BERLIN – Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, some 58 percent of Germans say the past should be consigned to history, while three-quarters of Israelis reject the idea of putting the past behind them. Some 48 percent of Germans also say their opinion of today’s Israel is “poor” and …

CAIRO – Egyptian security officials say militants have launched simultaneous attacks on more than a dozen army and police positions in the restive Sinai Peninsula. The officials say the attacks rocked three cities late Thursday, targeting an army base, a hotel, a police club and several checkpoints. The militants used …

Beatty vs. Hepburn | Pop Star for Sale | ‘Gigli’ DOA | Beatty vs. Hepburn: Their Botched ‘Love Affair’ There was a lot of excitement about A. Scott Berg’s book “Kate Remembered” when it was published last month. Most of it had to do with Katharine Hepburn’s revelations about Spencer …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has expressed sadness for the death of Cardinal Francis George, the retired Chicago archbishop. In a condolence telegram Saturday sent to current Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich, the pontiff offered “heartfelt condolences” to the prelate, clergy and other faithful of the third-largest U.S. archdiocese with 2.2 …

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – Police in Mongolia say a Canadian businessman has been found dead in his room at an upscale hotel in the capital Ulan Bator. Jim Doak, 59, was found dead Thursday morning by cleaning staff at the Blue Sky hotel. Canadian media reports identify him as the …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s president says a new law allowing the logging of small woods could lead to “uncontrolled deforestation” in the country, posing a national security threat. President Klaus Iohannis said Monday that the proposed legislation could lead to the logging of as much as a million hectares. Romania …

LINCOLN, Neb. – A man in Lincoln, Nebraska, has been cited for possessing pot inside a container that had been slapped with a label reading: “Not Weed.” The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Lancaster County deputies stopped the man’s vehicle around 9 p.m. Saturday. Officers found the plastic sour cream …

To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi. I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Lots of stuff happened while I was gone last week. Looks like Saddam Hussein is alive and making propaganda tapes. More attacks, of course, on American soldiers in Iraq …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A man who set sail from South Carolina two months ago was rescued on the overturned hull of his sailboat 200 miles off the coast of North Carolina, and he said he got by rationing his water and praying for help. “Every day I was like, ‘Please …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Silent Night? UPDATE: Here’s a quick update on our Grapevine about The New York Sun story concerning the Princeton student who alleged he had been beaten — after coming out against the school distribution of condoms. The Daily Princetonian says Francisco Nava …