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Dior: Jennifer Lawrence dress had no malfunction
That was no wardrobe malfunction — that was couture. When Jennifer Lawrence ascended the stairs to accept her SAG Award Sunday night, a bit of skin ...
Policeman protecting Pakistani polio team killed
Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer protecting polio workers during a U.N.-backed vaccination campaign in northwestern ...
Newtown expands scope of planned children's museum
Months before she was killed in a gunman's rampage, Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung wrote a letter expressing her excitement ...
Under pressure, Boy Scouts may ease no-gays policy
Facing diverse and ceaseless protests, the Boy Scouts of America is signaling its readiness to end the nationwide exclusion of gays as scouts or ...
Smog thick enough to cancel flights hits Beijing
Thick, off-the-scale smog shrouded eastern China for the second time in about two weeks Tuesday, forcing airlines to cancel flights because of poor ...
Animal shelters are real winners of 'Puppy Bowl'
There will be a winner and a loser every Super Bowl Sunday. But at the "Puppy Bowl," it's always a win for animal shelters. The show provides national ...
Scouts considering retreat from no-gays policy
The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders - a potentially ...
Rome's Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 million facelift
Rome's 18th-century Trevi Fountain, famed as a setting for the film "La Dolce Vita," is getting a €2.18 million ($2.9 million) restoration courtesy ...
Applegate wins Newbery; Klassen takes Caldecott
Katherine Applegate's "The One and Only Ivan" won the John Newbery Medal for the outstanding book of 2012, while Jon Klassen's "This Is Not My Hat" ...
'Cabaret' celebrates 41st birthday with a party
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome — to middle age. The landmark film "Cabaret" — starring Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York — has turned 41, but ...
Norwegian cruise operator to cut fourth of staff
Norway's Hurtigruten cruise line says it will streamline operations and slash staff by 25-30 percent in an effort to increase profitability.
Holocaust items put on display for remembrance day
When Stella Knobel's family fled World War II Poland in 1939, the only thing the 7-year-old girl could take with her was her teddy bear. For the next ...
Pro-gay marriage protesters hit Paris streets
Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris Sunday in support of a government-sponsored bill that would legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex ...
Harry's Afghan downtime: movies, candy trades
Prince Harry's off-duty time in Afghanistan appeared to be full of war movies, board games and elaborate candy trades. The 28-year-old helicopter ...
Dozens of stranded Arizona hikers rescued
Authorities say dozens of hikers have been rescued after being stranded by high water from heavy rains in an Arizona canyon. The Pima County Sheriff's ...
Obama birth control mandates loosens lawsuits
The legal challenges over religious freedom and the birth control coverage requirement in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul appear to be ...
AP Interview: Haiti eyes tourism, other businesses
Haiti's prime minister says his country is hoping to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant aid handouts — so it ...
Spotty Midwestern snow a mixed bag for businesses
Just a week ago, things looked dire for Sarah and Tim Long, owners of Timbers Resort in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Snow is their winter lifeblood, ...
Europe's emigrants face red tape in Latin America
Geologist David Rodriguez and actress Cristina Pascual, two of the nearly six million Spaniards left jobless in the European recession, fled to Latin ...
Wife of female Army officer can join spouses club
A woman who is married to a female Army officer at Fort Bragg and who was recently denied membership in its officers' spouses club said late Friday ...
Brazil: bar codes on sidewalks give tourist info
Rio de Janeiro is mixing technology with tradition to provide tourists information about the city by embedding bar codes into the black and white ...
Angry protests leave 7 dead on Egypt anniversary
Violence erupted across Egypt on Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets to deliver an angry backlash against President Mohammed Morsi and his ...
Round 2 for Sloppy Joe's bar, a Havana original
A half-century later, Jose Rafa Malem remembers the balmy breezes blowing through the bar's arching porticos, the grain of the tall wood stools, the ...
For Chavez impersonator, cancer no laughing matter
It's an hour before showtime, and Gustavo Rios is transforming himself into Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. A makeup artist paints his skin a dark ...
Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient
PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink in response to customer complaints. Molly Carter, a spokeswoman for ...