WASHINGTON (AP) — The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Communications regulators are unveiling a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. Their aim: to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans and make access much faster for people who already have broadband.

HBO, in conjunction with Comcast and the National Constitution Center, held a special screening this week of the new HBO Miniseries “The Pacific,” based of the true stories World War II marines.  

Some fathers might think a day at the museum is a yawn. And a trip to the playground? An even bigger snooze. It’s no wonder you’re always casting about for something new to do.

The state AFL-CIO and Pennsylvania’s largest public teacher union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) formalized a labor solidarity agreement at the PSEA headquarters Tuesday.

On the eve of the anniversary of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan last month, Republicans targeted Democrat Betsy Markey’s Colorado district with a mailing citing the “painfully high unemployment rate.”

Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the Israeli Knesset Parliament Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last week that, for  the first time since the inception of the negotiation process with the P.L.O. in 1993, the Israeli government has announced an official policy to monitor virulent  incitement from official media outlets of the Palestinian Authority (P.A.).

Jerusalem — Israel is applying pressure to the United States and trying to persuade the administration to impose a naval blockade on Iran, in addition to the sanctions that the U.N. Security Council is expected to approve in the coming months.

JERUSALEM — The Middle East newsline has confirmed that Saudi Arabia has advanced in negotiations to purchase a fighter jet from the United States.

JERUSALEM —  An American citizen, International Solidarity Movement member Rachel Corrie, was crushed to death by an Israeli Army bulldozer while she was demonstrating in Gaza on March 16, 2003.