• Panetta: Allies must share burden in austerity age
  U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the United States must strengthen alliances and share the burden of global security while it deals with fiscal difficulties.
• Oil falls below $101 on European debt crisis
  Oil prices retreated sharply Thursday, to below $101 a barrel, as renewed fears about the European debt crisis erased strong gains caused by falling crude stockpiles.
• Baby girl for Bollywood's 'royal family'
  Bollywood's golden couple, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her husband Abhishek, became proud parents for the first time on Wednesday with the birth of a baby girl who joins a celebrated acting dynasty.
• Hamelin wins 1,000 at World Cup short track
  Canada's Charles Hamelin won the men's 1,000 meters Sunday in a World Cup short-track speedskating event.
• How a massacre killed an Afghan family's hope
  Tarana dressed up for the holiday in a specially tailored bright green robe, a 12-year-old Afghan girl excited to set off with her family for a religious festival that a decade of war had so far spare