COURBEFY, France (AP) — The village of Courbefy has rustic buildings with fireplaces and exposed beams, a horse stable, a tennis court and a swimming pool. Sound nice? It's for sale. The village...

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II's busy summer calendar just got a bit more crowded. Buckingham Palace said the monarch will open both the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics this summer, signaling that...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's Senate has passed legislation that would require women seeking abortions to undergo noninvasive ultrasounds, days after eliminating a stipulation that the exams be...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A 19-year-old Baton Rouge man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and armed robbery charges in the 2010 killing of a 20-year-old woman and was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Prosecutor...

JENNINGS, La. (AP) — The unsolved slayings of eight women in Jefferson Davis Parish will be the subject of an upcoming episode of Investigation Discovery's new "Dark Minds" television series. The...

NEW YORK (AP) — The judges will be watching — were the competitor's knees locked? Were the wrists straight? Did the forehead and the knee connect? If not, points are going to be lost. Seeking...

MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday he doesn't fear assassination attempts, a day after state television reported that security forces had foiled a plot to kill him. Russia's...

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday tossed out a lawsuit by ultraconservative Islamists who accused a Christian tycoon of insulting Islam by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After two unexpected pregnancies at a sanctuary for retired research chimpanzees, other females have been put on birth control and the males are getting another round of vasectomies. The...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish Royal Court has released the first close-up pictures of the Nordic country's newborn princess and future monarch. The royal court posted the pictures of Crown Princess...

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at his suburban Cleveland high school Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a...

LONDON (AP) — Private intelligence firm Stratfor is in the business of shedding light on the world for its many clients. On Monday, anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks was the one shedding light on Stratfor,...