
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 ...
A glance at the George W. Bush Presidential Center
The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which houses Bush's library and museum along with his policy institute, will be dedicated in a ceremony ...

Artist decorates the Louvre's iconic pyramid
An Italian artist decorated the Louvre museum's glass pyramid Wednesday for the first time in the iconic monument's history, in a protest against ...
Ohio zoo's baby monkey named for CBS TV character
The Columbus Zoo's recent additions include a monkey named after a quirky scientist character on the CBS comedy "The Big Bang Theory." The colobus ...

Uruk, maybe the 1st metropolis, gets Berlin show
Berlin's Pergamon Museum is offering visitors a glimpse of perhaps the world's first real metropolis in a new exhibition that traces the long history ...

Nintendo returns to profit on weak yen boost
Nintendo Co. returned to profit for the fiscal year ended March 31 as a lift from the weakening yen offset sales struggles caused by software delays ...
NBCUniversal expansion to start with Harry Potter
NBCUniversal plans to begin construction this summer on a $1.6 billion, 25-year expansion of its Los Angeles-area theme park, offices and production ...
Germany: Bieber's monkey going nowhere
German customs authorities said Tuesday that Justin Bieber's monkey is going nowhere for now even though the singer has apparently asked that it be ...
Correction: TV-Twitter Comedy Festival story
In a story April 21 about a comedy festival on Twitter hosted by Comedy Central, The Associated Press misidentified one of the participants. It is ...

Bush library exhibits: 9/11, war, Katrina, recount
A tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum begins in a bright area representing his early domestic agenda, but with one turn, ...

Hasbro says Monopoly contest helped lift sales
Hasbro reported first-quarter results Monday that beat Wall Street expectations as the toy maker benefited from an online contest that let people vote ...