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Baby boy born to royal couple, London celebrates

LONDON - The birth of a boy to the Duchess of Cambridge and her husband Prince William ended weeks of feverish speculation about the royal baby, who now becomes third in line to the British throne.  Full Article |  Live Coverage

Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out 3:06pm EDT

BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday.

China quake death toll more than doubles

BEIJING - The death toll from a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in China's western Gansu province more than doubled to 54 people, the municipal government said, with hundreds injured as many homes in affected areas collapsed.  Full Article |  Video

UAE pardons woman jailed after reporting rape

DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates has pardoned a Norwegian woman who was sentenced to jail for illicit sex after she reported being raped by a colleague while on a visit to Dubai, the Norwegian foreign minister said.  Full Article

Bulger accused of strangling crony's stepchild

BOSTON - James "Whitey" Bulger in 1985 strangled the stepdaughter of a top associate, a "fragile" woman who had begun throwing the gangsters' names around, according to testimony at the mobster's federal trial.  Full Article

BMW bets electric car price may fend off Audi

BERLIN - Germany's BMW will sell the battery powered i3 city car at a lower-than-expected base price to stoke demand for its first electric vehicle as the luxury auto maker aims to keep rivals Audi and Mercedes at bay.  Full Article

Judge sets first hearing in Detroit bankruptcy

DETROIT - A federal court judge set the first hearing in Detroit's bankruptcy case for Wednesday to take up the city's request to put state lawsuits challenging the bankruptcy filing on hold.  Full Article

WHO urged India to ban toxin that killed children

NEW DELHI/LONDON - The pesticide that killed 23 Indian schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries because of what the World Health Organization (WHO) describes as its "high acute toxicity."  Full Article

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