ST. PAUL, Minn. — After years of setbacks, the Minnesota Vikings can finally point to a major victory in the franchise quest for a new stadium. Tuesday could make it two in a row. The Minnesota House voted 73-58 on Monday for a stadium financing proposal. In the process, lawmakers substantially raised the required private [...]

Diamond Pet Foods has expanded a recall of several brands of dry pet food that have been linked to salmonella, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The company is pulling a totally of nine brands of Diamond dog food off the shelves after several of its brands were linked to an outbreak of a [...]

Jayson Werth broke his left wrist while making a sliding catch in the sixth inning and will likely be out, Manager Davey Johnson said, for a few months, dealing the Nationals another blow to their already injured roster. Werth, the Nationals everyday right field who was enjoying a solid season so far, suffered a “clean [...]

George Lindsey, the Southern-born character actor who played dim hayseed Goober Pyle, the genial gas station auto mechanic on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Mayberry R.F.D.,” died early Sunday morning. He was 83. Lindsey, who later was a regular on the long-running country music comedy show “Hee Haw,” died at a healthcare center in Nashville [...]

Etihad Airways has announced a reciprocal frequent flyer agreement with codeshare partner Royal Air Maroc. Etihad Guest members can earn and redeem miles when flying on Royal Air Maroc’s network across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and US while members of the Royal Air Maroc Safar FFP will also earn and redeem Safar Flyer Miles [...]

Downing Street is anxious about Andy Coulson’s appearance before the Leveson Inquiry this week. Coulson is, of course, David Cameron’s former communications chief. But Coulson’s inquiry evidence — which will concentrate on what he knew about phone hacking when he was editor of the News of the World — could prove less damaging to the [...]

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An airstrike Sunday killed a top al-Qaida leader on the FBI’s most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship, Yemeni officials said. The airstrike resembled earlier U.S. drone attacks, but the U.S. did not immediately confirm it. Fahd al-Quso was hit by a missile [...]

Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against German-led austerity. Hollande was set to beat conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by a decisive 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent margin, the TNS-Sofres polling agency said in [...]

Firefighters and medical teams rushed to the area after the tornado struck about 40 miles from Tokyo. The city is a science center, with dozens of research and academic institutes, but the tornado appeared to be mostly in residential areas. Officials say a 14-year-old boy died and more than 30 people were injured.

The 47-year-old, better known by his stage name MCA, died weeks after the pioneering white hip-hop act was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was too ill to attend the ceremony. The three-member band cancelled a tour in 2009 after Yauch announced he had been diagnosed with cancer in a salivary [...]