Boeing 777 crashes while landing at SFO  —  Sponsored Links  —  SAN FRANCISCO —  An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 arriving from a flight South Korea crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning, bursting into flames, authorities said.

ElBaradei named Egyptian prime minister  —  CAIRO — Former U.N. nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei has been appointed Egypt's interim prime minister, one of his top aides said Saturday, giving a liberal and secular direction to a country that until three days ago was led by Islamists.

Experts: John Kerry's credibility could sink with boat flap  —  By:  —  John F. Kerry's credibility took on more water on the second day of his Nantucket vacation flap, as the State Department backed off its initial denial the embattled secretary of state was yachting during the Egyptian military coup …

Runaway freight train explodes, levels center of Canada town  —  (Reuters) - A driverless freight train carrying tankers of crude oil derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving an unknown number of people feared missing.

Venezuela, Nicaragua Talk Asylum for Edward Snowden, but Could He Get There?  —  Venezuela and Nicaragua reportedly are prepared to throw Edward Snowden a lifeline — if he can get there.  —  The accused NSA leaker has been stuck in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremedevo International Airport …

Can libertarian populism save the Republican Party?  —  The dream of the '90s is alive in the conservative movement.  There's a new name being floated around as the solution to the current electoral woes of the GOP: Ross Perot.  —  Reform party presidential candidate Ross Perot gives a thumbs up to supporters in 1996 in Dallas.

‘Dozens dead’ in school attack in Nigeria's Yobe state  —  At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say.  —  Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state.

Political rival claims assault by handshake  —  EASTON — Most of the time, a handshake shows good manners, serves as a greeting or demonstrates gratitude at the end of a sports match for a well-played game.  —  Robert “Bert” Webbe, an Easton Republican, says a handshake from First Selectman Tom Herrmann …