With the government’s monthly unemployment report expected Friday, economists predicted it will show that the United States added about 150,000 jobs last month, sustaining the modest momentum in the economy. Read full article > >

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Modest gains forecast for Jan. jobs report

The man believed to have killed four homeless men in Orange County over the last month is now in custody, according to law enforcement officials.

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Anaheim, Calif., Police Make Arrest in Killing of Homeless Man

At least 10 paramilitary troops abducted last month are found shot dead in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, security officials say.

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Abducted Pakistan troops killed

The Obama administration, as part of an accelerated push toward an endgame in Afghanistan, last month reached a tentative accord with Taliban negotiators that would have included the transfer of five Afghans from U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Taliban’s public renunciation of international terrorism. Read full article > >

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U.S. deal with Taliban breaks down

BEIRUT — Bowing to international pressure, including from long-time ally Russia, Syria on Monday accepted an Arab League plan to allow international monitors into the country to observe a situation that anti-government activists call a bloody crackdown on dissent. Syria has agreed to implement a proposal signed last month by permitting an initial group of monitors to enter Syria within 72 hours and discussing plans for a total of 500 observers to operate across the country. Read full article > >

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Syria agrees to allow international monitors

CAIRO — More than 50 people were injured Friday in violent clashes between rock-throwing protesters and military police . The violence in central Cairo was the worst unrest since clashes last month that left at least 42 people dead. Two members of a military-appointed advisory council resigned to protest the clashes, state television reported. Read full article > >

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Egyptian military clashes with protesters in Cairo

When Barbara Lang, head of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, met with Council member David A. Catania last month, she hoped they would talk about the impact of national health care on the city. But Catania couldn’t stay focused, Lang said. For nearly an hour, she said, Catania (I-At large) complained about his colleagues, the mayor and what he called the council’s “dysfunction.” Read full article > >

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Is the D.C. Council in malaise mode?

President Giorgio Napolitano, 86, last month capped a distinguished career by orchestrating one of the most complex political transfers in Italian postwar history.

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The Saturday Profile: President Giorgio Napolitano, Italy’s Quiet Power Broker

When I, a Saudi female who lives in the city of Jeddah, first heard the news last month that King Abdullah was going to let women vote, my first reaction was, “vote in what?”

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Thank You For Giving Me the Vote, King Abdullah. Now Can I Please Have Something to Vote About?

WASHINGTON — George Washington University says students who were given “A’’ grades for a course that was never taught will have their tuition for the class refunded. The students in GW’s physician assistant program will still get credit for the course. The chair of the university’s physician assistant department resigned last month after students complained that she never taught two semesters of a course on evidence-based medicine. Read full article > >

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George Washington U. students to get tuition refunded after professor didn’t teach class

A 60-year-old woman on Sunday became the third person to die as a result of a helicopter crash last month in New York’s East River, said a spokeswoman for the city’s medical examiner’s office.

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NY chopper crash claims third victim

Captured in Portugal last month, George Wright recounts his odyssey since he escaped from prison in 1970 and hijacked a plane two years later.

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George Wright Tells Story of Hijacking From Portugal

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is seeking federal disaster aid for people in Fairfax and Prince William counties affected by the heavy rains and flooding from last month’s Tropical Storm Lee . The request comes just days after the F ederal Emergency Management Agency denied Virginia’s request for help recovering from the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Aug. 23. McDonnell said last week that he would appeal that decision. Read full article > >

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McDonnell seeks FEMA aid for Tropical Storm Lee

When Brittany Laughlin needed to fly from Chicago to San Francisco last month, she tried something new. Instead of visiting an online travel agency or an airline Web site, she headed over to Google Flight Search , the newest and most controversial travel site to launch since Orbitz opened its doors a decade ago. Read full article > >

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The Navigator: Need a flight? Just Google it.

LOS ANGELES — Rocker Gene Simmons and his longtime girlfriend, actress Shannon Tweed, have tied the knot. Publicist Dawn Miller offered her congratulations to “the new married couple” on Facebook. Simmons and Tweed have been a couple for years. Their engagement announcement last month surprised many fans. Read full article > >

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Rocker Gene Simmons and longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed marry