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6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Felt Off Alaska; Local Tsunami Warning Lifted

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center has canceled its earlier warning for local areas.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (shown here in February) is embroiled in new controversy — the entire WikiLeaks collection of diplomatic files is now available on the Internet in raw form.

More than a quarter-million secret U.S. diplomatic cables in WikiLeaks' possession have found their way onto the Internet in an apparent inadvertent release. The cables are now available in their raw, unedited and unredacted form, potentially jeopardizing officials and their sources.

Youth Joblessness Creates Ripple Effect

While the overall unemployment rate is stuck at 9.1 percent, the unemployment rate for 16- to 19-year-olds has been going up since February. Not having a summer or after-school job affects more than just a kid's wallet. It also has real consequences for his or her personal and economic development.

The last train ran the High Line in 1980, carrying three carloads of frozen turkeys. By 2003, the elevated tracks were covered with knee-high grass, wildflowers and rust.

The Inside Track On New York City's High Line

A decade ago, residents thought an old rail line above the city was an eyesore and wanted it torn down. Today, it's one of Manhattan's most popular public spaces. A new book gives the inside story of how Joshua David and Robert Hammond saved the abandoned track.

The Breaking Winds achieved viral fame last year with a Lady Gaga medley video.

The Clown Of The Orchestra Takes Its Revenge

The bassoon has a dubious place in pop culture, often used in movies and TV to make odd moments sound even more awkward. But advocates of the instrument say it can convey just as much romance and gravity as its brethren.

Lloyd Smith, left, and Laura Sprankle of Hagerstown, Md., visit the overlook at the temporary Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Monday, Aug. 1, 2011.

Ten Years Later, Flight 93 Memorial Still Unfinished

United Flight 93 crashed outside the town of Shanksville in southwestern Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001. A decade later, the memorial being built is the only one of the three major Sept. 11 memorials that has yet to be fully funded.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to Tea Party members during the Restoring America event on Saturday in Indianola, Iowa.

Palin Offers No Clues On Presidential Ambitions

The former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential nominee addressed a Tea Party rally in Iowa on Saturday. She criticized both President Obama and Republican presidential candidates, but said nothing about her own plans to run, despite her cheering supporters.

Wil James, center foreground, president of the Georgetown Toyota plant, shook hands with team members before a live webcast last month to introduce the redesigned 2012 Camry. After four years away from Georgetown, James is glad to be back at the plant.

Toyota Plant Chief at Home in Driver's Seat

When the first in the latest generation of Toyota's best-selling Camry sedans rolled off the lines in Georgetown last month, it was a sight that plant…

In writing his book about Crawfish Bottom, Douglas Boyd drew on oral history interviews conducted by James E. Wallace in 1991.

Book Shows Side of Frankfort's Crawfish Bottom

Crawfish Bottom, a neighborhood set on 50 swampy acres along the Kentucky River in north Frankfort, was destroyed between 1958 and 1984 as part of urban…

America's Asylums In Photographs

Photographer Christopher Payne documents the crumbling asylums of yesteryear.

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