
Lawyer: No proof to charge Romanians for art theft
A lawyer for three Romanians accused of stealing valuable paintings from a museum in the Netherlands insisted Friday there was insufficient evidence ...

Freezing rain ices Salt Lake City roads, runways
A rare freezing rain caused major havoc in Salt Lake City Thursday, creating sheets of ice on roads, sidewalks and airport runways. The Salt Lake City ...

AP IMPACT: Recession, tech kill middle-class jobs
Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries ...
New events center coming to Las Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is already home to casinos that mimic the canals of Venice and the skyscrapers of Manhattan. Now Sin City is getting an events ...

Smithsonian curators scout for Obama artifacts
As crowds descended and the inauguration unfolded, a few museum curators in Washington kept watch for symbols and messages that would make history.

Quick hits and other moments from Obama inaugural
A wistful moment for President Barack Obama came shortly after his public swearing-in ceremony. As he began walking off the inaugural platform to go ...

Special interests gather for own inaugural parties
While most Americans caught distant glimpses of President Barack Obama's second inauguration festivities from their living room TVs and on the ...
Southwest: Flyers can pay $40 to board first
Want to board first on a Southwest Airlines flight? Now you can pay $40 for the privilege. Southwest Airlines will let people pay to be part of their ...

Amsterdam-Brussels high-speed rail link is halted
It was supposed to be the perfect 21st century link between two bustling European capitals. Instead, the new high-speed Fyra line connecting Amsterdam ...

Latinos take on bigger role in Obama inauguration
Latinos are taking a more prominent role in President Barack Obama's second inauguration, from the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice swearing in ...

Former Miami baseball coach Ron Fraser dies
Ron Fraser coached the national teams from two different countries, is a member of 10 different Halls of Fame, won two NCAA baseball championships and ...

Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at age 92
No last name necessary. A slew of batting titles. Corkscrew stance. Humble. A gentleman. All-around good guy. Stan the Man. Stanley Frank Musial, the ...

Obama says US ready to assist Algerian officials
President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. stands ready to provide whatever assistance Algerian officials need in the aftermath of the deadly ...
US warns Americans of travel dangers in Algeria
The State Department is warning American citizens about the risks of travel to Algeria and is authorizing the families of State Department staff to ...

Rebellious Macedonian village stages carnival
The tiny Macedonian town of Vevcani boasts its own constitution, its own currency and a passport emblazoned with a golden coat of arms. They are a ...

State Dept. issues Mali travel warning
The State Department is telling dependents of its employees working in the U.S. Embassy in Bamako, Mali, to leave. In a travel warning issued Friday, ...
UK's Stansted airport being sold for $2.38 billion
The company that owns London's Stansted airport says it is selling it to the Manchester Airports Group for 1.5 billion pounds ($2.38 billion.) Airport ...

Poland's National Museum expands modern art wing
Poland's National Museum in Warsaw has opened an expanded gallery devoted to 20th- and 21st-century Polish art, with officials hailing it as the most ...

With Olympics in mind, Rio's love hotels clean up
One worker strips mirrored paneling off the ceiling, as another pries up the fiberglass shell of a whirlpool bath. A third man takes a sledgehammer ...

Beyond Obama's oath, what to see and taste in DC
Whether visitors want to try one of the first family's favorite restaurants, discover a sense of history or escape from the crowd to find a museum off ...

Pa. museum's Grace Kelly exhibit set for October
Pennsylvania's James A. Michener Museum is making plans for a royal visit later this year from Monaco's Prince Albert. Museum Director and chief ...

AP Interview: Posters seized by Nazis being sold
Seized by the Nazis in 1938 from a Jewish man on the orders of Hitler's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, then held behind the Iron Curtain in ...
By the numbers: Obama's second-term inauguration
Before President Barack Obama can march from his swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol to the White House, D.C. transportation crews will have to remove the ...

Polish airline may seek compensation from Boeing
Poland's airline LOT says it may seek compensation from Boeing Co. for the grounding of its two 787 Dreamliner planes due to security concerns.

History vs. history as China plans to rebuild past
In a corner of old Beijing, the government may soon be both destroying history and remaking it. District officials want to re-create a piece of ...