NEW YORK (AP) -- Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon on a string... READ MORE »

LONDON (AP) -- Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed her will on a fractious... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Airline passengers are getting grumpier, and it's little wonder. Airlines keep shrinking the size of seats to stuff more people onto planes, those empty middle seats... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Three more priests were permanently removed from ministry by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on Sunday, including one whose accuser killed himself after his allegation... READ MORE »

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh police are investigating the death of a northeastern Pennsylvania judge's son who was hit by a car. Investigators say 22-year-old Penn State student Cody... READ MORE »

PARIS (AP) -- Will tourists soon see flocks of baaing sheep at the Eiffel Tower and bleating ewes by Notre Dame cathedral? That could be the case, since Paris City Hall this week installed... READ MORE »

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- An African leopard tortoise thought to be stolen from an Iowa museum was actually trapped behind paneling in her enclosure, and a misguided employee who found her lied... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Officials say a Philadelphia firefighter has died after part of a roof collapsed during a blaze he was battling. Amy Daly, a nursing supervisor at Jefferson University... READ MORE »

MAHANOY CITY, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say an early morning fire in an apartment building claimed the lives of a couple and sent another person to the hospital. Fire... READ MORE »

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina hospital that recently changed its name has also adopted a new slogan: "Cheat Death." Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia has become CaroMont... READ MORE »