Greece's Tsipras gets a second chance from voters

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Alexis Tsipras' left-wing Syriza party battered opponents in a snap general election as Greeks gave the 41-year-old leader a second chance to deal with the country's staggering debt and carry out major reforms aimed at modernizing its government and economy. Defying opinion polls, Tsipras comfortably beat the conservative New Democracy party on Sunday to retain a coalition partnership with the small right-wing Independent Greeks. "Under difficult conditions, the Greek people have given us a clear order to get rid of everything that kept us stuck in the past," Tsipras told...