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Documentary filmmaker Michael Prescott, right, pays his respects at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, Friday, May 25, 2012.

AP Photos: Americans honor troops for Memorial Day

Boy Scouts carry a large American flag through the Memphis National Cemetery in Tennessee, where scouts also placed flags on 42,000 graves. In Little Rock, Ark., a 4-year-old girl fills her arms with flags to place on graves.

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WORLD

UK Conservative chairman

The chairman of Britain's Conservative party has apologized for not correctly declaring details of one of her central London properties.

1 hour ago
CELEBRITIES

Lady Gaga cancels Indonesian show after threats

Lady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hard-liners threatened violence, claiming her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt the youth.

7 hours ago
WORLD

Guinea-Bissau rambles on, despite coup

Campaign banners from an election that was violently interrupted still hang in the main thoroughfare of this steamy capital, a reminder that a stable government is far from the country's grasp.

1 hour ago
WORLD

Christian Jordanian woman sues her Muslim employer

A Christian Jordanian woman said Sunday she is suing her Gulf Arab employer for arbitrary dismissal after she refused a new dress code forcing her to cover her head.

2 hours ago
WORLD

Bahrain court sentences 8 in coup plot trial

A Bahrain sentenced eight people to prison terms of up to 15 years Sunday after they were accused of plotting with suspected Iranian agents to topple the Gulf kingdom's ruling system, a defense lawyer said.

3 hours ago
WORLD

UK defense ministry: soldier killed in Afghanistan

Britain's Ministry of Defence says a British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.

2 hours ago
WORLD

Close Mubarak aide is jailed for corruption

Egypt's official news agency says a criminal court has convicted one of Hosni Mubarak's closest aides of corruption and jailed him for seven years.

2 hours ago
NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS

Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids

Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.

2 hours ago
NATIONAL

4 killed in plane crash from S. Utah

An official says the four people killed in a plane crash at a municipal airport in southern Utah were from the St. George area.

13 hours ago
NATIONAL

The nation's weather

Subtropical Storm Beryl continues to trek toward the Southeast coast, threatening dangerous surf and drenching rain from northeast Florida to parts of the Carolinas. Beryl is expected to make landfall with tropical storm strength winds as early as Sunday night. This storm will not be a signficant...

3 hours ago