SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Champagne corks were flying at Moonbot Studios in Shreveport. Its first movie — "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" — is one of five Academy Award...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal proposed Wednesday a package of pension changes that would shrink retirement benefits for thousands of current state workers, boost their costs and push...

PARIS (AP) — Police in pre-dawn sweeps Thursday arrested two top former executives of the now-defunct French company at the center of a breast-implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A janitor finishing up the day's work, an accountant closing the books for the month, a computer technician installing software: each had a reason to stay a little late at work. They...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's elections commission said Tuesday that a prominent opposition leader will be disqualified from running for president in March, a move that would prevent his party from fielding...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Military prosecutors worked for more than six years to bring Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich to trial on manslaughter charges that could have sent him away to prison...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday. Stargazers were stunned by the intensity...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Authorities in Uzbekistan are, apparently, unwilling to give love a chance. The Russian news agency RIA-Novosti cited several local media in the Central Asian nation reporting...

PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' decision to resign from Congress sets up a political free-for-all in her competitive southeastern Arizona district, where Republicans will have a chance...

ROME (AP) — The capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday. The cruise liner, its hull gashed by a reef...

PARIS (AP) — A bill making it illegal to deny that the 1915 killings of Armenians was a genocide has passed both houses of France's parliament. The measure now needs to be signed by President Nicolas...

OAK GROVE, Ala. (AP) — At least two tornadoes roared across Alabama on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others. More than 200 homes were destroyed, the Red Cross said, and just...