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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration has announced that five states that were finalists in an earlier competition for millions in federal dollars to improve early learning programs will be able to compete for a new pot of money....

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh, including at least four on Monday, have prompted professors to start holding classes outside and forced security officials to implement new building access measures and offer a $50,000 reward...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Six activists in the United Arab Emirates previously stripped of their citizenship for criticizing the country's rulers were detained on Monday and told they were illegally residing in the oil-rich union, one of their attorneys said....

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Six activists in the United Arab Emirates previously stripped of their citizenship for criticizing the country's rulers were detained on Monday and told they were illegally residing in the oil-rich union, one of their attorneys said....

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Six activists in the United Arab Emirates previously stripped of their citizenship for criticizing the country's rulers were detained on Monday and told they were illegally residing in the oil-rich union, one of their attorneys said....

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi's son and former heir apparent Seif al-Islam will be put on trial inside Libya and there will be a verdict before mid-June, a Libyan official said Monday....

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Moammar Gadhafi's son and former heir apparent Seif al-Islam will be put on trial inside Libya and there will be a verdict before mid-June, a Libyan official said Monday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washington Monument have emerged as finalists in a design competition to overhaul neglected sites on the National Mall....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washington Monument have emerged as finalists in a design competition to overhaul neglected sites on the National Mall....

CAIRO (AP) -- The race for Egypt's first president after ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak was not supposed to look like this....

CAIRO (AP) -- The race for Egypt's first president after ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak was not supposed to look like this....

CAIRO (AP) -- The race for Egypt's first president after ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak was not supposed to look like this....

CAIRO (AP) -- The race for Egypt's first president after ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak was not supposed to look like this....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Two firefighters who were battling a massive blaze at an abandoned warehouse Monday were killed when an adjacent furniture store they were inspecting collapsed, burying them in a pile of debris, authorities said....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The mysterious deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada over the past several years were caused by a fungus that hitchhiked from Europe, scientists reported Monday....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence officials....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Iran became more adamant Monday that the world must ease the sanctions choking off its oil sales before it will curb activities that could be used to make nuclear arms, diplomats said. But with six world powers insisting that Tehran take the first conciliatory step, fears grew that talks in Moscow would fail....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian security forces opened fire Wednesday on anti-regime demonstrators surrounding the cars of a U.N. team meant to monitor a shaky cease-fire, sending the observers speeding off and protesters dashing for cover, according to activists and amateur videos....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Two firefighters were killed battling a massive blaze at an abandoned warehouse Monday after an adjacent furniture store they were inspecting collapsed, burying them in a pile of debris, authorities said....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is expressing outrage that Syrian troops fired into a refugee camp in neighboring Turkey. It says the cross-border attack coupled with incidents elsewhere bodes ill for a U.N.-brokered plan to end the violence....