by Associated Press BC-AP Americas Digest Associated Press - 27 November 2014 00:38-05:00 TOP STORIES: FERGUSON FERGUSON, Missouri — Residents sought a return to normal Thursday as business owners boarded up windows and cleared away debris following unrest over a grand jury decision's not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old. By Jim Salter and Jim Suhr. AP Photos, video. CANADA-RADIO HOST INVESTIGATION TORONTO — Former Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio host Jian Ghomesi must live with his mother while sexual assault charges against him are heard in a case that has rocked the country's vaunted public broadcaster. By Rob Gillies. AP photos. HOLIDAY-TRAVEL WEATHER MINEOLA, New York — A sloppy mix of rain and snow rolls into the U.S. Northeast as millions of Americans make the big Thanksgiving holiday getaway, grounding hundreds of flights and turning highways hazardous on what is typically one of country's the busiest travel days of the year. By Frank Eltman. AP Photos, video. PRIVATE POLICING MEXICO CITY — Distrust of public police makes private security a big business in Latin America. In the world's most dangerous region, an army of nearly 4 million private officers make up an industry projected to reach $30 billion by 2016. By Katherine Corcoran. AP Photos. Abridged version also available. With: PRIVATE POLICING-PHOTO GALLERY. VENEZUELA-ALLEGED PLOT CARACAS, Venezuela — An outspoken leader of Venezuela's opposition is being charged in what the government alleges was a U.S.-backed plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. By Jorge Rueda. AP Photo. MEXICO-LEFT IN DISARRAY MEXICO CITY — Mexico's left faces huge problems following the resignation of former presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, a pillar of progressive politics and son of the revered president who nationalized the oil industry. By E. Eduardo Castillo. AP Photo. COLOMBIA-EXHUMED GUERRILLA BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia is digging up the remains of a former guerrilla leader who was assassinated 25 years ago while running for president in one of the most emblematic crimes committed during a wave of terror against leftist activists. By Libardo Cardona. AP Photos. BRAZIL-VIOLENCE RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro state must provide financial support to the family of a laborer whose disappearance in police custody last year became a cause celebre and a symbol of endemic police brutality, a Brazilian court has ruled. COLOMBIA-INMATES THEATER BOGOTA, Colombia — Handcuffed female inmates file onto a dark stage as armed prison guards watch in Colombia's National Theater. They're putting on the Greek tragedy "Antigone" as the marquee attraction in the second annual Theater Festival for Prisoners. By Jacobo Garcia. AP Photos. BUSINESS & FINANCE: BRISTOL-MYERS-HEPATITIS DRUG UNDATED — U.S. regulators have declined to approve Bristol-Myers Squibb's daclatasvir as part of a combination hepatitis C treatment with another antiviral drug called asunaprevir. Daclatasvir was approved in July in Japan for use in patients with one strain of the virus that's common in that country. By Linda A. Johnson. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT: BILL COSBY-NATIONAL ENQUIRER PHILADELPHIA — Bill Cosby testified under oath in 2005 that he gave the National Enquirer an exclusive interview about looming sexual-assault accusations by a Canadian woman against him in exchange for the tabloid eliminating a second accuser's story. By Maryclaire Dale. AP Photo. News Topics: General news, Violent crime, Political assassinations, Crime, Assassinations, Holiday travel, Theater, Leisure travel, Travel, Lifestyle, Performing arts, Entertainment, Arts and entertainment People, Places and Companies: Nicolas Maduro, Bill Cosby, Venezuela, Mexico, Mexico City, Colombia, United States, South America, Latin America and Caribbean, North America, Central America, Missouri Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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