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As soon as 36-year Senate veteran Richard Lugar finished his concession speech Tuesday, he walked off the stage, out the back door and into his car.

Joran van der Sloot told a judge and prosecutor Tuesday that he would prefer to finish serving a 28-year murder sentence in Peru rather than be extradited to the United States to face charges related to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, his Peruvian lawyer said.

Last week, President Obama's campaign launched a fictional storybook ad called, "The Life of Julia." The slide show narrative follows Julia, a cartoon character, from age 3 to age67 and explains how Obama's policies, from Head Start to Obamacare to mandated contraception coverage to Medicare reform, would provide Julia with a better life than Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan could.

Russia's newest civilian airliner, the Sukhoi Superjet-100, disappeared Wednesday from radar screens during a flight over Indonesia. There were 44 passengers aboard.

Two Southwest Airlines flights from Orange County, California, to Phoenix were the subject of security scares Tuesday night -- and authorities are investigating whether the incidents are linked.

The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee expressed dismay that someone leaked information about a double agent who infiltrated al Qaeda and helped foil a plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane.

The man tasked with leading the police department in Sanford, Florida, in the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing said communities should "take a good, hard look at who is selected," for neighborhood watch programs.

Interpol on Tuesday issued a "red notice" for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, who is suspected of guiding and financing terrorist attacks in the country.

Richard Lugar had it all -- a sterling global reputation, bipartisan respect, a fat campaign bank account and 36 years of Senate experience.

Passage of Amendment 1 largely prevents the state's judiciary from overturning the bill by enshrining its language into the state constitution.

A father claims he didn't know that his 4-year-old son's stuffed animals contained parts that could be assembled into a loaded handgun, the Transportation Security Administration says.

James Carville says Democrats who think they can score an easy victory this year are fooling themselves

A federal lawsuit accusing John Travolta of assault and sexual battery on two massage therapists includes lurid details of one of the alleged incidents. Travolta's lawyer soundly rejected the claims of both plaintiffs and called the claims of the first plaintiff "complete fiction."

Sahar Gul trembled as a Kabul court sentenced her in-laws for brutally torturing her after she didn't immediately get pregnant. She says their 10-year sentences aren't long enough for the pain she endured.

A foiled plot to sneak a bomb through airport checkpoints and onto a plane bound for the United States calls attention to gaps in screening measures that are supposed to detect threats airport metal detectors miss.

A gay teenager who pulled a stun gun on students he said bullied him has been expelled from his Indianapolis high school until January.

Two European elections, in France and Greece, have thrust the radical fringe into the spotlight.

Artist Thomas Kinkade's death last month was from an accidental overdose of alcohol and Valium, according to the Santa Clara County, California, medical examiner.

Police arrested the wife and mother of Adam Mayes, the suspect in the kidnapping of Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters. Bain and her oldest girl have been found dead.

Maurice Sendak illustrated nearly 100 books and won accolades for his fanciful tales. One critic called him the "the Picasso of children's literature."