CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The sudden death of an American diver in the jaws of a great white shark off Australia's southwest coast has raised the specter of a rogue man-eater preying on a renowned...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An international art exhibition has opened in New Orleans. "Prospect.2" — a follow-up to the "Prospect.1" exhibition of 2008 — opened Saturday. The exhibition includes...

CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of Egyptian police launched a nationwide strike Monday to demand better salaries and a purge of former regime officials from senior security posts. About 3,000 lower-ranking...

MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio dentist is offering to buy kids' trick-or-treating booty this Halloween, and he's even throwing in a toothbrush to sweeten the deal. The Mansfield News Journal reports...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Institutes of Health is giving an LSU doctor about $9 million over five years for work toward a vaccine against a major cause of pneumonia in people who have HIV. Dr....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A statue of Jesus on U.S. Forest Service land in the mountains over a Montana ski resort faces potential eviction amid an argument over the separation of church and state. The...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — French Quarter beggars can't be cussers. At least, not intimidating ones. An ordinance passed last week by the New Orleans City Council bars aggressive solicitation in the city's...

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — An autopsy confirmed that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi died from a gunshot to the head, the country's chief pathologist said Sunday, just hours before Libya's new leaders...

MUMBAI, India (AP) — More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean "unwanted" in Hindi have chosen new names for a fresh start in life. A central Indian district held a renaming ceremony Saturday that...

    TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The people who started the Arab Spring shared one of its earliest fruits on Sunday: a free election. Tunisians who brought down a dictator nine months ago waited...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The number of gays and lesbians adopting children has nearly tripled in the past decade despite discriminatory rules in many states, according to a recent population...

METAIRIE (AP) — Saints coach Sean Payton said tight end Jimmy Graham, who leads the team in receiving, missed Thursday's practice with a sore right ankle. Graham has 39 catches for 620 yards and...