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Carlos the Jackal was one of the world's most wanted terrorists in the 1970s and '80s. Though he's serving a life sentence in France, he is on trial again, this time facing charges linked to deadly bombings three decades ago.

Sharing a common currency with a group of fiscal losers has its benefits. The German economy gained strength over the past two years in large part because the European debt crisis weakened the euro. That made German exports more attractive to customers around the world.

At Penn State, authorities missed chances to stop alleged abuse of young boys. In Europe, new leaders in Italy and Greece rush to tackle financial crises. In the Mideast, Jordan's King Abdullah calls on Syria's Assad to step down.

Larry was brought to the prime minister's residence to deal with the rodents. But lately, he seems to have lost interest. According to The Daily Mail, during a dinner last week Prime Minister David Cameron threw a fork at a mouse that scampered by.

The legal showdown will decide once and for all if the administration's sweeping law to extend insurance coverage to millions of Americans will stand. The court has scheduled more than five hours of oral arguments for the case.

As demand for offices and other developments has weakened, rising commodity prices have made farmland more valuable — turning some sites that were planned for buildings back into fields for crops.

John Matko protested outside as fans went into Saturday's game. After the contest, Nebraska's coach said that he also thought the game should have been canceled.

The co-founder of the Diaspora wanted to create a social network without privacy concerns.

New Yorkers spent part of this fall pedaling demo versions of a new bike that may become as common as the city's yellow cabs. The city has chosen an Oregon company to set up a fleet of 10,000 rental bikes.

A curator describes Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party" as a painting of the perfect meal where the food doesn't really matter.