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Architect: Plans to rebuild fire-damaged CCTV building under way

Plans to rebuild damaged CCTV building under way

Declassified files reveal IRA targeted Buckingham Palace during 1970s bombing campaign

Files reveal IRA targeted Buckingham Palace

Explore one of America’s first planned cities: Savannah, with historic squares and homes

Explore Savannah’s historic squares, parks, homes

Russian gays ask Clinton for support as she unveils statue of gay US poet in Moscow

MOSCOW — Russian gays called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statue of American poet and gay pride symbol Walt Whitman in Moscow on Wednesday.

FBI scans all driver’s licenses in North Carolina in search for fugitives

RALEIGH, N.C. — In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver’s license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes.

Egypt’s chief archaeologist: Decision to cut ties with Louvre unrelated to loss in UNESCO bid

CAIRO — Egypt’s decision to cut ties with the Louvre museum had nothing to do with the loss last month in the country’s bid to head the Paris-based UNESCO, the country’s chief archaeologist said Thursday.

Collectors who say $80M worth of art was stolen from Calif. home named as suspects in case

SALINAS, Calif. — Two men who claim thieves broke into their rental home in the ritzy coastal enclave of Pebble Beach and made off with millions of dollars worth of art were named as suspects in the case Tuesday.

House that could float on New Orleans’ floods brought to site of Brad Pitt’s rebuilding effort

NEW ORLEANS — A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation.

Marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo coming to NYC’s Met Museum

NEW YORK — A marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo is being loaned to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art by the French government.

Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards for a spirited history lesson

NEW YORK — Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky — especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon.

Who owns the past? A town collects and sells Indian artifacts, and pays the price

BLANDING, Utah — High above the spiky sandstone spine known as Comb Ridge that snakes for 120 miles through the desert, archaeologist Winston Hurst treads carefully through a cave of ruins.

Politicians beware: Photo exhibit chronicles the impact of oil just blocks from White House

WASHINGTON — Politicians, cover your eyes.

Retired NFL players seeking to help college players in legal battle with Electronic Arts

SAN FRANCISCO — Two retired NFL players on Monday asked a judge to let them formally support a former college quarterback’s legal fight with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.

Mrs. Obama leads G-20 spouses on tour of Pittsburgh performing arts school, Warhol museum

PITTSBURGH — First lady Michelle Obama, a supporter of arts education, says the arts are a form of diplomacy that challenges assumptions and helps people learn from and inspire each other.

Mrs. Obama leads G-20 spouses on tour of Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School

PITTSBURGH — Comparing the arts to a form of diplomacy, first lady Michelle Obama on Friday promoted arts education while treating her counterparts to tours of two of this city’s leading cultural institutions.

Brandeis President Jehuda Reinharz to step down; says decision not due to museum controversy

WALTHAM, Mass. — The president of Brandeis University, who came under intense criticism for recommending that the school close its art museum and sell parts of its $350 million collection, says he is stepping down.

Mrs. Obama plans hands-on day for summit spouses at performing arts school, Andy Warhol museum

PITTSBURGH — From the pop artistry of the late Andy Warhol to the work of student performers, a display of arts was in store for the spouses of world leaders on the final day of an international economic summit.

Michelle Obama to treat G-20 spouses to dinner at Heinz Kerry farm, lunch at Warhol museum

PITTSBURGH — First lady Michelle Obama is taking on a new role as international hostess when she welcomes the spouses of world leaders headed to this river city for a two-day economic summit.

Rising amid squalor, Senegal monument stirs criticism of wasteful spending

DAKAR, Senegal — Towering on a hilltop overlooking the Atlantic, the 160-foot-high bronze statue depicting a family rising triumphantly from a volcano is supposed to symbolize Africa’s renaissance.

White House tells agencies to avoid even appearance of political influence in awarding grants

WASHINGTON — White House officials told agencies across the government Tuesday they should take care to avoid even the appearance that politics played a part in the award of federal grants.

Athens no longer a discount destination, but bargains still exist

ATHENS, Greece — Athens is no longer a discount destination.