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BISMARCK, N.D. - An oil company that staked out 2 square miles of land near the site of Theodore Roosevelt's historic Badlands ranch in western North Dakota has withdrawn a state application to develop the area for oil wells.

Boeing's comments about the smouldering batteries on its 787 have annoyed the National Transportation Safety Board. Boeing gave its own account of two battery incidents, which included a fire, at a detailed press briefing in Tokyo last week.

PHILADELPHIA - "The Burghers" are back.

PHILADELPHIA - "The Burghers" are back.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is designating five new national monuments, using executive authority to protect historic or ecologically significant sites —including one in Delaware sought by Vice-President Joe Biden.

It's not the longest parade in the world, but the swan celebration in Stratford, Ont., may be one of the quirkiest.

ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. - The black-and-white photographs show a line of prisoners — some with heads bowed, others with eyes staring forlornly at the camera — as a guard leads them to a boat for their final trip off The Rock.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Indonesia's top discount carrier, which catapulted into the global aviation spotlight with record deals to buy Airbus and Boeing planes, is taking the battle for Asia's budget-minded travellers to the backyard of the airline

ALCATRAZ ISLAND, Calif. - The black-and-white photographs show a line of prisoners — some with heads bowed, others with eyes staring forlornly at the camera — as a guard leads them to a boat for their final trip off The Rock.

AMSTERDAM - The Dutch capital has plenty to celebrate this year, most notably the April 13 reopening of the magnificent Rijksmuseum after 10 years of renovations and, after a shorter facelift, the May 1 reopening of the neighbouring Van Gogh Museum.