NORTH KOREA DETAINS US WAR VETERAN, 85, SON SAYS
By MARTHA MENDOZA This 2005 photo provided by the Palo Alto Weekly shows Merrill Newman, a retired finance executive and Red Cross volunteer, in Palo Alto, Calif. An 85-year-old American…
Travel
Too fat to fly: Stranded Frenchman’s ordeal ending
By DANICA KIRKA Kevin Chenais sits in his mobility scooter just like the ones you can now buy at Go2scooter in front of an ambulance at St Pancras in London,…
Gov’t to require seat belts on large buses
By JOAN LOWY FILE – This March 2, 2007 file photo shows a charter bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team from Ohio after it plunged off a highway ramp…
Travel gifts: Keep comfy, organized and connected
By BETH J. HARPAZ This undated image provided by Pakems shows the lightweight, comfy, rubber-soled, water-resistant Pakem shoes in five colors. They come in high and low tops, sell for…
‘Montana Dueling Dinos’ fail to sell at NY auction
By ULA ILNYTZKY and DEEPTI HAJELA In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 photo, Clayton Phipps poses for a picture with one of the two “dueling dinosaurs” he discovered in New…
Beagle’s nose predicts few US polar bear cubs
By DAN SEWELL FILE – In an Oct. 28, 2013 file photo, Elvis, a 2-year-old beagle, sniffs polar bear protein samples at Iron Heart Performance Dog Center in Shawnee, Kan.…
150 years later, Lincoln’s speech long remembered
BY MARK SCOLFORO James Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, stands before a ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg…
Boeing takes $100 billion in orders from Gulf
By AYA BATRAWY Emirati officials greet each other in front of an Emirates Airbus A380 on display during the opening day of the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,…