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Miss America pageant chief executive Sam Haskell apologizes to Vanessa Williams, who was forced to resign her Miss America title.

Miss America Pageant Apologizes To 1983 Winner Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams was forced to resign as Miss America in 1984 after nude photos of her were published in a magazine.

Relatives of 3-year-old Syrian Kurdish boy Aylan Kurdi carry his body during a funeral procession for Aylan, his mother, Rehan, and his older brother, Galip, in Kobani, Syria, on Friday.

Father Of Drowned Syrian 3-Year-Old: 'We Are Human Beings, Just Like Westerners'

Abdullah Kurdi, whose 3-year-old son's lifeless body was photographed facedown on a Turkish beach, says: "I hope the world will learn something from it."

Fairfield Works is located in Fairfield, a suburb of Birmingham, Ala.

U.S. Steel To End Steelmaking Operations At Storied Alabama Plant

The company is closing the blast furnace at the plant near Birmingham, which once rolled steel for ships during World War I and was the center of the city's steel industry.

People inspect a site hit by what activists said were air strikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on a marketplace in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, on Sunday.

Scores Killed In Syrian Airstrikes On Rebel Neighborhood In Damascus

More than 80 people were killed and at least 200 wounded in four airstrikes on a crowded marketplace, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Law enforcement personnel near the scene of the standoff in Midland City, Ala., where a man is said to be holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker after killing a school bus driver.

In Alabama, Hostage Standoff Continues; Child Thought To Be Unharmed

Since Tuesday, police have been trying to convince a man to release the 5-year-old boy they say he snatched from a school bus after killing the driver.

Puerto Rico Dam Fails As Hurricane Maria Continues To Plague Residents

Flash floods and heavy rain are expected to continue into early next week on the already devastated island.

The flight path of a Boeing 787-8 that traced out an image of the aircraft.

Boeing Dreamliner Crew Draws Enormous Outline Of Their Plane In The Sky

A team test-flying a Boeing 787-8 over North America decided to have some fun with its flight path. So over an 18-hour period, the pilots drew an outline of the plane over 22 U.S. states.

Problems with Prius Spark Investigations

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating 33 reports that Toyota's popular hybrid cars have stalled without warning. Toyota has also started its own inquiry into the Prius.

<i>Karen Mantler's Pet Project</i>

David Greenberger reviews the new CD from jazz musician Karen Mantler, called Karen Mantler's Pet Project. Karen Mantler is the daughter of jazz musicians Michael Mantler and Carla Bley, and she has made something of a career with her cat, Arnold, devoting all the songs on several albums solely to him. This is the fourth such album, though now she takes on the difficult subject of life after Arnold's death, trying to figure out if any other pet can replace him. Greenberger says that far from being in a rut on her subject matter, Mantler's sticking to this one subject has made it an entry point for dealing with issues like love, loss, longing, fear, and fun. (4:30) Karen Mantler's Pet Project, is on the Virgin Classics label. See http://www.virginclassics.com for more information.

Shakira And Collective Soul's Hits, With A Burmese Twist

Despite decades of repression, and even isolation, the pop music scene in Myanmar is thriving.

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