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Dalai Lama's Ind.-born nephew hopes for free Tibet
Kunga Norbu grew up in Bloomington, Ind., half a world away from the native Tibetan village of his father and world-famous uncle, the Dalai Lama. But a passion for his ancestral land after decades of Chinese rule burns fiercely in Norbu's American-accented voice. "We don't even have a country now," ...
Kansas City museum raising cash to fly 'Connie'
The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel. The Kansas City museum's Constellation, or "Connie," is one of only a handful of the ...
Serena Williams reaches Italian Open final
A week out from the French Open, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth straight tournament. The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to ease past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 Saturday and reach the Italian Open final, extending her career-best winning run ...
Jury gets first glimpse of defense in Jackson case
A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead: THE CASE Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter ...
WA man pleads guilty to selling illegal airbags
A 25-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man has pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit vehicle airbags. U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan says Vitaliy Yaremkiv was arrested in April after being indicted by a grand jury in Seattle. He has admitted to selling in 2011 and 2012 more than 900 counterfeit airbags he bought ...
Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned ...
FBI executes search warrant in ricin letter case
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant Saturday in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington state. Police say the investigation has focused on a neighborhood near downtown Spokane. The FBI, ...
SW Ohio water park reopens under new ownership
The Beach water park in southwest Ohio has reopened under new ownership and plans to honor season passes from last year, when the attraction was closed. The water park near Kings Island amusement park north of Cincinnati was closed for the 2012 season after managers decided they couldn't justify further ...
Merkel and Pope talk about a 'strong' Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the importance of Christian voters in September elections, met with Pope Francis on Saturday during a quick trip to Rome that focused on helping victims of Europe's economic crisis and emphasizing the continent's Christian roots. Merkel spoke privately for 45 minutes with the pope ...
Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: Will a switched-at-birth Japanese drama tug on Steven Spielberg's heart strings? The Cannes Film Festival was wondering that Saturday, when Kore-eda Hirokazu's elegant and emotional "Like Father, Like Son" premiered. It quickly emerged as an early contender for ...
Myanmar leader, Obama to meet while reforms stall
Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms. But in the six months since Barack Obama became the ...
Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash
Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut. They say it's fortunate no one was killed. Seventy people were sent to the hospital Friday evening after the crash, which damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl ...
Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot
It's all about the odds. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes. The problem, of course, is those same odds ...
IRS probe ignored most influential groups
There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified in the midst of the 2012 presidential election season that an internal investigation ...
Montana investigating bison deaths north of YNP
State veterinarians have been sent to examine bison carcasses north of Yellowstone National Park amid concerns the bison might have acquired a deadly disease from domestic sheep. Pat Flowers of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks tells the Independent Record (http://bit.ly/113sjdu) that a veterinarian from his agency and the state Department ...
Veteran's family aims to help others with PTSD
The sight of an old van parked on the street sent the soldier's mind back to Iraq. Tyler Armacost darted off the front porch of his parents' house and into the street because he thought he saw an Iraqi insurgent in the van. His mother tried to shake him and ...
Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC
From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city. The internationally known arts festival, founded by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, ...
Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC
The Spoleto Festival USA this season will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances by 45 artists and ensembles. The internationally known arts festival founded in Charleston by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti begins Friday and runs through June 9. Some of the performances will be staged at a venue ...
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. The North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon, ...
Star Trek shuttle craft to be displayed in Houston
The Star Trek shuttlecraft Galileo is landing in Houston to be displayed not far from NASA's Mission Control, which may have been able to help Dr. Spock all those years ago. The Galileo is the shuttlecraft that crash-landed on a hostile planet in the 1967 episode "The Galileo Seven." The ...
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