On the plains of Kansas, tornadoes are so unremarkable that wedding guests barely flinched as a couple exchanged their vows as a twister loomed in the distance. More »Tornadoes didn't stop Kansas couple from marrying
TORONTO - Premier Dalton McGuinty is asking for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's help in developing the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario. More »Ontario asks Harper to help develop massive Ring of Fire mining project
NYSE Euronext announced Thursday that it has agreed to buy Corpedia Corp., a company that sells legal compliance and ethics programs to businesses, to expand services for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. More »NYSE Euronext buying compliance co. Corpedia
Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions. More »Romney running mate search enters audition phase
A Texas man convicted of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to give al-Qaida restricted military documents, GPS equipment and money was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison — the maximum punishment he could receive. More »Texan gets 20-year prison term for al-Qaida links
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. said Thursday that full production has resumed at one of its Mexican mines, after the workers who had been blocking access to it agreed to return to work. More »Coeur d'Alene restarts production at Mexican mine
New York City police did not violate New Jersey laws when they conducted surveillance of Muslim businesses, mosques and student groups, Gov. Chris Christie's administration said Thursday following a three-month review, rejecting demands by Muslim leaders for a formal investigation and a clampdown on cross-border police operations. More »AP: NJ finds NYPD Muslim surveillance is legal
Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher laws against online piracy. More »New Google data shows Microsoft's piracy problems
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Coney Island is ready for Memorial Day weekend with new rides made in Italy. More »Coney Island amusement park opens for Memorial Day with 2 new, made-in-Italy rides
Oil bounced back Thursday, a day after falling below $90 per barrel for the first time in months. More »Oil bounces back above $90 per barrel
LITTLE CHANGE: The number of people seeking unemployment benefits was nearly flat last week, signaling modest job growth. Weekly applications for benefits dipped by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. More »News Summary: US jobless aid applications dip
Scotland Yard has seized a record number of counterfeit coins in raids on three properties just outside of London, the force announced Thursday. Three suspects have been arrested in the case. More »UK police seize record number of counterfeit coins
Coney Island is ready for Memorial Day weekend with new rides made in Italy. More »Coney Island amusement park opens with new rides
Arwa el-Hussein, a 20-year-old pharmacy student, has been quarreling with her father for weeks, trying to get him not to back Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister for president. More »In Egypt vote, families debate on generation lines
The former financial custodian for Pennsylvania's cash-strapped capital on Thursday said he abruptly resigned in part to avoid being fired, and he told a packed courtroom that solving the city's massive debt as a financial problem, and not a political problem, will take the state's most powerful politicians. More »Harrisburg financial overseer expected to be fired
GENEVA - An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week. More »Swiss solar plane takes off on 1st transcontinental flight to Morocco via Spain
A former Bosnian Serb police commander accused of playing a role in the 1995 massacre of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica has been deported to his native country, U.S. officials said Thursday. More »US deports man accused of war crimes to Bosnia
Shipbuilders in Virginia reached a major milestone in the construction of the nation's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on Thursday when they slowly lowered the massive lower bow into place in what will become the USS Gerald R. Ford. More »New aircraft carrier hits construction milestone
Global warming is rescuing the once-rare brown Argus butterfly, scientists say. More »Global warming winner: Once rare butterfly thrives
A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's parliament Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country. More »Fight in Ukraine's parliament over language bill
U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decades-long effort to control carbon emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet. More »Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talks
OTTAWA - A defeated Liberal MP isn't content to revel in a court ruling that overturned the election results in his Toronto riding on procedural grounds. More »Defeated Liberal MP seeks investigation into alleged Tory dirty tricks
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Facebook's rocky initial public offering hasn't stopped life at the world's biggest online social network. On Thursday, the company unveiled a camera app for the iPhone. More »Life goes on after IPO: Facebook launches camera app for iPhone
Digital media provider RealNetworks will pay a $2.4 million settlement because of free trial subscriptions that resulted in unwanted monthly charges to customers, Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna announced. More »RealNetworks settles Wash. suit for $2.4 million
Not all that long ago E L James was Snowqueens Icedragon, cranking out her sexed-up "Twilight" fan fiction online. More »'Fifty Shades' books now have fanfic of their own
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