Breaking News - The Post Chronicle http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews webmaster The Post Chronicle en <![CDATA[Oops! DUI, See-Thru Dress (Photos) For Sen. Kerry Daughter Alexandra Forbes Kerry]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269001.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3slGOOHvKKlkqsL4OxH8nIumSF8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3slGOOHvKKlkqsL4OxH8nIumSF8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3slGOOHvKKlkqsL4OxH8nIumSF8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3slGOOHvKKlkqsL4OxH8nIumSF8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Alexandra Kerry busted: DUI and see-through fashion crime. There's nothing better than a celebrity mug-shot and when Alexandra Kerry's mug-shot comes out, it will be huge news. ... <![CDATA[Miami Man Gets 13-Year Sentence For Sears Tower Plot]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269318.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fTUO-tZFI3Yx1rep3fPDQ0xyGtA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fTUO-tZFI3Yx1rep3fPDQ0xyGtA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fTUO-tZFI3Yx1rep3fPDQ0xyGtA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fTUO-tZFI3Yx1rep3fPDQ0xyGtA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>The ringleader of a group of Miami men convicted of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and government offices was sentenced to 13-1/2 years in prison on Friday.... <![CDATA[Los Angeles Gets Tough On Medical Marijuana Shops]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269317.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZZb9pwHCb_o7pb9i1TP2DjRTZyw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZZb9pwHCb_o7pb9i1TP2DjRTZyw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZZb9pwHCb_o7pb9i1TP2DjRTZyw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZZb9pwHCb_o7pb9i1TP2DjRTZyw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of...... <![CDATA[Obama's Job Approval Below 50 Percent]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269311.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6uigX6moXSvutH0dA1ymBv2TloU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6uigX6moXSvutH0dA1ymBv2TloU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6uigX6moXSvutH0dA1ymBv2TloU/1/da"><img 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http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269307.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IbEoPoSOU_DIOL-O91QVZY-9-Hg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IbEoPoSOU_DIOL-O91QVZY-9-Hg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IbEoPoSOU_DIOL-O91QVZY-9-Hg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IbEoPoSOU_DIOL-O91QVZY-9-Hg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>A Russian cruise ship called The Captain Khlebnikov has broken free of an ice trap in Antarctica and is headed to Argentina,...... <![CDATA[Prosecutors: Kercher Killed As Punishment]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269308.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5SWctRbYO5LavgeX-uGj9qYboKc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5SWctRbYO5LavgeX-uGj9qYboKc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a 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Indicts 15 Alleged La Familia Members]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269305.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UhxHGCTxY83aqc08NxpUFWLbtFY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UhxHGCTxY83aqc08NxpUFWLbtFY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UhxHGCTxY83aqc08NxpUFWLbtFY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UhxHGCTxY83aqc08NxpUFWLbtFY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Fifteen alleged associates of a Mexican drug cartel's Chicago cell were indicted on narcotics trafficking-related charges,...... <![CDATA[Holder Pledges To Enforce All Laws Equally]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269304.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WDn17uAwCxMRIKW-I_Ms8WjEupQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WDn17uAwCxMRIKW-I_Ms8WjEupQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a 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because of her homosexuality if returned to the United States.... <![CDATA[Six Nations Hold Iran Summit]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269302.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yqlkjhthMHE7LiEAzOhoZ8XO3Fs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yqlkjhthMHE7LiEAzOhoZ8XO3Fs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yqlkjhthMHE7LiEAzOhoZ8XO3Fs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yqlkjhthMHE7LiEAzOhoZ8XO3Fs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Iran's rejection of a key part of a nuclear deal prompted a meeting Friday between representatives of six world powers and the European Union.... <![CDATA["Yard Sale" Brings U.S. Empire To Bargain-Bin Ending]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269292.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/89iUaf3ZAUUlzIO_8huXRGu3jqQ/0/da"><img 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http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269281.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/orc-_SR12XlNTvBwe3HE0ZXeyF4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/orc-_SR12XlNTvBwe3HE0ZXeyF4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/orc-_SR12XlNTvBwe3HE0ZXeyF4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/orc-_SR12XlNTvBwe3HE0ZXeyF4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin expects to sign bills giving the state's large cities pension-funding relief and approving the sale of $225 million in stimulus bonds.... <![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi Calls Afghan Hamid Karzai "Unworthy Partner"]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269280.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8-TOz1NjWN29MkF6IXC8dg6yGPQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8-TOz1NjWN29MkF6IXC8dg6yGPQ/0/di" border="0" 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announcement of a new strategy on Afghanistan will not take place until after the Thanksgiving holiday next week.... <![CDATA[Somalia To Join Child Rights Pact, Only U.S. Outside]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269256.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7xJMslv5LZDPbqYWkt2kgr07wWY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7xJMslv5LZDPbqYWkt2kgr07wWY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7xJMslv5LZDPbqYWkt2kgr07wWY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7xJMslv5LZDPbqYWkt2kgr07wWY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, UNICEF said Friday.... <![CDATA[Suicide Bombing Kills 13 In Afghanistan]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269253.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mCfwDUvYS881aIxx2yOxHPPu2jE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mCfwDUvYS881aIxx2yOxHPPu2jE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mCfwDUvYS881aIxx2yOxHPPu2jE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mCfwDUvYS881aIxx2yOxHPPu2jE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people in Afghanistan Friday, an act a multinational security force spokeswoman condemned as a &quot;malicious attack.&quot;... <![CDATA[Serbia Officially Recognizes Macedonia]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269252.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AOFsdsvP6W_6usji-05VL_XKcJw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AOFsdsvP6W_6usji-05VL_XKcJw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AOFsdsvP6W_6usji-05VL_XKcJw/1/da"><img 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Concerned]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269224.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WREgo8Fnv5pNoVfUV-DdlWOlthY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WREgo8Fnv5pNoVfUV-DdlWOlthY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WREgo8Fnv5pNoVfUV-DdlWOlthY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WREgo8Fnv5pNoVfUV-DdlWOlthY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Belgians on Friday mixed pride with trepidation over Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first president of the European Union because of the risk of instability after his...... <![CDATA[Six Powers Regret Iran's Stance On Nuclear Deal]]> http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212269228.shtml?ref=rss <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fcisOeQx95M_NqmHZhen9Rd1ITc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fcisOeQx95M_NqmHZhen9Rd1ITc/0/di" border="0" 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aquifers with chemicals that can cause cancer and other serious illnesses....