The news that is not White House approved… Out of Focus It seems President Obama needs to get his priorities straight — literally. Remember during the State of the Union address in January when he looked you, the American people, right in the eye and vowed that jobs would be …

OKLAHOMA CITY – It’s been 14 years since Doris Battle lost her parents in the Oklahoma City bombing. But Battle said Sunday that the passage of time has not diminished the loss she still feels. “I can’t go home and see him anymore,” Battle said with a voice that quivered …

KABUL – The Taliban vowed Wednesday to launch a wave of attacks in a spring offensive as a surge of American troops arrives in Afghanistan, a threat delivered on the same day that 42 militants were reported killed in clashes. Taliban leaders regularly boast of impending attacks that never materialize …

Detectives trying to unravel a murder mystery that left a little girl dead in a suitcase at the bottom of a pond said they haven’t yet found the weapon used to kill the 8-year-old and can’t say for sure where the luggage came from. Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman told …

Federal customs agents say a pearl-handled AK-47 that belonged to Saddam Hussein is being sent back to Iraq. The weapon had been in the hands of the U.S. Army. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the automatic rifle is chrome-plated and has a photo of Hussein near the sight. ICE spokesman …

CLEVELAND – On Monday, A U.S. immigration judge in Virginia revoked John Demjanjuk’s stay of deportation to Germany. Demjanjuk plans to appeal the decision, which would clear the way for him to be sent to Germany to face charges of being a Nazi death camp guard. The 89-year-old suburban Cleveland …

MEXICO CITY – Traffic is picking up again, cafes are reopening and cleanup crews are getting universities ready to resume classes. Mexico City has some of its customary bustle back, and the president promises life is returning to normal after a five-day shutdown to contain the spread of swine flu. …

ALGIERS, Algeria – Former terror chiefs have called on Al Qaeda-linked insurgents battling Algerian authorities to lay down their arms and benefit from a pardon, media reported Saturday. Authorities are trying to persuade an estimated 500 active militants linked to Al Qaeda to lay down their arms. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika …

LONDON – A British newspaper says nine Cabinet ministers used taxpayer-funded expenses to pay for advice on completing tax returns. The Daily Telegraph reported Monday that Treasury chief Alistair Darling and eight other ministers claimed the cost of tax advice on their expenses. It is among the latest details about …

COLUMBIA, S.C. – An Alabama man convicted of killing a police officer has been executed in South Carolina, after cutting himself with a razor Friday. Thomas Treshawn Ivey was put to death by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. Friday in the state’s death chamber in Columbia. The …