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02/23/2012 12:15 PM 'Girls Gone Wild' chief loses $7.5M ruling to Wynn (AP) AP - "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis says he'll ask a Nevada judge to rescind a $7.5 million award to casino mogul Steve Wynn in a defamation case stemming from Francis' claim that he had evidence Wynn deceives customers.
02/22/2012 05:47 PM Teen arrested in flight ruckus sang of bin Laden (AP) AP - A teenager on a flight from Portland to Houston who caused a ruckus by swinging his fist at an attendant and praising Osama bin Laden as the flight turned around was indicted Wednesday on charges of interfering with the jetliner's crew.
02/22/2012 05:45 PM Puerto Rico to open historic building for weddings (AP) AP - Couples planning to get married in Puerto Rico will soon be able to tie the knot in one of the island's most historic buildings.
02/22/2012 05:43 PM New black history museum rising on National Mall (AP) AP - Frederick Douglass was black and that was enough for the Smithsonian Institution to bar the famed abolitionist from speaking at a lecture series intended to convince President Abraham Lincoln that he should end slavery as war divided the nation in February 1862.
02/22/2012 05:41 PM New operator chosen for Niagara Falls tour boats (AP) AP - A new company has been chosen to operate the tour boats that chug to the base of Niagara Falls from the Canadian shore.
02/22/2012 05:39 PM 35,000 visit Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (AP) AP - Organizers say about 35,000 people helped with the unofficial kickoff to the South Carolina tourism season by attending the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition.
02/22/2012 05:38 PM American Airlines to reduce jobs without layoffs (AP) AP - American Airlines says that because of job-sharing and other steps, it won't have to furlough 500 flight attendants this spring.
02/22/2012 05:36 PM National Cathedral raises $2M for quake repairs (AP) AP - Washington National Cathedral says it has raised $2 million to cover restoration work after last year's earthquake severely damaged the building.
02/22/2012 05:34 PM Troubled mob attraction to reopen in Las Vegas (AP) AP - The Tropicana casino on the Las Vegas Strip is reopening its troubled mob attraction nearly a year after it first opened.
02/22/2012 05:32 PM Monster lobster caught off Maine coast (AP) AP - A giant 27-pound lobster has been caught off the Maine coast, but it won't be going into a pot of boiling water.
02/22/2012 05:31 PM Police: Ga. victims related in Korean spa shooting (AP) AP - A gunman who was asked to leave a Korean health spa in an Atlanta suburb earlier in the day came back and shot two of his sisters and their husbands and then killed himself, police said Wednesday.
02/22/2012 10:56 AM Argentine train slams into station, killing 49 (AP) AP - A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades.
02/22/2012 10:55 AM TVA instituting new shoreline fees next year (AP) AP - The Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to roll out new fees for shoreline marinas across the seven-state region.
02/22/2012 10:53 AM Divers in Italy report finding 4 more ship bodies (AP) AP - Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship found four more bodies Wednesday, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, authorities said.
02/22/2012 10:52 AM Ejected passenger dragged by NY Amtrak train dies (AP) AP - Authorities in Rochester are investigating the death of an Amtrak passenger apparently dragged by a train after being kicked off for drunkenness.

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