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Who will win the most wide-open Indy 500 in years?
The Indianapolis 500 will be run on Sunday in what's believed to be the most wide-open race in years. There are no clear favorites and there's a group of new faces vying for attention. And with no Danica Patrick, there's a chance for some new stars to be born in ...
Facebook shares stabilizing, but probes mount
Facebook's initial public offering is the subject of two congressional inquiries and mounting lawsuits as the social network enters its fifth day of public trading. The shares regained some ground Wednesday, rising $1, or 3.2 percent, to close at $32. They were up another 50 cents, or 1.6 percent, to ...
Yellowstone set for summer season kick-off
Yellowstone National Park is ready for another summer season. All park entrances are open, and the road over Dunraven Pass linking Canyon Village and Tower Fall is scheduled to open on Friday morning. Also set to open Friday is the Beartooth Highway, which connects the communities of Red Lodge and ...
NYPD: Person implicated in Etan Patz death
The New York City police commissioner says a person who's in custody has implicated himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz (AY'-tahn payts) 33 years ago. Commissioner Raymond Kelly said in a statement that further details would be released later Thursday. The 6-year-old vanished while walking to a ...
Police seek help from feds after 2 clinic fires
Federal authorities have been asked to help investigate after two fires in the past week at women's clinics in metro Atlanta. Authorities say the latest fire happened Wednesday at a Marietta obstetrics and gynecology office that advertises itself as an "abortion services" clinic. Cobb County Fire spokeswoman Denell Boyd said ...
Testimony ending in Fort Hood suspect's trial
Testimony is expected to wrap up in the federal trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops. Prosecutors say Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo had started building the bomb when he was detained at a motel near the Texas Army post ...
Efron leaves his comfort zone in 'The Paperboy'
Zac Efron says he felt uncomfortable filming his revealing role "The Paperboy" — and that's the way he wanted it. The "High School Musical" actor moves into grown-up territory with the film by "Precious" director Lee Daniels, which is screening at the Cannes Film Festival. It's a swampy slice of ...
SPOTLIGHT: Nurse turns to photography
Seated on the bench outside Main Street Gallery, Leann Rardin says she is grateful to be able to walk through the screen door into her shop/studio. Looking back at Christmas Eve 1999, she could never have imagined that she would be thankful for such a seemingly insignificant accomplishment. Rardin is ...
Runner fights through exercise-induced asthma
Melissa Francis is going nonstop, whether it's on the basketball court or the track. But every so often, she is stopped cold in her tracks. Francis, a Saugatuck junior, has exercise-induced asthma — something that has left her lying on the basketball court and unable to breathe. "It is hard ...
McGraw to give 25 homes to members of military
Tim McGraw will be saluting veterans in a big way while on tour this summer. The country music superstar is giving away 25 mortgage-free houses — one for each stop on his upcoming "Brothers of the Sun" tour with Kenny Chesney — to wounded or needy service members. McGraw will ...
Collusion claim the latest NFL-union feud
The lockout was easier than all this. In many ways, more peaceful, too. Nine months after the NFL and the players' union agreed on an unprecedented 10-year labor deal that, at the time, had everyone from Roger Goodell to DeMaurice Smith smiling, the relationship between the sides couldn't be testier. ...
10 Things to Know for Thursday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT): 1. FEW PLANS EMERGE FROM EUROPE TALKS ON FINANCIAL CRISIS European Union leaders end their latest summit early today with few concrete steps to fix the continent's financial crisis. Some stressed ...
Safety groups urge swimming lessons for minorities
Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also say more efforts are needed to teach black and Hispanic children to swim. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission will release its annual childhood drowning report Thursday at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex, ...
Monsignor: Cardinal wanted accusers kept unaware
A Roman Catholic church official conceded that some "pretty sick individuals" were on a 1994 list he compiled of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children in the Philadelphia archdiocese. Monsignor William Lynn took the stand in his own defense Wednesday in the groundbreaking child-endangerment and conspiracy case. The blistering ...
S.African president opens case against artist
A lawyer for South Africa's president broke down in tears Thursday as he tried to convince three judges that the display of a portrait that depicts the president's genitals is unlawful. The three South Gauteng High Court judges called a recess after the emotional display. President Jacob Zuma is asking ...
Metro Atlanta's jobless rate drops to 8.5 percent
State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says metro Atlanta's jobless rate declined to 8.5 percent in April, marking its lowest level since December 2008, when it was 7.7 percent. Butler announced the new figures Thursday morning. Officials say the rate decreased as the number of new jobs grew by 14,800 to ...
Romney campaign outlines 'day 1' of his presidency
Mitt Romney's campaign has released a new ad promoting "Day One" of a potential Romney presidency, describing which of President Barack Obama's policies the Republican will reverse first if he wins the White House. The ad promises that in his first day in the Oval Office, Romney will announce deficit ...
Woman with flesh-eating bacteria able to sit up
The father of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating disease says his daughter summoned her strength and sat up in a chair for five hours, surprising nurses and loved ones. Andy Copeland said doctors in Augusta helped his daughter Aimee into a chair, where she sat up for five ...
Producing more, Brad Pitt is 'Killing Them Softly'
Brad Pitt is making the movie star thing look darn easy. Since he last collaborated with Andrew Dominik, he's starred in the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading," David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life," and Bennett Miller's "Moneyball." It's ...
Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks
The advances made in U.N. climate talks last year appeared at risk Thursday as a rift between rich and poor countries reopened in negotiations aimed at crafting a global pact to stop the planet from overheating. The session in Bonn was meant to build on a deal struck in Durban, ...
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