The coordinated suicide attack targeted the police headquarters in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. No one has claimed responsibility, but the city is claimed by both Kurds and Arabs.

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The comments by Iran's foreign minister at a security conference in Germany come a day after Vice President Joe Biden said the U.S. was willing to hold direct talks with the Islamic republic over its nuclear program. But Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Washington must show "fair and real" intentions to resolve the issue.

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If you can't develop a real rooting interest in the Super Bowl, perhaps you can come up with something almost completely arbitrary to help you care.

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After a visit to Harvard University, dozens in a group of high school students and their adult chaperones were injured when their charter bus hit a bridge after police say the driver failed to heed low-clearance warning signs.

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Chen Guangbiao is trying to call attention to China's environmental issues by selling clean air. Eighty cents buys you a touch of air from "pristine Tibet."

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Put down that chicken wing and put in your two cents. Fake your way at least well into the third quarter, when everyone else at your party Sunday is well into their Bud Lights.

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As he prepares to leave his job, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reflects on his years of service. It's a career that has included 16 years in Congress, stints as White House chief of staff, and as the head of the CIA, where he oversaw the controversial drone program.

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The Taliban tried to ban all music in Afghanistan. But now, 48 young Afghans — boys and girls — make up an orchestra that is coming to the U.S. to perform at a couple of the most prestigious venues in America.

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FAIRBANKS — An employee has been accused of embezzling more than $12,000 from the nonprofit organization that owns Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that 40-year-old Shelly Lee Comried has been issued a court summons to face a charge of second-degree felony theft.

According to the criminal complaint, Comried is accused of linking her personal bank account to an Internet-based payment account that the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation uses to receive charitable donations.

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CHUGIAK — Chugiak Cafe is entirely a family-run business.

Eagle River’s Tom and Michelle Kimball own the recently opened coffee and boutique shop and their two-person staff is made up of their kids, Jackie and Andrew.

Jackie, a sophomore at UAA, runs the cafe with her dad weekdays and takes class in the evenings. Andrew, a freshman at Eagle River High, helps out after school.

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