Osama bin Laden kept pressing followers to find new ways to hit the U.S. while he was deep in hiding and his terror organization was becoming battered and fragmented, officials say, citing his private journal and other documents recovered in last week's raid.Strike smaller cities, bin Laden suggested. Target trains as well as planes. Above all, kill as many Americans as possible in a single attack

World News May 12, 2011

Federal officials are defending screeners at the Kansas City airport after a photo of them frisking a baby got worldwide attention when a pastor posted it on Twitter.Transportation Security Administration spokesman Nick Kimball says the screeners were justified in doing the pat-down Saturday when the stroller set off an alert for possible traces of explosives. Photo captured from a twitterThe Rev.

World News May 12, 2011

Korean Air denied a terminal cancer patient in the United States a seat on a flight to Korea because she “looked too frail.”Crystal Kim, a Korean-American with stage 4 breast cancer, was to take the flight on Saturday for Mother’s Day. Even though she had two doctors’ notes explaining that her terminal breast cancer wouldn’t be a problem during the flight, Korean Air still refused to let her board

Industry May 11, 2011

 BOSTON (AP) -- The nation's first full face transplant recipient said the first thing his young daughter told him when she saw him after the operation was ``Daddy, you're so handsome.''Dallas Wiens, sporting a goatee and dark sunglasses, joined surgeons Monday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in his first public appearance since the 15-hour procedure in March.This picture shows facial tr

Technology May 10, 2011

Five decapitated bodies were found Monday outside a school near the northern Mexican city of Durango, where soldiers have now unearthed 168 bodies in a month-long search of hidden graves.Authorities found the five bodies lying naked, with their heads nearby, in the small town of Pueblo Nuevo, adjacent to Durango, said the state prosecutor's office in a statement, without giving further details.Ten

World News May 10, 2011

An American couple -- Emre and Joya -- wanted something different for their wedding.The couple presented a MTV-version of wedding video, featuring the entire wedding party and guests.Set to the Black Eyed Peas' "The Time (Dirty Bit)," the groom plays the role of will.i.am, and the bride standing in for Fergie.Enjoy the full wedding party, made into five minutes of music video and compare with the

Culture May 8, 2011

 Bin Laden's wife was not a human shield: reportsOsama bin Laden was unarmed when he was confronted by U.S. commandos at his Pakistani hideout but tried to resist the assault, the White House said Tuesday as new details emerged about the audacious raid that killed the world's most wanted terrorist.The White House said it was considering whether to release photos that were taken of bin Laden after

World May 4, 2011

The filmmakers behind the war-on-terror drama ``The Hurt Locker'' are moving forward with an action thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have had the bin Laden project in the works, and now that the al-Qaeda leader has been killed, a person close to the filmmakers said Monday that the film is more relevant than ever.The as-yet-untitled fil

Film May 3, 2011

The government announced on Monday that it will fully cover preschool expenses for 5-year-olds by 2016 as part of a campaign to help narrow the education gap between poor and wealthy students and to reduce household childcare burdens.The government said it will introduce next year a common preschool curriculum for 5-year-olds and shoulder most of the cost for households to help more children recei

Politics May 2, 2011

South Korean entertainer Kim Jae-dong plans to give a lecture at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on May 10 to comfort distressed students there, according to reports.In the lecture entitled “Be the Master of Your Life,” Kim will stress the importance of having dreams and hopes to students at the university in Daejeon, some 160 kilometers south of Seoul. Kim Jae-dongStudents and

People May 1, 2011

Shunning an immediate overseas honeymoon and opting instead for a quiet weekend at a secret British location, Prince William and Kate Middleton have made it clear they want to carve out some space for themselves.This fight for privacy is crucial if they are to avoid being hounded like William's mother, the late Princess Diana, whose every move was tailed.The royal newlyweds started Saturday by ask

World News May 1, 2011