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  • Actor Peter O'Toole performed on stage and on film in many leading roles, and began his acting career in the 1950s when he was serving in the Navy. He died on Dec. 14 at the age of 81.
    Peter O'Toole, Exuberant From 'Lawrence' To His Last Role
    Actor Peter O'Toole had a larger-than-life movie career. The Hollywood legend was made famous in his title role in Lawrence of Arabia. He died Saturday at age 81.
  • Boulevard Brewing Co. has become a staple of the Kansas City community since its founding in the late 1980s.
    When Craft Beer Goes Global: A Kansas City Brewery's Tale
    Boulevard Brewing has become a Kansas City staple since its founding in the 1980s. It has many loyal local fans — and soon, a new international owner, Duvel. The deal says a lot about how the world now values a product made with a firm sense of place.
  • Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin, during an April 2012 news conference.
    Book News: Trayvon Martin's Parents Talking To Publishers
    Also: The British Library releases more than 1 million images to Flickr; the resistible charms of Alain de Botton; and the earliest prison diary written by a black man or woman.
  • Retired Butler Doesn't Want To Spend Christmas Alone
    A retired butler has been "completely overwhelmed" by the response to a story about him in The Irish Post. James Gray put an ad in the paper, saying he's spent the last 10 Christmases alone, and he wanted this year to be different.
  • A view of the the U.S. Naval Station base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Guards and prisoners fought Saturday as inmates were moved into individual cells instead of communal housing.
    U.S. Transfers Two Guantanamo Detainees To Saudi Arabia
    The move marked a small move toward President Obama's stated interest in closing the prison. The two Saudi men released were never charged with a crime, but the U.S. said they were suspected al-Qaida members.
  • Presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet waves during a victory rally in Santiago, Chile, on Sunday. She defeated her conservative rival Evelyn Matthei with 62 percent of the vote.
    6 Things To Know About Chile's Once And Future President
    Michelle Bachelet defeated her conservative rival Sunday with 62 percent of the vote. The center-left candidate was previously president from 2006-10. Although extremely popular when she left office, Bachelet was constitutionally barred from seeking a second consecutive term.
  • SWAT team officers on the scene Monday at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Four buildings on campus were evacuated after an unconfirmed report that explosives may have been placed inside.
    Harvard Issues 'All Clear' After Unconfirmed Reports Of Explosives
    The university alerted those on campus Monday morning to the reports and evacuated four buildings. Shortly before 1 p.m. ET, the "all clear" had been given at two of the buildings. School is in session. Many tests scheduled for Monday were canceled.
  • In Clash, Police In China's Muslim Region Kill At Least 14
    Tensions between the government and the Uighur people came to the forefront after the government accused "jihadists" of a deadly car crash that killed two tourists and injured 40 others in Tiananmen Square in October.
  • Edward Snowden, seen during a video interview with <em>The Guardian</em>.
    No Amnesty For Edward Snowden, White House Says
    The former NSA contractor leaked details of the National Security Agency's surveillance operations. Speculation that Snowden could get amnesty if he returns the documents was sparked by comments from the man in charge of the Snowden task force at the NSA.
  • This year, Hermine Ricketts' front-yard garden was filled with plants and fruits — but no vegetables. She's suing to change that.
    In Florida, A Turf War Blooms Over Front-Yard Vegetable Gardening
    A woman in Miami Shores, Fla., is suing her town after it forced her to remove vegetables from the garden in her front yard, which she had tended for 17 years. She's being backed by a a national public interest law firm, but the town says it's a long-standing zoning ordinance that won't be overturned.
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