ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Is Linus jumping for joy?
The blanket, a plaything and comfort for generations of thumb-suckers like Charlie Brown's best friend in the "Peanuts" comic strip, landed Thursday...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tickets for the 2012 Essence Music Festival are on sale.
Ticket sales start today for the 18th annual festival, which will include empowerment seminars and musical acts July 6-8...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rick Perry had barely gotten through his gaffe in Wednesday's Republican primary debate when a rolling commentary on the TV screen declared his campaign on life support.
"Perry is...
GENEVA (AP) — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.
The...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government sent top investigators Thursday to hunt for Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, whose abduction has shaken Venezuela's elite athletes and focused attention...
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Woodlawn Leadership Academy coach faces a misdemeanor simple battery charge after allegedly slapping a student Nov. 1.
The Times reports 35-year-old DeCarlos Holmes was arrested...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian protesters pelted a group of rival opposition leaders with eggs Wednesday outside Arab League headquarters in Cairo, accusing them of playing along with President Bashar Assad's...
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto's zoo is splitting up a pair of male penguins whose affection has drawn headlines and jokes about females."
Buddy, who is 21, had a female partner for 10 years and produced...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Rescue workers have pulled out 24 survivors from the rubble of three buildings, collapsed by an earthquake in eastern Turkey, authorities said Thursday. At least seven were...
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal wrapped up his historic re-election bid with $4.6 million remaining in his campaign account, and Jindal's chief political strategist said Wednesday that the governor may...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Thousands of students marched through the Chilean port of Valparaiso on Wednesday to demand more money for public education and to show support for student leaders who met...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's most populous county filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history Wednesday, years after being plunged more than $4 billion into debt by a corruption-riddled...
