
9/11 museum officials say admission fee needed
Faced with hefty operating costs, the foundation building the 9/11 museum at the World Trade Center has decided to charge an admission fee of $20 to ...
Blasts in Pakistan port city kill 3 ahead of vote
Two blasts in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi killed three people near the office of a political party critical of the Taliban, a police officer ...

Toys R Us appeals $20M award in Mass. slide death
On a warm summer day in July 2006, Robin Aleo climbed to the top of a 6-foot inflatable pool slide and slid down head first. As she neared the bottom, ...

Timber! Forest Service asks states to return cash
The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across ...

German WWII bomber to be salvaged off UK coast
A famous German World War II bomber nicknamed "the flying pencil" has spent decades submerged in the English Channel after being shot down in the ...
Correction: Online Courses-Teacher Training story
In a story May 1 about plans by Coursera to offer online courses that provide continuing education for teachers, The Associated Press reported ...

SD tribe faces ultimatum on sale of massacre site
A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by ...

Activision summons new 'Call of Duty' video game
Activision is trading "Modern Warfare" for "Ghosts." The video game publisher announced Wednesday that the next installment in its successful "Call ...

Van Gogh Museum reopens with display on his craft
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has reopened after a seven-month renovation, kicking off with "Van Gogh At Work," an exhibition that shows the ...

Mysterious Hebrew stone displayed in Jerusalem
An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, ...

Army amputee completes air assault school
Sgt. 1st Class Greg Robinson has become the first amputee to complete Army air assault school, a course so grueling his prosthetic leg broke twice ...

NY, Israel museums jointly buy Hebrew manuscript
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem have jointly acquired a 15th-century illuminated Hebrew manuscript, they ...

Holocaust survivors, veterans gather at DC museum
Elderly Holocaust survivors and the veterans who helped liberate them gathered for what could be their last big reunion Monday at the U.S.

Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10
A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official ...

Mother of bomb suspects insists sons are innocent
The angry and grieving mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects insists that her sons are innocent and that she's no terrorist. But Zubeidat ...

Steady rain greets Jazz Fest as 1st weekend closes
A steady, sometimes heavy rain pelted fans Sunday at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, but the music flowed on. A soaked Dave Matthews and ...

Mother of bomb suspects found deeper spirituality
In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in ...

Bombing shifts Mass. Senate race before primaries
Even before the explosions, polling suggested that Massachusetts voters weren't excited about the looming special election to replace former U.S. Sen.
Old standards greet fans on Jazz Fest's 2nd day
At 101 years old, New Orleans jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos opened one of 12 stages on the second day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
WikiLeaks suspect won't be SF Pride parade marshal
Racing to stanch a flow of criticism, the president of San Francisco's annual gay pride celebration said Friday that the U.S. Army private charged in ...

Young musicians cling to Cajun, zydeco traditions
Singer John Mayer sang his hits after local-born bluesman Dr. John performed hometown favorites such as "Iko Iko" on Friday to close out the ...
Toyota, Microsoft beef up Gazoo.com Net service
Toyota is teaming up with Microsoft for an Internet service that links cars, home computers and smartphones so users can find nearby tourist spots, ...
New York Times posts sharp 1Q profit decline
The New York Times Co. reported a sharp decline in its first-quarter earnings on Thursday mainly because businesses it sold last year were not ...

New Orleans Jazz Fest features living legends
If there's a theme to this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, it may be living legends. Headliners include B.B. King, Billy Joel, Willie ...

Colorado avalanche survivor buried for 4 hours
Six men who set off on a backcountry tour in mountains west of Denver had avalanche gear, had scanned an avalanche forecast, and were hiking toward ...