PARIS – The hospital where Angelina Jolie will give birth says it has covered the windows of her room with a special material to prevent paparazzi from taking pictures of the actress and her partner, Brad Pitt. The Lenval hospital in Nice in southern France said Wednesday that photos that …

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Tropical Storm Cristobal dumped rain and brought rough seas to the North Carolina coast Sunday, and forecasters predicted the weakening system was headed for the open Atlantic. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Dolly drenched Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and was expected to reach the Gulf of Mexico Monday. At 5 …

MIAMI – Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 1 storm. As of 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday, its center was 620 miles east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and 900 miles southeast of Bermuda . Maximum sustained winds decreased to 85 mph. The storm is to continue weakening …

Public restrooms in China’s capital city, notorious among local residents and visitors as smelly and ill-kept, will soon feature rarely seen luxuries during the Olympics — toilet paper and soap, the AFP reported Friday. In a special effort to provide a “pleasant experience” to visitors during next month’s games, China …

TAMPA, Fla. – At many restaurants around Florida, the specialty of the house is a slab of grouper, blackened, grilled, stuffed or encrusted with pecans, sometimes on a roll, maybe with a slice of Bermuda onion. But not at Richard Gonzmart’s place. Gonzmart, whose family has owned the Columbia restaurant …

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WATERLOO, Iowa – A Waterloo man is in custody after police say he set fire to two $10 bills in his elderly father’s presence. Authorities said Robert Allen Broderson, 53, was arguing with his 98-year-old father over the older man’s retirement and stock funds Wednesday night. Broderson got the two …

BAGHDAD – A woman wearing a vest lined with explosives blew herself up near Shiite worshippers in turbulent Diyala province north of the capital Wednesday, killing nine of them — the latest in a growing number of female homicide attacks. Six people were wounded in the bombing in Khan Bani …

PASADENA, Calif. – After a run of celebrity grand marshals, a real American hero led the Rose Parade on Friday. Onlookers stood and cheered as Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III rode down Colorado Boulevard in a vintage 1928 Pierce Arrow with his wife and two daughters as part of …

PAPEETE, Tahiti – Cyclone Oli buffeted French Polynesia on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents and tourists to churches, schools and temples. The archipelago that includes Tahiti was under red alert until the cyclone passes, and all roads were closed. Towering waves were buffeting buoys off the coast …