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Tropical Storm Beryl threatened to snarl traffic on Memorial Day as it brought drenching rain, winds and the possibility of flooding to the southeastern U.S. coast....

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Last year's crop sits in storage, deemed unsafe to eat, but Toraaki Ogata is back at his rice paddies, driving his tractor trailing neat rows of seedlings. He's living up to his family's proud, six-generation history of rice farming, and praying that this time his harvest will not have too much radiation to sell....

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) -- Last year's crop sits in storage, deemed unsafe to eat, but Toraaki Ogata is back at his rice paddies, driving his tractor trailing neat rows of seedlings. He's living up to his family's proud, six-generation history of rice farming, and praying that this time his harvest will not have too much radiation to sell....

GLENWOOD, N.M. (AP) -- Lighter winds aided crews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but they still were unable to stop the blaze that has raged across more than 190 square miles of mountainous forest lands since last week....

GLENWOOD, N.M. (AP) -- Lighter winds aided crews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but they still were unable to stop the blaze that has raged across more than 190 square miles of mountainous forest lands since last week....

GLENWOOD, N.M. (AP) -- Lighter winds aided crews battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico's Gila National Forest, but they still were unable to stop the blaze that has raged across more than 190 square miles of mountainous forest lands since last week....

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers....

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers....

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers....

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hours after their plane crashed on a steep and snowy mountainside in Idaho, a California fireman, his wife and their adult daughter were airlifted to safety by National Guard rescuers....

Four people, aged between 62 and 70, suffer serious injuries in a hit-and-run incident in Greater Manchester.

MADRID (AP) -- Spain's ability to manage its debt without an international bailout was thrown into doubt Monday after investors pushed its borrowing rates up to the level at which Greece, Portugal and Ireland had sought help....

The Queen has granted around two thousand Royal Warrants during her sixty year reign but do Royal Warrants make a difference?

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Nepal sank into political turmoil Monday after lawmakers failed to agree on a new constitution, leaving the country with no legal government. The premier called new elections, but critics said he lacked the power to do so....

A British woman is arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine worth £1.6m million into the Indonesian island of Bali, a customs official says.

A British woman is arrested for allegedly trafficking cocaine worth £1.6m million into the Indonesian island of Bali, a customs official says.

A police officer who arrested one of the men charged with the murder of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius is reprimanded by a Supreme Court judge.

The trial of two men charged with the murder of Michaela McAreavey hears that no DNA from either of the accused was found in her hotel room or on her body.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has observed Memorial Day by reading a letter written by an American soldier to his family before he died earlier this year....

European stock markets rise after a weekend poll in Greece showed growing support for a pro-austerity conservative party.