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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Muhammad Ali sent opponents crashing to the canvas. Now the boxing great is being portrayed on canvas in his Kentucky hometown.

WASHINGTON - Lithium batteries that can leak corrosive fluid and start fires have emerged as the chief safety concern involving Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, a problem that apparently is far more serious than government or company officials acknowledged l

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Workers continued Thursday to build new 787s at Boeing's South Carolina assembly plant even though federal authorities have grounded planes now in service while onboard batteries are checked.

BLAGNAC, France - Airbus said it was confident its planes would not encounter the same technical problems afflicting archrival Boeing's 787s, even though they use the same kind of batteries that have this week raised security concerns.

Boeing said 787s will keep rolling off the assembly line while it works to get the planes grounded by regulators back flying again.

DALLAS - American Airlines is getting a new look. The airline showed off the first plane bearing a new logo and paint job at Dallas--Fort Worth International Airport on Thursday.

WASHINGTON - If you want to get to the National Mall on Inauguration Day, you're probably better off not driving. The hundreds of thousands of people spilling into the nation's capital Monday are encouraged to travel by rail, bus or bicycle.

SALT LAKE CITY - A 43-year-old Utah woman who survived an avalanche says she felt a 'strange serenity' while trapped under the snow before she went unconscious.

TOKYO - The main battery beneath the cockpit of the Boeing 787 forced to make an emergency landing in Japan was swollen from overheating, a safety official said Thursday, as aviation regulators worldwide joined the U.S.

BEIJING, China - In a corner of old Beijing, the government may soon be both destroying history and remaking it.