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The saxophonist James Carter has recorded tributes to Billie Holiday and the gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, among others. On a new record called Gold Sounds, he and a top-shelf trio pick a less obvious target: the work of the alternative rock band Pavement.

Quentin Geant, California branch manager of Beeopic, works with his father Nicolas Geant to care for the nearly 180,000 bees on top of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. The bees survived last week's fire.

California power company PG&E has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in civil settlements to avoid prosecution. The utility was found responsible for two major wildfires in recent years.

Peruvians go to the polls Sunday to choose between a wide variety of presidential candidates. The front-runners are a leftist who opposes eradication of the coca crop, and a pro-business former congresswoman who would be the nation's first woman president.

In a desperate drive to catch suspected terrorists, the United States is using torture and other harsh interrogation techniques. But that can often lead to wild goose chases because of unreliable information generated under duress, the author of a new book says.

The U.S. Forest Service has always had to balance economic and recreational needs. But lately, scientific research has become a bigger part of the agency's mission. In the first of two reports, Elizabeth Arnold profiles researchers looking for evidence of climate change in a forest canopy.

Survivors and families of the 98 victims of the Surfside, Fla., condo collapse have reached a $997 million settlement. The payout was announced in a court hearing and still needs final approval.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il indicates that his country could return to international disarmament negotiations in July. Kim said as much in his first meeting with a top South Korean official in more than three years.

San Diego is one of the top craft brewery locations in the country, but what are breweries to do with tens of thousands of pounds of used up grain? They send it to nearby farms.

Thousands of Southern Baptists are in California for their annual meeting. The gathering comes weeks after a report on sexual abuse by Southern Baptist ministers shocked evangelical congregations.