NY women's 'summit' unites activists worldwide

A secretary of state. A top presidential adviser. An iconic film star. Fashion designers, TV anchors, and a queen.

Red River rising faster than expected in ND, Minn.

North Dakota and Minnesota residents who fought off record flooding a year ago in a frantic one-week sandbagging effort were jolted Sunday by the prospect of doing it over again.

School soccer player killed at Mass. birthday bash

A high school soccer player has been stabbed to death outside a Massachusetts restaurant where more than 250 teenagers had gathered for a birthday party.

In this March 8, 2010 photo, Jon Johansen leafs through an old maritime newspaper at his home in Winterport, Maine. Thousands of ships over hundreds of years have navigated the rolling waters of Maine's Penobscot River across the street from Jon Johansen's home. Inspired by that history, Johansen set about documenting every ship ever built along the shores of the state's largest river. What started as a modest endeavor has turned into a gargantuan undertaking: Johansen is attempting to create a database of virtually every vessel built in the United States.

ME maritime buff catalogs vast US marine history

Thousands of ships over hundreds of years have navigated the rolling waters of Maine's Penobscot River across the street from Jon Johansen's home. Photo Gallery Available

5 people hurt in SoCal apartment complex shooting

Authorities say five people were wounded in a shooting at an apartment complex in Southern California.

US missionary detained in Haiti returns to Idaho

A U.S. missionary who was released from a Haiti jail last week has returned to her home in Idaho after spending several days recuperating in Florida.

In rural NH, deer-car crashes bring free 'dinner'

Up here, folks have another word for roadkill. It's "dinner." Photo Gallery Available

Firing of all teachers at RI school roils students

Ashley Delgado graduated from one of Rhode Island's worst-performing high schools and wanted to go to college - if only she could get there. Photo Gallery Available

A rig pumps oil in the unincorporated Windsor Hills area of Los Angeles adjacent to homes Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. The Inglewood oil field, one of the richest oil basins in the world where crude was discovered in 1924, sits adjacent to an area of homes once known as the "black Beverly Hills." Rather than eventually playing out and becoming an elaborately planned urban park, a new operator in 2004 began drilling what was planned to be the first of some 600 new wells over the next 20 years, without environmental review.

Regulators accused of lax oversight at LA oilfield

This sprawling metropolis is built atop one of the richest oil basins in the world. Wells dot the city landscape, some hidden behind hollow building facades much like a Hollywood movie set, or, in the case of Beverly Hills High School, encased in a tower painted with flowers. Photo Gallery Available

In this photo provided by StarPix, actress Meryl Streep presents a leadership award to Ingrid Betancourt at the DVF Awards Saturday, March 13, 2010 at United Nations headquarters in New York. Betancourt, a French-Colombian who was running for president of Colombia when she was kidnapped in 2002 by leftist FARC guerrillas, was one of four women honored at the event.

Streep presents award to ex-hostage Betancourt

It was hard to tell who was more impressed when film star Meryl Streep presented a leadership award to Ingrid Betancourt, the former Colombian presidential candidate who endured years of captivity in jungle camps. Photo Gallery Available