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Mayan prophecy sparks dread, hope as world gears up for supposed end of ancient calendar

Mayan prophecy sparks dread, hope as world gears up for supposed end of ancient calendar

MEXICO CITY - The clock is ticking down to Dec. 21, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, and from China to California to Mexico, thousands are getting ready for what they think is going to be a fateful day.
Inscription on Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in DC to be removed, not replaced

Inscription on Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in DC to be removed, not replaced

WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, rather than cut into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation.
"Vincent is Back" at the Netherlands' little-known but spectacular Kroeller-Mueller museum

"Vincent is Back" at the Netherlands' little-known but spectacular Kroeller-Mueller museum

AMSTERDAM - With the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam closed for renovations until April, the world's second-largest collection of the tortured Dutch master's work is stepping into the limelight.
Delta buys 49 per cent of Virgin Atlantic for $360M; joint venture to boost Heathrow presence

Delta buys 49 per cent of Virgin Atlantic for $360M; joint venture to boost Heathrow presence

Delta Air Lines said it will buy almost half of Virgin Atlantic for $360 million as it tries to catch up to rivals in the lucrative New York-to-London travel market.
New Orleans restaurants revive old Creole 'reveillon' custom with special holiday menus

New Orleans restaurants revive old Creole 'reveillon' custom with special holiday menus

NEW ORLEANS - Christmastime for Tyson and Ginny Graham means driving nearly 300 miles south of their Columbus, Miss., home to New Orleans for shopping, holiday concerts and the highlight of their trip — indulging in a grand reveillon dinner.

CEO says American Airlines' bankruptcy fix-up nearly done, potential merger is last decision

DALLAS - American Airlines CEO Thomas Horton suggests that his management team has earned the right to keep leading the company even if it merges with US Airways.

Tomb travels: Spending a night with the dead in a 200-year-old cemetery in Peru's capital

LIMA, Peru - When Presbitero Matias Maestro cemetery in Lima received its first body in 1808, the best plots went to the elite, unless the noble had been dishonoured or disgraced.
iSolated: Bad Apple Maps directions leading drivers to remote Australian park, police warn

iSolated: Bad Apple Maps directions leading drivers to remote Australian park, police warn

SYDNEY - The city of Mildura is not at the end of a dirt road in the Australian bush, in tire-choking desert sand far from food and water. Unfortunately, Apple's much-maligned mapping application thinks it is.
Tomb travels: Spending a night with the dead in a 200-year-old cemetery in Peru's capital

Tomb travels: Spending a night with the dead in a 200-year-old cemetery in Peru's capital

LIMA, Peru - When Presbitero Matias Maestro cemetery in Lima received its first body in 1808, the best plots went to the elite, unless the noble had been dishonoured or disgraced.

Bicycle, large truck deaths rose sharply last year even as total traffic fatalities dropped

WASHINGTON - Deaths of bicyclists and occupants of large trucks rose sharply last year even as total traffic fatalities dropped to their lowest level since 1949, federal safety officials said Monday. Bicyclist deaths jumped 8.