Okla. honors actress Mary Kay Place for donation
The Oklahoma Legislature has recognized award-winning actress and Tulsa native Mary Kay Place for her donation to a planned popular culture museum in ...
Kluwe says he's been released by Vikings
The Vikings released punter Chris Kluwe on Monday, bringing an end to his colorful and outspoken eight-year stay in Minnesota. Kluwe announced the ...

Buffett: Stocks still reasonable but bonds awful
Investor Warren Buffett said even though the stock market is soaring, prices appear reasonable, and stocks would be a better investment than bonds for ...

Bashful? Buy the little blue pill online
Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill. In a first for the drug ...

Church, Bryan, Lambert lead CMT Awards nominations
Eric Church, Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert are the lead nominees for this year's CMT Music Awards. The trio of country music's newest stars are ...
FAA safety oversight of aircraft repairs faulted
The government's oversight of hundreds of domestic and overseas repair stations that service U.S. airliners is ineffective and doesn't target the ...
FDA warns pregnant women of migraine drug risk
U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease ...

Alleged Auschwitz death camp guard arrested
A 93-year-old man who was deported from the U.S. for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday on allegations he served as ...
Pentagon: Chinese government waging cyberattacks
The Pentagon for the first time used its annual report on China to directly assert that Beijing's government and military have conducted ...
Kosovo police arrest suspected drugs kingpin
Kosovo police have arrested a suspected Balkan drug kingpin who is wanted on an international arrest warrant and blacklisted by U.S. authorities.

Mississippi prepares new push on education
It's early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson's class are working equations at the board. Dawson is peppering ...
NJ governor 'saves' children from spider
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while he spoke to a group of schoolchildren.

Wash. State graduate wears wedding gown under robe
With friends and family already gathered for her graduation from Washington State University, Cassie Dotts thought it would be a good time for another ...
Prizes awarded for translated fiction, poetry
An experimental Hungarian novel and a collection of Romanian poetry have won prizes for best English language translations. Laszlo Krasznahorkai's ...
Justin Bieber faces copyright lawsuit in Va.
Two Virginia songwriters are suing Justin Bieber and Usher for $10 million for copyright infringement. Devin Copeland and Mareio Overton claim ...

Justin Timberlake brings smooth moves to NYC
Justin Timberlake brought his smooth moves to the Roseland Ballroom on Sunday night. The nattily dressed crooner performed for nearly two hours with ...
Oil down toward $95 as US jobs momentum fades
The price of oil edged down on Monday as enthusiasm over last week's strong U.S. jobs report faded. The benchmark oil contract for June delivery was ...

Bride, 4 others die in limo fire on Calif. bridge
Investigators are trying to determine why a stretch limousine burst into flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, trapping and killing five of the nine ...

AP PHOTOS: Inaugural Shaky Knees music festival
More than 14,000 rock and folk music fans braved steady rains over the weekend at the inaugural Shaky Knees Music Festival near downtown Atlanta.
Newsman and "Rocky III" and "Scarface" actor dies
A Los Angeles television news anchor in the 1960s and 1970s who also appeared in movies such as "Rocky III" has died. Mario Machado was 78.
US futures see little movement after record highs
U.S. stock market futures are barely budging, as traders seem ready to pause after sending major indexes record highs following a positive jobs report ...

MVP voter explains why he didn't choose LeBron
The writer who did not choose LeBron James of the Miami Heat as the NBA's Most Valuable Player believes Carmelo Anthony "meant more to his team" this ...

Teen immigrant angst _ a factor in bombings?
Anna Tabakh didn't know a word of English. At age 5, a stranger in a strange land, she was en route with her parents from the Soviet Union to a new ...

Family of Utah soccer referee who died holds vigil
The oldest daughter of the Utah soccer referee who died Saturday a week after a teenage player punched him in the head hopes to forgive the young man ...

Isles' optimistic outlook takes hit with OT loss
The New York Islanders' rallying cry in their return to the postseason for the first time in six years is "Believe." Even the most ardent of ...