From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:24 PM

Iceland is considering a plan by the country’s health minister to limit smoking among youngsters by making cigarettes available only on prescription.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:23 PM

Astronauts stepped out for the last spacewalk of NASA’s shuttle era. Space station astronauts Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan Jr. ventured out nearly 250 miles above Earth Tuesday. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:23 PM

More than a dozen armed men abducted a naturalized American, her teenage son and Filipino nephew before dawn Tuesday from a southern Philippine island near a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked militants. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:22 PM

Football reporter Ken Murray explains why the NFL lockout could be over by July 21st. (Emaun Kashfipour/Baltimore Sun)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 11:23 AM

Like many cities, Whittier, Calif. is facing a tight budget. But city leaders say this community near Los Angeles is sitting on a solution: oil. They want to drill in a park. But neighbors say oil would sully the preserve they fought to protect. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 11:23 AM

A Chinese toddler who fell 10 stories from her family apartment and was caught by a passerby has woken up from a coma, doctors in Hangzhou said Tuesday. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 11:23 AM

Security officials say masked gunmen blew up a terminal of the Egyptian natural gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan in a predawn attack Tuesday. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 11:21 AM

The latest celebrity news including the meaning behind beckham’s baby name and a Beatles reunion in the works?

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:16 AM

Members of the mideast quartet meet in Washington D.C. (Rough Cut. No reporter narration).

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:13 AM

A pharmacist has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in the shooting death of a teenager who tried to rob the south Oklahoma City store where he worked. (July 11)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:13 AM

The FBI is investigation how a stun gun got onto a JetBlue plane, which departed from Boston’s Logan Airport and landed at Newark's Liberty International Airport Friday night. (July 11)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:13 AM

Firefighters battled a four alarm fire at a synagogue in Manhattan that covered much of the Upper East Side in smoke. A local fire chief said about five firefighters suffered minor injuries. (July 11)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:13 AM

An Amtrak train smashed into a tractor-trailer Monday in a fiery collision that killed the truck driver, injured several others and sent flames more than three stories high in North Berwick, Maine, a witness and officials said. (July 11)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:13 AM

Authorities closed down a San Francisco train station where demonstrators gathered to condemn last week’s fatal shooting of a man by transit police during a confrontation. The station has since been reopened. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:13 AM

Somalis walking to find food and water are faced with a difficult and sometimes deadly journey in the face of a massive drought in the region. Aid agencies are calling for more assistance. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:32 PM

At least 12 people were killed and dozens more injured when a massive explosion ripped through a military base in southern Cyprus on Monday.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:32 PM

A bottled liter of water with a few teaspoons of bleach is proving to be a successful recipe for shanty dwellers in light-deprived slums of the Philippines. The simple technology is spreading sunlight in places where it’s never been, and saving residents money at the same time. Gemma Haines repo...

From: The Baltimore Sun on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:32 PM

Summary of business headlines: House Republican leader says no deal on budget, debt ceiling talks; Alcoa profit doubles as revenues jump 27 percent; Stocks fall on Washington ambiguity, Italy worries; Oil prices fall.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:32 PM

Syrian government supporters smashed windows at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, raised a Syrian flag and scrawled graffiti calling the American ambassador a "dog" in anger over the envoy’s visit to an opposition stronghold, witnesses said. (July 11)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:32 PM

At least eight people are dead after a massive explosion ripped through a military base in southern Cyprus. Travis Brecher reports.