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Prostitution is ambiguous in Brazil — it's not totally legal, or, illegal. The tropical city of Rio de Janeiro has been trying shift its image from a place filled with drugs, violence and prostitution as it prepares to host the World Cup and the Olympics.

On a hillside in the devastated seaside town of Rikuzentakata, residents gathered to honor their neighbors lost to last month's earthquake and tsunami. It was an unusual celebration for Japan, and some survivors say they didn't know how to feel amid the bounty.

More than 20 people died during the storms in North Carolina, but a baby in Dunn, N.C. survived in what's been described as a miracle.

On the photo-sharing website Flickr, the iPhone 4 is about to take the place of the Nikon D90, a $900 digital S.L.R., as the most popular among its users.

The report says that investigators couldn't find people who could corroborate what was written in the Rolling Stone piece that lead to McChrystal's firing. In other cases, investigators found statements in the story were taken out of context.

William Donalad Schaefer had few rivals on the American scene when it came to the way dominated his city and state's politics for much of the past 40 years. The Daleys of Chicago come to mind but that's about it. Schaefer was key to the revitalization of his city's downtown.

Best-selling author allegedly fabricated stories, allowed mismangement of his charity.

Gov. Jan Brewer said she was troubled by the potential politicization of the certification process. She called the bill a bridge too far.

A year after the blowout at BP's Macondo oil well, the government is starting to issue drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico again. But the bar for such permits has been raised substantially: Drillers must prove they can contain an out-of-control well if something goes wrong. In response, two huge efforts to create containment systems were launched.

Four local television stations were invited to the White House Monday to interview President Obama. The president's political strategy is to leap over the national press corps and into people's living room through local stations.