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MIAMI - Carnival Corp. says all maritime interests must assist without question those in trouble at sea, a duty that would not include reimbursing the U.S.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Fleet Week, New York City's annual ode to the sea, will be virtually devoid of white-capped sailors and tall ships this year thanks to federal budget cuts that have severely curtailed spending by the U.S. Navy.

PORTLAND, Ore. - The British and the Americans are quarreling — albeit with tongues in cheek — over territory again, this time over who has the world's smallest park. One, in Portland, Ore.

LANSING, Mich. - Michigan won approval Friday to build a second bridge between Detroit and sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, a key step needed to start construction on the $3.

WARSAW, Poland - Almost nothing remains of the old Warsaw Ghetto: a few buildings here and there, a synagogue, some fragments of a brick wall. The rest was blown up by the Germans in their onslaught against the Jews who took up arms against them.

DALLAS - A federal bankruptcy judge has at least temporarily blocked a proposed $20 million severance payment for the CEO of American Airlines as part of the company's merger with US Airways.

Palestinians on Thursday began construction of the West Bank's largest museum devoted to their history, planning to tell diverse stories of Palestinians in their land and of millions who live abroad.

WASHINGTON - Some never-before-seen artifacts from the minutes and hours following President John F. Kennedy's assassination are going on display Friday, along with an extensive collection of photographs of the young president's family.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Airlines are struggling this year to get planes to the gate on time. The government said Thursday that 80.3 per cent of flights by U.S. carriers arrived on time in January and February. That's down from a record 84.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Public transit vans like the one in which an American student was gang raped last month were banned Thursday from Rio de Janeiro's touristy South Zone neighbourhoods.