No guns at home, so Japanese shoot 'em up in Guam
Their well-equipped arsenals offer everything from tiny revolvers (for ladies) to Berettas, Glocks, semi-automatic pistols and M16 military assault ...
Flights canceled as strikes hit 2 German airports
Thousands of air travelers are stranded in Germany after security personnel walked off the job at two airports in a wage dispute. Security workers at ...
Washington's 'presidential library' taking shape
George Washington's 1796 farewell address contained a stern warning to the nation about partisan politics, or the "dangers of faction" in the language ...
A glimpse downstairs at America's Downton Abbey
If the Crawley family of "Downton Abbey" were American, they'd summer at Newport. The wild stateside success of the British period drama about ...
NKorea to face sanctions for nuke, but China key
For the past decade, the world's most powerful nations have turned to sanctions in an attempt to punish North Korea for a series of rocket launches ...
Miss America returning to roots in Atlantic City
Miss America, Atlantic City's prodigal pageant, is coming home, and the spectacle that became synonymous with the New Jersey seaside resort is being ...
Democrats to unveil bill to replace budget cuts
President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate are unveiling legislation Thursday to avoid a looming set of sharp, across-the-board spending ...
US Airways hopes to gain legitimacy with merger
US Airways is poised to finally become the industry giant it has long aspired to be. The company has often been ridiculed within the aviation industry ...
AP Sources: American Airlines, US Airways to merge
The merger of American Airlines and US Airways, to be formally announced Thursday, caps a turbulent half-decade of bankruptcies and consolidation for ...
Syria official warns of trafficking in antiquities
A Syrian government official warned Wednesday of rampant trafficking in antiquities from his country and appealed for U.N. help in halting the illicit ...
Summertime outdoor pianos returning to NYC
A new player is coming to the city's street scene this summer: everyday New Yorkers. Sing for Hope Pianos will take 88 rehabbed pianos, ask artists ...
AP PHOTOS: Fat Tuesday celebrated around the world
From sequin-drenched samba parades in Rio de Janeiro to cascades of Mardi Gras beads on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, revelers gathered to dance ...
Rio de Janeiro's samba schools vie for title
Carnival revelers danced until dawn on Tuesday as Rio de Janeiro's samba schools held their annual sequin-drenched parade competitions at the city's ...
Emancipation Proclamation on display in Nashville
The original Emancipation Proclamation, a document that changed the lives of countless African-Americans during the Civil War, is on display in ...
Carnival float catches fire, killing 4 in Brazil
A fire on a Carnival float has killed four people and injured five in the Brazilian port city of Santos. A fire department official says the float ...
Rio teacher out to prove 'gringos' can samba, too
With their gyrating hips and feet that move so fast they dissolve into a blur, samba instructor Carla Campos' students are barely distinguishable from ...
Dogs cross species barrier, help cheetahs survive
It may sound like a West Side Story-style love story, but some dogs love big cats. Cheetahs are the fastest mammals in the world, but they also are ...
Philippine town mourns largest captive crocodile
A remote southern Philippine town has gone into mourning over the death of the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, even though it was ...
New Orleans revelers face a soggy end to Carnival
Carnival parades managed to roll Sunday in New Orleans despite bad weather, but revelers might not be so lucky on Monday. Parades planned for Fat ...
Hundreds toil for months for Rio's Carnival parade
There's nothing glamorous about the industrial warehouse reverberating with the zap of soldering metal, the clatter of hammers and an earsplitting ...
Fewer New Year fireworks in polluted Beijing
The annual Lunar New Year fireworks barrage in Beijing was notably muted following government appeals to reduce the smoky celebrations after air ...
Airports returning to normal after Northeast storm
Airports in New York, Boston and Connecticut were ramping up service Sunday, as they worked to return to normal operations following a massive ...
Rio's samba dancers stars by night, workers by day
It's a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company's drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles.
Brazil's Carnival moves beyond samba
The crowd gathering Saturday was a typical Rio Carnival mix: a sprinkling of superheroes, girls in cute bunny outfits, zombies and princesses, a group ...
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