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Giorgio Vasari’s fresco bearing the words “Cerca Trova” (seek and you shall find) is believed to cover Leonardo da Vinci’s lost painting,“The Battle of Anghiari.”

Lost mural by da Vinci may have been discovered in fresco

By The Associated Press
March 12, 2012

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most...

Prince Harry completes first major tour for Queen Elizabeth II

By The Associated Press
March 12, 2012

LONDON (AP) - Say goodbye to the party prince; say hello to the queen's secret weapon. That's how royal watchers have seen Prince Harry's first major diplomatic tour - a 10-day jaunt to the Caribbean and...

U.S. soldier suspected in Afghan shootings could face death penalty

By The Associated Press
March 12, 2012

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the death penalty is a consideration as the military moves to investigate and possibly put on trial a U.S. soldier suspected of...

Twelve defendants in Ohio Amish attacks join challenge

By The Associated Press
March 12, 2012

CLEVELAND (AP) - All 12 defendants charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio will close ranks and challenge the constitutionality of the federal hate crimes law, a member of the defense...

U.K. government sued for helping U.S. covert drone strikes in Pakistan

By The Associated Press
March 12, 2012

LONDON (AP) - In a new claim of British complicity in rights violations overseas, a human rights group took legal action Monday against the British government, accusing it of passing on intelligence to...

Lafayette celebrates Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day on March 30

By The Associated Press
March 11, 2012

LAFAYETTE (AP) — A belated welcome home with food and live music is planned for Acadiana's Vietnam veterans. The Advertiser reports that it will start at 10 a.m. on March 31 at Comeaux Recreation...

U.S. soldier kills 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, three women

By The Associated Press
March 11, 2012

BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) — An American soldier opened fire on villagers near his base in southern Afghanistan Sunday and killed 16 civilians, according to President Hamid Karzai, who furiously demanded...

Egypt acquits ‘virginity test’ military doctor, angers youth movement group

By The Associated Press
March 11, 2012

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian military tribunal on Sunday acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in...

Two sentences trimmed for testimony in New Orleans double execution

By The Associated Press
March 11, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Men sentenced to 50 years for a double execution got their sentences shaved to 35 years each for testimony that helped convict the ringleader in what started as a kidnap-for-ransom...

Artist’s 340-ton boulder travels to LA museum, draws tens of thousands

By The Associated Press
March 11, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The big rock is on a roll. The 340-ton boulder that has been lumbering across Southern California for the past week and a half is scheduled to arrive at the Los Angeles County...

San Diego woman gives birth to baby boy weighing nearly 14 pounds

By The Associated Press
March 11, 2012

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California woman says doctors predicted she would give birth to a big baby boy, but nobody was prepared for just how big. Jayden Sigler weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces,...

Human skulls and other bones that were found in a cave sit on a table at the Chiapas state attorney general’s office Saturday in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico.

Remains of 167 people found in Mexico, believed to be 50 years old

By The Associated Press
March 11, 2012

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have found the remains of 167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensic experts believe the remains are at least 50 years old, according to a statement...