cases, with parole officials calling his role in the $100-million-plus scheme a "glaring violation" of shareholders' trust....

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Former South Dakota senator and Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was released from a Florida hospital Thursday after undergoing tests, a hospital spokeswoman said....

OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard unleashed cannon fire Thursday at a Japanese vessel set adrift by last year's tsunami, stopping the ship's long, lonely voyage across the Pacific Ocean....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the 2012 election will be a "fun debate" over two competing visions for the nation, referring to Mitt Romney as the Republican "front-runner" who has backed policies that would undermine middle-class families....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the 2012 election will be a "fun debate" over two competing visions for the nation, referring to Mitt Romney as the Republican "front-runner" who has backed policies that would undermine middle-class families....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the 2012 election will be a "fun debate" over two competing visions for the nation, referring to Mitt Romney as the Republican "front-runner" who has backed policies that would undermine middle-class families....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the 2012 election will be a "fun debate" over two competing visions for the nation, referring to Mitt Romney as the Republican "front-runner" who has backed policies that would undermine middle-class families....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the 2012 election will be a "fun debate" over two competing visions for the nation, referring to Mitt Romney as the Republican "front-runner" who has backed policies that would undermine middle-class families....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the 2012 election will be a "fun debate" over two competing visions for the nation, referring to Mitt Romney as the Republican "front-runner" who has backed policies that would undermine middle-class families....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the 2012 election will be a "fun debate" over two competing visions for the nation, referring to Mitt Romney as the Republican "front-runner" who has backed policies that would undermine middle-class families....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attended a Mass with family Thursday after returning from his latest round of radiation therapy treatment in Cuba....

A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, for Thursday, April 5, 2012:...