The secret to making it to 105 years old is apparently a daily dose of alcohol. Making it five more years, however, means you may have to cut back. Those are the lessons coming from Agnes Fenton, who turned 110 on Saturday, when she officially became a supercentarian. Fenton told …

MUKILTEO, Wash. – A Mukilteo woman has her French horn back, five years after it was stolen out of her car. The Daily Herald reports (http://is.gd/uNEonS ) that a man found the horn — a high-end, brass triple horn — in a Redmond pawn shop in 2011. He decided to …

BANGKOK – Thailand will start collecting inheritance tax for the first time next February. The Inheritance Tax Act 2015 says a 5 percent tax will be imposed on inherited assets worth more than 100 million baht ($2.8 million) for parents or direct descendants, and 10 percent for others. The act …

Could 2015 be the breakout year for the economy? Last week we got very joyful news: The economy grew by nearly 5 percent in the third quarter of 2014, after 4.6 percent growth in the second quarter. That’s a giant increase from the 2 percent rut the economy has been …

RALEIGH, N.C. – Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline shut down a plant Tuesday that produces inhaled medications after discovering the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s disease, a potentially fatal form of pneumonia. The manufacturing plant in Zebulon, about 25 miles east of Raleigh, was closed after routine testing found the bacteria in a self-standing …

“I did not email any classified material to anyone…” proclaimed Hillary Clinton at her March press conference in an attempt to quell questions about the unsecure server she used for all State Department business. Cleverly, Clinton dodged the fact that she received classified email on that vulnerable server, conduct also …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission is protesting an assault on one of its workers in the southern state of Oaxaca. The commission reports that the agent was abducted on a highway Sunday near the town of Jalapa del Marques while traveling to the group’s local headquarters in …

BERLIN – Germany’s defense ministry says it will withdraw some 250 troops stationed in Turkey when the mandate for their air-defense mission ends next year. The soldiers are operating Patriot missile batteries near the Syrian border as part of the NATO mission “Active Fence” along with troops from the United …

SEATTLE – Seattle police officers wound up helping with the birth of a baby after a routine traffic stop — and it was all recorded on a patrol car’s dashboard camera. The department says Officer Anthony Reynolds pulled over the car after he saw it speeding and running red lights …

KAMPALA, Uganda – A military spokesman says fighting has resumed between South Sudanese troops and rebels two days after the president declined to sign a peace deal. Col. Philip Aguer said Wednesday that there is fighting in Manyo County in the state of Upper Nile. He said the clashes are …