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Friends of bombing suspect in immigration court

Lawyers for two men friendly with the Boston Marathon bombing suspect say their clients have been extensively interviewed by federal investigators. Azamat Tazhayakov (AHZ'-maht tuh-ZAYE'-uh-kov) and Dias Kadyrbayev (DYE'-us kad-uhr-BYE-ev), both originally from Kazakhstan, appeared via video for a visa violation hearing in immigration court in Boston on Wednesday. They ...

FILE - In a Wednesday, May 23, 2012 file photo, Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, smiles before speaking to an academic conference at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco. Officials at the Equality Forum say Mariela Castro will attend the group's annual conference on gay rights this weekend.  The organization’s executive director, Malcolm Lazin, said Tuesday, April 30, 2013 that the U.S. State Department reversed its initial decision denying a visa for Mariela Castro’s visit.  (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Fidel Castro's niece to get gay rights award in US

The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro will be allowed to travel to Philadelphia to accept an award for her gay rights advocacy, officials said Tuesday, reversing a previous decision to reject her visa request. Mariela Castro will attend the Equality Forum's annual conference on civil rights for lesbians, gays, ...

This undated photo provided by Sotheby’s in New York shows a page from the Mishneh Torah, which has been jointly purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and The Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The 15th century Torah from the Michael and Judy Steinhardt Judaica Collection is the second of a two-volume illuminated manuscript with text by the Middle Age Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides. The first volume is housed in the Vatican Library. (AP Photo/Sotheby's, Ardon Bar-Hama)

NY, Israel museums jointly buy Hebrew manuscript

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem have jointly acquired a 15th-century illuminated Hebrew manuscript, they announced Monday. The Mishneh Torah is a rare manuscript with text by the Middle Ages Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides. It is a synthesis of Jewish law and ...

Former President Bill Clinton, right, and poet Rebecca Dupas, left, present Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, second from left, and World War II Army veteran Scottie Ooton, a member of the 84th Infantry Division which liberated Hannover-Ahlem concentration camp, second from right, with pins marking the 20th anniversary of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Holocaust survivors, veterans gather at DC museum

Elderly Holocaust survivors and the veterans who helped liberate them gathered for what could be their last big reunion Monday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Nearly 1,000 survivors and World War II vets joined with former President Bill Clinton and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust activist Elie Wiesel ...

FILE - This Jan. 24, 2008 file photo shows actors, from left, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Olga Kurylenko, Daniel Craig, Judy Dench, and director Marc Forster posing at a photo call for the Bond film, "Quantum of Solace," at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England. Georgia’s film industry is booming and big plans are in the works for major studio projects. Of those studio projects in the works, one being planned in Fayette County, a short drive south of Atlanta, could be a game changer. British film studio Pinewood Shepperton PLC, home to the James Bond franchise, has reportedly been in talks with a group of investors to manage and operate the facility. It would be Pinewood’s first production facility in the U.S. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Big growth likely for Georgia's film industry

A few years ago, Georgia was locked in a bidding war with North Carolina over the Disney movie, "The Last Song," starring Miley Cyrus. Both states wanted the movie to film in their state, and North Carolina was close to sealing the deal with an attractive tax incentive package. But ...

FILE - A Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo from files showing Canadian singer Justin Bieber performing on stage during the "I Believe Tour " in Berlin, Germany. Swedish police say they have found drugs on board a tour bus used by Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber. Police spokesman Lars Bystrom says a small amount of drugs and a stun gun were found when officers raided the empty bus parked under the Globen concert venue in Stockholm, where Bieber was performing Wednesday, April 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Drugs found on Bieber tour bus in Sweden

The list of troubles linked to Justin Bieber's tour of Europe grew again after Swedish police said Thursday they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer's bus. No arrests were made since the bus was empty at the time, Stockholm police spokesman Lars Bystrom told The ...

Thai children (L) take part in water battles with elephants as they join celebrations marking the Songkran Festival in Ayutthaya province on April 12, 2013. Songkran is the Thai New Year, which this year starts on April 13, when people celebrate in various ways, including splashing water at each other.     AFP PHOTO / PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL        (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images)

Wet, wild water festival rings in Thai new year

The Songkran water festival in Thailand leaves revelers soaked.

A bear, tiger and lion live together in Ga. sanctuary

Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals? All of them call Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary home. "All of Noah's Ark's animals are rescued in one form or another," Allison ...

Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals?

Bear, tiger and lion live as siblings at Ga. sanctuary

Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals? All of them call Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary home.

Spring Break revelers pose for photos with Mexian navy marines patrolling the night club area in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday March 19, 2013. Cancun is one of the No. 1 foreign destination for U.S. college students during Spring Break. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)

Spring Break 2013

It's that time of the year again -- parties, bikinis, beaches... and beer, of course.

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