the global organization that improves communities by increasing the number and diversity of young people serving in substantive roles – confirms a first-ever Global Youth Service Day event with Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, in the New York City area on April 15. Miss America will participate in Dance for Your Heart Sayaywan Para Sa…

An Oklahoma woman suffering from depression has found solace in the company of an unusual companion, but local city officials worry that the therapy pet — a partially paralyzed kangaroo — could become a public safety risk.Christie Carr is seeking an exemption from the Broken Arrow City Council to keep Irwin, a 25-pound great red…

s website.Juma had been confiscated from a private breeder in Ohio after local farmers complained to the sheriff's office about him escaping from his enclosure and eating poultry, the statement said.During the past year, the lion had been suffering and stopped eating a week before he was euthanized."He had a lot of age-related illnesses and…

President Barack Obama will on Wednesday seek to wrest the political debate from turmoil in the Middle East, to a related topic -- cutting America's thirst for foreign oil.Obama will make a speech at Georgetown University in Washington to outline his plan to forge energy security for the United States, launching a string of events…

Shortages of auto parts from Japan are hitting North American operations at Honda and Toyota.Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday said it wants its U.S. car dealers to stop ordering more than 200 replacement parts made in Japan because it's worried about running out of them. And Honda Motor Co. said it will temporarily cut production…

With Earth Day coming up in April, now is the perfect time to do something useful with those old cell phones that are just sitting in drawers,” said STC President Mike Morgan.“Not only can you do something that significantly benefitsthe environment, you give potentially life-saving assistance to at-risk seniors at the same time.“STC hopes to…

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara hopes fit-again spinner Muttiah Muralitharan rises to the challenge of a World Cup quarter-final against England on Saturday.Sangakkara said the 38-year-old off-spinner, who will retire from international cricket after the tournament, was fully fit for the R. Premadasa stadium clash.Muralitharan, who has a world record of 530 one-day wickets, injured…

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki's dream of a coast-to-coast title double hit the wall Monday as as the top seed at the ATP and WTA Miami Masters was upset 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 by Germany's colourful Andrea Petkovic.The winner, already an internet, YouTube and Twitter personality thanks to her prodigious use of social media, performed a snippet…

The University of Cambridge has the distinction of being one of the oldest universities in Europe. By comparison, its Judge Business School is brand new. Cambridge entered Bloomberg Businessweek's list of top MBA programs at number 10 in 2010. The 800-year old university opened the Judge school in 1990 and offers a one-year MBA program.…

ABUJA (AFP) – Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo has filed a lawsuit at a regional court challenging West African bloc ECOWAS' demand that he step down in favour of his rival, officials said on Monday.The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in December held two emergency summits which recognised Alassane Ouattara as Ivory…