Colts say Manning doubtful for Sunday’s opener (AP)

INDIANAPOLIS – Peyton Manning’s consecutive games streak could be history by Sunday. Team officials said Monday that the four-time league MVP has been told by doctors not to practice and he will be listed as doubtful for the season opener against Houston. He is still undergoing tests, but no additional surgery has been scheduled. “As ...

Equities and euro pummeled by euro zone worries (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters)- European stocks shed 3 percent on Monday and the euro sank against the dollar as markets weighed a risk-heavy outlook for the euro zone, dominated by peripheral debt concerns and political uncertainty in Germany. Worries about public deficits in Greece and Italy and a regional election rout for Germany’s ruling party cast fresh ...

2 Mexicans deny terrorism, face 30 years for tweet (AP)

MEXICO CITY – Think before you tweet. A former teacher turned radio commentator and a math tutor who lives with his mother sit in a prison in southern Mexico, facing possible 30-year sentences for terrorism and sabotage in what may be the most serious charges ever brought against anyone using a Twitter social network account. ...

World stocks, euro slide on recession worries (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks fell to a one-week low on Monday and the euro hit a three-week trough against the dollar as investors worried the U.S. jobs market may be beyond easy repair and Europe faced a series of risks that would reignite its debt crisis. A week packed with political and legal challenges ...

Talks fail with Gaddafi loyalists in desert bastion (Reuters)

NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) – – Forces of Libya’s interim ruling council are poised for an assault on the desert town of Bani Walid after negotiators failed to persuade Muammar Gaddafi loyalists to abandon one of their last remaining bastions. The town is one of just a handful of areas in Libya still ...

Romney claims outsider role in tea party speech (AP)

CONCORD, N.H. – Mitt Romney is trying to appeal to tea party activists by presenting himself as an outsider with less political experience than the rest of the Republican presidential field. Speaking Sunday evening in New Hampshire, the former Massachusetts governor said career politicians cannot fix the nation’s problems. The appearance was Romney’s most anticipated ...

MDA telethon hosts: Lewis retired from fundraiser (AP)

LAS VEGAS – The hosts of this year’s Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon said Sunday that Jerry Lewis retired from the organization and its yearly fundraiser as they solicited donations and trotted out as much celebrity punch as organizers could muster in the annual program’s first year without the beloved icon. The comments about Lewis, whose ...

U.S. sets ultimatum in Swiss bank tax dispute: reports (Reuters)

ZURICH (Reuters) – The United States has written to Switzerland to demand it hands over detailed information this week on its citizens using Swiss accounts to dodge tax or see Credit Suisse and nine other banks face charges, newspapers reported on Sunday. The letter, quoted by two Swiss Sunday papers, was sent by U.S. Deputy ...

Libyans eye Gaddafi bastions, stability (Reuters)

NORTH OF BANI WALID/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces failed to convince Muammar Gaddafi loyalists on Sunday to give up one of their last strongholds without a fight, raising the prospect of an assault on the town of Bani Walid. Outside the desert town, a National Transitional Council (NTC) negotiator said talks with tribal leaders ...

CDC: Doctors prescribing fewer antibiotics to kids (AP)

ATLANTA – The push to get pediatricians to stop prescribing antibiotics for the wrong illnesses is paying off a bit, a new government report found. Since the early 1990s, there’s been a 10 percent drop in prescription rates for antibiotics for kids 14 and younger, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Antibiotics ...