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Buckingham Palace: Prince Philip taken to hospital
Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip, was admitted to hospital Wednesday with a recurrence of the bladder infection he suffered earlier this ...
Cayman's imperiled blue iguanas on the rebound
The blue iguana has lived on the rocky shores of Grand Cayman for at least a couple of million years, preening like a miniature turquoise dragon as ...
EYES ON LONDON: For London Olympics, farewell time
This is the final installment of Eyes on London, which roamed the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing ...
EYES ON LONDON: London games close, Rio gets ready
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ RIO ...
AP PHOTOS: Highlights from 2 weeks of London 2012
The 2012 London Games kicked off 16 days ago with Queen Elizabeth II (actually, a body double) parachuting into a whimsical opening ceremony.
Top 10 memories of the London Olympics
The top 10 memorable moments from the London Olympics: 1. CROWNING THE GREATEST OLYMPIC ATHLETE OF ALL TIME Michael Phelps ended his remarkable ...
UK PM: Officials face athletic honors overload
British athletes' Olympic success means the people charged with doling out the country's knighthoods and other honors will have their work cut out for ...
Olympics will close with a thunderous party
Party! Party! Party! London is preparing to close out a two-week festival of sports in Olympic style, with a thunderous celebration of British music, ...
Column: 1st Tibetan Olympian wins medal for China
On any other day and in any other situation, the Tibetan exiles who gathered excitedly in groups next to Buckingham Palace would never have come to ...
Rogge: Usain Bolt not a 'legend' yet
Usain Bolt, you're not a "living legend" yet. That's the verdict of IOC President Jacques Rogge, who said Jamaican sprinter is an "icon," but needs ...
Going for gold: Royal Mail issues Olympian stamps
These British athletes can't be licked. The Royal Mail has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with ...
Take That singer Gary Barlow and wife lose baby
Musician Gary Barlow and his wife Dawn say their daughter was stillborn, and are asking for privacy. In a statement released Monday, the couple said ...
Princes: We had no clue queen would play in opener
Even Prince William and Prince Harry were kept in the dark. They told the BBC on Friday had no idea that their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, would ...
London Olympics offers a boost to beleaguered BBC
As senior BBC executives joined a conference call to discuss the previous night's spectacular London Olympics opening ceremony, they teased each other ...
Bank of England holds off new economic stimulus
The Bank of England on Thursday held its key lending rate at the all-time low of 0.5 percent for the 42nd month and announced no new stimulus measures ...
Column: Wiggins gives his country Olympic hope
By the time Bradley Wiggins wheeled his bike to the starting line in front of Hampton Court Palace, his country's national honor was no longer on the ...
Zara adds to family silver with Olympic medal
The queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips added to the family silver Tuesday, helping team Britain to a second-place finish behind Germany in Olympic ...
Royal Zara knocks down fence but finishes well
Zara Phillips has completed the team show jumping portion of her Olympic equestrian debut, knocking down one fence and incurring a slight time penalty ...
EYES ON LONDON: Twitter uproar, Bieber and judo
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ HER ...
Olympics inspire list of Queen Elizabeth II movies
Queen Elizabeth II became an unofficial Bond girl over the weekend after parachuting out of a helicopter with Daniel Craig during the lavish opening ...
Column: London 2012 learns (again) how to lose
Rule Britannia? Try cruel Britannia. An unrepentant ex-doper from Kazakhstan kissing his gold medal on the queen's front drive was hardly how Brits ...
Olympic viewing: NBC sets opening ceremony record
A look at media coverage of the London Olympics: An opening ceremony from the mother country with a Beatle, a queen and Mr. Bean proved irresistible ...
Lochte wins 400 IM final for first US gold
Five things to know about Saturday, Day 1 of the London Olympics: —Lochte wins first U.S. gold, Phelps fourth in 400 IM. —Brits struggle in cycling ...
Queen tours Olympic Park after debut as Bond Girl
Fresh from her star turn as the latest Bond Girl, Queen Elizabeth II returned to Olympic Park for an encore Saturday, while the usually biting British ...
EYES ON LONDON: Beach volleyball takes the stage
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ Beach ...