FARMINGTON (AP) — The state fire marshal’s office is investigating a fire in western Maine that destroyed a large barn and stable, killing a horse and two cats. When firefighters arrived at the Knowlton Corner Farm in Farmington at about 4 a.m. Thursday, the barn and stable were engulfed in flames. Jim Pierce, nephew of […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Firefighters extinguished a massive fire aboard a docked Russian nuclear submarine today as some crew members remained inside, officials said, giving assurances that there was no radiation leak and the vessel’s nuclear-tipped missiles were not on board. Military prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether safety regulations were breached. President Dmitry Medvedev […]

CAIRO ( AP) — Several Egyptian rights groups today accused the country’s ruling military council of using “ repressive tools” of the deposed regime in waging an “unprecedented campaign” against pro-democracy organizations. The groups’ joint statement came just hours after security forces stormed offices of 10 rights organizations, including several based in the United States. […]

LONDON (AP) — Andrew Lloyd Webber says London’s Olympic Games will force most of the capital’s theaters to close for the summer. Lloyd Weber said today the games will make it “ very tough” for shows in London’s West End and predicted that three major musicals would not play over the games. The composer told […]

GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Two people who pulled up at a McDonald’s drive- thru in western Illinois completely naked face public indecency charges. Police in Galesburg say a 19-year-old El Paso man and a 21-year-old Galesburg woman have been released from Knox County Jail after being ordered to appear in court to face the charges. […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia ( AP) — Even people who think caviar is to die for might lose their appetite when it’s stored in a hospital morgue. But that’s where St. Petersburg police found a huge stash of the delicacy this week — 385 pounds stored in the refrigerated space where cadavers are kept. A morgue […]