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More than 40% of households in England are facing a council tax rise from April despite the government funding a freeze on bills, a survey suggests.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Davy Jones, the diminutive heartthrob who rocketed to the top of the 1960s music charts by beckoning millions of adoring fans with the catchy refrains of The Monkees, died Wednesday. He was 66....

EAST BERNSTADT, Ky. (AP) -- The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection....

Russian voters are more fired up than they have been for a decade, partly thanks to an internet revolution that has challenged the state's control of public opinion - and to the blogging platform LiveJournal.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say powerful storms packing high winds that tore roofs from buildings and flattened trees have left at least three people dead in eastern Tennessee....

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say powerful storms packing high winds that tore roofs from buildings and flattened trees have left at least three people dead in eastern Tennessee....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the million-plus members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq with a formal White House dinner for a select few....

10 strange things people do during segmented sleep

The life of the Monkees' front man Davy Jones

North Korea's pledge to suspend nuclear activities and missile tests receives a cautious welcome from neighbours and dialogue partners.

When Communists and sympathizers made excuses for Stalin's terror, they said, "You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs."

Anger over China's 'bear milking' farms

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Wednesday he opposed Senate Republicans' effort that critics say would limit insurance coverage of birth control, then reversed himself quickly in a second interview saying he misunderstood the question....

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- Hundreds of people stood shoulder to shoulder along the street on a cold, windy Saturday morning to honor one of three teenagers killed in a high school shooting....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August....