Tortorella takes shots at Devils, defends Prust
2012-05-21T01:23:58Z
John Tortorella stood out again at a playoff news conference. Only this time it was because of his feistiness toward the New Jersey Devils and not for his brevity and contentiousness with the media.

James, Wade combine for 70 as Heat win Game 4
2012-05-21T01:20:33Z
The coveted NBA championship, the one LeBron James needs to validate everything, was vanishing.

Millions look skyward as rare eclipse crosses Asia
2012-05-21T01:17:26Z
Millions of Asians watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies early Monday.

Bee Gees' Robin Gibb dies after long cancer battle
2012-05-21T01:17:02Z
With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era. As part of the Bee Gees — short for the Brothers Gibb — they created dance floor classics like "Stayin Alive," ''Jive Talkin'," and "Night Fever" that can still get crowds onto a dance floor.

Pakistan restores Twitter after block over Prophet cartoons
2012-05-21T01:10:07Z
Pakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over "blasphemous" posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

Hollande: NATO missile defense should worry no one
2012-05-21T01:05:42Z
France's new president said Sunday that Russia and other countries should not feel threatened by the planned NATO missile defense system.

Hollande sticks to Afghan pullout at NATO summit
2012-05-21T01:04:13Z
France's new president says he's being "pragmatic" with his decision to pull French combat troops out of Afghanistan by the year's end.

Protesters march through Chicago to NATO summit
2012-05-21T00:40:12Z
Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit.

Strong quake kills 4 in Italy cheese region
2012-05-21T00:37:27Z
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook several small towns in northeast Italy, killing four people, knocking down a clock tower and other centuries-old buildings and causing millions in losses to the region known for making Parmesan cheese.

APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight
2012-05-21T00:31:44Z
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.