Recent declines are mounting

NEW YORK (AP) -- After last week's decline of more than 4 percent for the S&P 500, the benchmark index is up only 3 percent for the year.

Obama to tout $3B pledge for food security 
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is set to announce a new $3 billion food security initiative to help alleviate hunger and poverty in Africa. ...

"DANCING WITH THE STARS" - LAST DANCE

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Katherine Jenkins, William Levy and Donald Driver have made it this far, now they have some more dancing to do before one of them wins the mirror ball trophy.

BAY TO BREAKERS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- About 40,000 people signed up for the 101st Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco yesterday.

IN THE NEWS: PAKISTAN BLOCKS TWITTER

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Access to Twitter in Pakistan has been restored -- but for a time yesterday, people there couldn't use the microblogging site.