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GIRDWOOD, Alaska (AP) -- Mother Nature put on a show near Anchorage, and it had nothing to do with Venus and the sun....

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote Wednesday on repealing a resolution made seven decades ago supporting the internment of Japanese Americans shortly after Japan's Pearl Harbor attacks, which led the United States to enter World War II.

TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese shoe designer has become a pop diva's favorite by taking geisha and making it Gaga....

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says Roy Hodgson is the victim of a "smear campaign" for omitting Rio Ferdinand.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A California ballot initiative to raise the tax on cigarettes that pitted big-spending tobacco companies against cycling legend Lance Armstrong and the New York City Mayor was too close to call Tuesday night....

A marina redevelopment including new homes, a hotel and a maritime museum is given the go-ahead by councillors, despite thousands of objections.

Drinks giant Diageo is to invest £1bn in Scotch whisky production over the next five years to meet growing global demand.

A woman who was killed in a "targeted attack" in Bolton, Greater Manchester, is named by police.

A new world record has been set for base jumping, with Valery Rozov leaping from the top of Shiving mountain which is over 6,000 metres high.

Gouldian finches have different personalities depending on the colour of their heads, researchers say.

Two 17-year-olds are killed after the car they were driving hit a tree in Aberdeen's West Tullos Road.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of historic U.S. post offices nationwide face uncertain futures as the U.S. Postal Service downsizes, so preservationists on Wednesday added these American institutions to the list of the country's most endangered historic places....

BBC pundits on who will win Euro 2012

A car parts firm wins a £4m contract to supply French vehicle giant Renault, which will safeguard 50 jobs at two Powys factories.

Memorable moments from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Alec Stewart asks if James Anderson may retire from limited-overs cricket to prolong his Test career

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Kim Jong Un has made only his second public speech, addressing a massive children's rally that's aimed at winning a new generation's support for the young leader's reign....

Science presenter Liz Bonnin explains what the transit of Venus is and which parts of the world will be able to see it.

MONTREAL (AP) -- Packages containing a human foot and hand were discovered at two schools in Vancouver on Tuesday, in what could be the latest gruesome twist in the case of a Canadian porn actor suspected of dismembering and eating his former lover....

MIRABEL, Quebec (AP) -- A Canadian porn actor suspected in the dismemberment of a Chinese student arrived in Canada on Monday via military transport from Germany, where he was arrested this month....