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Diana’s Kensington Palace home reopens to public after makeover

By The Associated Press
March 20, 2012

LONDON (AP) - It's the past home of Queen Victoria and Princess Diana, the future residence of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge - and, it's hoped, a stop on tourists' London itineraries. Kensington...

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Kate makes maiden speech to United Kingdom children’s hospice

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

IPSWICH, England (AP) - The Duchess of Cambridge has delivered her first public address, giving a confident, albeit brief, speech at a children's hospice in eastern England. The former Kate Middleton spoke...

Original Einstein manuscripts to be posted online for the first time

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

JERUSALEM (AP) - Albert Einstein's complete archives - from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research - are going online for the...

Body found in ice chest identified as 83-year-old man, daughter arrested

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

SLIDELL (AP) - The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's office says the body found in an ice chest in a Slidell woman's home was that of 83-year-old Charles Fisher. St. Tammany Parish coroner, Peter Galvan, said...

Seattle lawyer arrives to meet Afghan killings suspect

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A Seattle defense attorney arrived at Fort Leavenworth on Monday to meet with an Army staff sergeant who is suspected of carrying out a nighttime attack on two Afghan villages...

Vandals attack Jewish cemetery in Poland with anti-Semitic sentiments

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Vandals have desecrated a Jewish cemetery in Poland, spraying swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on tombstones and memorial plaques, an official said Monday. The vandals also wrote...

NY Mets owners agree to pay $162 million in Madoff-related case

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Mets owners agreed to pay up to $162 million in a settlement announced Monday with the trustee for Bernard Madoff's fraud victims, a deal that left open the possibility they...

Baton Rouge City Hall left 40 percent vacant, needs to be used

By The Associated Press
March 18, 2012

(AP) - Three and a half floors and several other offices in the 12-story Baton Rouge City Hall are vacant since the 19th Judicial District courts moved to the new courthouse more than a year ago. Jim Frey,...

Police chief says parents need to watch teens after several shootings

By The Associatd Press
March 17, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Unsupervised teenagers with nothing to do and easy access to guns are a recipe for trouble, experts said Sunday after a late-night shooting that wounded five youths in downtown Indianapolis. Indianapolis...

Former Mr. Universe turns 100 in India, reveals key to longevity

By The Associated Press
March 17, 2012

KOLKATA, India (AP) - A former Mr. Universe, who turned 100 said Sunday that happiness and a life without tensions are the key to his longevity. Manohar Aich, who is 4 foot 11 inches (150 centimeters)...

Workers discover 1-ton WWII-era German bomb near Marseille port

By The Associated Press
March 17, 2012

MARSEILLE, France (AP) - Officials in Marseille are evacuating an area around the French Mediterranean city's port so they can remove a 1-ton German bomb that dates to World War II. Around 1,000 people...

Occupy protest anniversary ends with police sweep in Zuccotti Park

By The Associated Press
March 17, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of police officers cleared the park where the Occupy movement was born six months ago and made several arrests after hundreds of protesters returned in an anniversary observance...